Posts Tagged B3 stepping

ASUS offers free replacement on affected Sandy Bridge products

Taiwanese notebook and PC component maker ASUS has announced that it has begun shipping replacement B3-stepping motherboards and notebooks. The news comes as the company announces the reintroduction of Intel’s troubled platform is ahead of schedule. Chip giant Intel announced on January 31 that a design flaw affecting hard drive connections had been found and [...]

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MSI launches new Intel H61-chipset motherboard with B3-step fix

Taiwanese motherboard maker MSI is one of the first out of the blocks with Intel’s new budget H61-chipset motherboard and the first so far to feature the B3-stepping fix for Intel’s Sandy Bridge chipset. The H61MU-E35 will handle all LGA1155 socketed processors from Intel, offers up to 16GB of RAM through two DIMM sockets, features [...]

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MSI announces fixed Sandy Bridge motherboards on the way

Not wasting any time, Taiwanese component and notebook maker MSI has just announced it has begun manufacture of replacement Sandy Bridge motherboards with the new B3-stepping 6-series chipset. The company announced that consumers would be able to tell the new product by looking for this sticker (pictured) indicating use of B3-stepping parts. Chip giant Intel [...]

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