Just making sure about the SB problem...

[vectorprime]

It is true that on say, the P8P67, which has 4x6.0gps ports (2 marvell and 2 intel), it is 100% safe to plug drives into those 4 6.0 ports as the degrading problem is only located on the 3.0 ports right? That includes both the Marvell controller and the Intel controller?

I just want to make sure that it will be fine to run my PC like this until the recalls start.

 

[jaquith]

The problem only affects the Intel SATA2 Ports, the Marvell is a separate controller and is not affected by the problem(s).

The problem takes a while to manifest itself, and if I owned a P67/H67 MOBO then I would feel safe moving my SATA2/SATA3 HDD/SSD/HHD to the backwards compatible Marvell controller.

Hope that eases your mind. Yes, I would RMA your MOBO sometime after the replacements are ready sometime in March~April.

 

[badge]

Of the two Marvel 6 GB SATA ports available on the chipset, only one is available for a boot device. A third party SATA controller would solve any problem with number of usable problem free SATA connectors until a replacement can be had.

 

[jaquith]

^Yeah, if you want to throw money away.

 

[badge]

Makes no difference to me. Lights up for the third time this morning using a Franklin.

 

[vectorprime]

It is also safe to move my drives to the intel 6.0 ports along with the marvell right?

 

[jaquith]

Use
#1 {Primary/boot} Marvell® 9120 controller
2 xSATA 6.0 Gb/s ports (navy blue)*

#2 {everything else} Intel® P67 Express Chipset
2 xSATA 6.0 Gb/s ports (gray)