Owners of Intel’s newest platform (dubbed “Sandy Bridgeâ€) are no doubt feeling pretty frustrated after the recent announcement of faulty Intel-based SATA II controllers and ports. The workaround for people with only a hard drive or two is to not use the affected ports. For someone such as myself however, 7 of the 8 ports are taken up meaning I don’t have that luxury (similar to many other people I’m sure). Luckily Intel is going to make it right and issue replacements to everyone who claims one. But int he meantime, how do you know if you’re using faulty ports on your own motherboard? If you’re a Gigabyte P67/1155 chipset owner, you can download the new Gigabyte 6 Series SATA Check app. It will tell you which ports are affected as well as what is/isn’t plugged into them and where to move them. Those who have built their own computers won’t likely need this app as they already know which ports are the problem ports. But we can’t discount how handy this is for the less tech-savy.
As of writing, the app is only available in the Gigabyte Forums. Though, an official download via the company’s main website should follow shortly.
Source: HardwareHeavenVia: HardwareHeaven Forums
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