A manufacturing flaw in the platform (chipset) Cougar Point Core i5 and i7 Intel will force you to change all the computers and sold it. The cost of error is around one billion dollars (300 for the interruption of manufacturing operations and 700 for parts). The replacement, according to a company, it is not urgent because the failure causes a degradation rather than immediate paralysis of the devices.
The problem lies in certain ports. As an extension of the information by Intel SATA ports affected are 2-5 and not 0-1. The latter are mainly used to manage the hard drive and optical drives. The ruling increases the system sensitivity to changes in voltage and temperature. The fault symptoms are a loss of functionality (not recognizing a device connected).
The company has informed the manufacturers to accept the return of affected computers to proceed with the change and stop the distribution of material that are stored and are affected by this manufacturing error. The remedy is based on a hardware change and can not be solved with new software.
The company hopes to supply parts to manufacturers in late February. Affected platforms began to be produced on Jan. 9 as Intel believes that the number of customers affected by the error is not huge. 
The problem lies in certain ports. As an extension of the information by Intel SATA ports affected are 2-5 and not 0-1. The latter are mainly used to manage the hard drive and optical drives. The ruling increases the system sensitivity to changes in voltage and temperature. The fault symptoms are a loss of functionality (not recognizing a device connected).
The company has informed the manufacturers to accept the return of affected computers to proceed with the change and stop the distribution of material that are stored and are affected by this manufacturing error. The remedy is based on a hardware change and can not be solved with new software.
The company hopes to supply parts to manufacturers in late February. Affected platforms began to be produced on Jan. 9 as Intel believes that the number of customers affected by the error is not huge.
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