

& H67 chipsets, SATA III 6Gb/s ports were never To Intel, the issue was specific to SATA II ports hosted by the Intel P67 Of SATA-linked devices such as hard disk drives and DVD-drives." According The recall happened because a silicon-levelįlaw was discovered with the original 'B2' stepping Intel P67 & H67Ĭhipsets which may have resulted in 3Gb/s Serial-ATA II (SATA II) portsĭegrading over time "potentially impacting the performance or functionality GA-P67A-UD4-B3 motherboard replaces the original Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD4 model that was recalled due to the IntelĦ-series chipset issue. Hopefully this will end my negative experiences with Gigabyte.Review of the Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD4- B3 motherboard which isĮquipped with a (new) 'B3'-stepping Intel P67 chipset. This has been an experience to learn from. Received a RMA from distributor and mobo is being sent back for full refund tomorrow. Receive an RMA from them (Taiwan) or the reseller/distributor. Graphics, photos, drawings & hobby data are now a treat to work on.įinally heard from Gigabyte. Am not sure I can improve much on these numbers.

& Tools: Processor i7-2600K Ghx = 7.6, Ram Patriot Viper Xtreme 1600 Mhz = 7.6 Graphics AMD Radeon HD 6950 = 7.9, Gaming graphics = 7.9, Primary Hard Disk Vertex 3 128GB = 7.9, Overall base score = 7.6. Am getting the following ratings on Perf. Had it installed and everything is working great. Cost more than the 1st one but I have a no bs 15 day return guarantee. I had my fill of three stooges episodes and went out and purchased a new Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD7-B3 mobo from a local retailer. They now tell me that they are awaiting confirmation and authorization from the distributor. I am awaiting a response to my request for a RMA from the retailer. You have a list of all system components in my orignal email. Next we tested the memory cards in an existing Gigabyte system using an i5 cpu and everthing worked fine.īoth sets of memory cards (Patriot Xtreme and Patriot G2) call for 1.65V as the board was set. Next we installed a new Cooler Master 1200 Gold PSU and repeated the testing as per your instructions. Next we tested the problem mother board exactly as per your instructions, no boot and we receive a C-1 error. Today each memory card was bench tested and are a OK. We have tried twice every configuration possible, Herein is my reply. They wanted a test of one memory card in each individual slot. Today I received another response from Gigabyte.
