MSI declares itself a victim of Sandy Bridge 6 series chip flaw

ANOTHER VICTIM of the flawed Sandy Bridge 6 Series support chip has announced that it has stopped all shipments and named the affected products.

In its statement Taiwanese manufacturer MSI said that Intel has told it that the performance of some of the Intel SATA ports on the 6 series chip, also known as Cougar Point, can degrade over three years and stop working.

MSI explained that it is investigating product batches that might be affected and has stopped all shipments to its distributors and resellers. The company has also asked resellers to hold sales of the Intel 6 series based MSI products to customers until the issue can be resolved. Intel has said it won't begin to ship corrected chips until later this month.