Good news for you Intel 820 mobo owners!

[HollyBerri]

Intel to replace defective PC motherboards

And maybe some bad news as well:

"We know that the number of PCs with this particular configuration is less than 1 million," said Intel spokesman Michael Sullivan. "It's not the bulk by any means, but we will replace boards if the user would like to have a replacement instead"

"less than one million" is "not the bulk by any means"? Sheesh, could they be a little more dismissive of a whole lot of customers??

Well, get the board if you need it, anyway...

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Holly

[DuRaNgO[MU]]

and what does AMD think of this....


jim

[The PIT]

Isn't there rumoured problems with socket A boards?

[SteveC]

Yeah, but only the fact that The next athlons won't work in the current VIA KX133 socket A mobo's. No recalls afaik.

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Cheers,
Steve

"Life is what we make of it, yet most of us just fake"

[The PIT]

Are Intel going to give these users Rambus simms as well as the replacement boards supports rimms only?

[DuRaNgO[MU]]

They'll replace with new board and rdram if you bought it as a complete system through the oem, however, if you only bought the board aftermarket then they'll replace the mobo or refund through your dealer
jim