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To shed a lil light on what my "SATA" problem was MolexI was doing some reading on these connectors; seems pretty clear to me, now, that we shouldn't be using these connectors for anything other than fans. -Yes, I'm guilty of poor cable management. :-)One other note: I dual boot -I'm still in luv with Xp- and never experienced any drive issues with XP on this rig. Seems the reason is XP doesn't monitor the SATA power line for voltage irregularities. Win7 not only monitors current but will actually block an offending device (BSOD) when it senses a volt issue. I never got the BSOD in Win7, but I did get the disappearing DVD drive and a solid-on HDD case led activity indicator.

Well, all's been good since I re-arranged my SATA cables. Eventlog has been clean.

The people shoving me around in background ('noise') were my wife and 13 year old daughter. During the video shoot, I though it be important to domesticate.

Hi Dave,Try this for starters video.and this more videoquick notes:-Try '1T' with your memory timings.-never a bad idea to clear CMOS before trying 'others' settings-I use offset +.005 <---- don't stray too far from zero (always confirm volt usage in bios after reboot ....might have to reboot twice into bios to get accurate reading -should read 3.4Ghz with volt usage near 1.20.Have fun man-ken

well, I haven't yet RMA'd the mobo .... I'm not convinced that my issue is related to the Intel SATA defect. Right now I believe the issue may be cable related. We'll see.

I have, twice, and they were both significant upgrades on the same mobo at that time. The 1st was going from from an 486SX 25Mhz to a 486DX 50Mhz Overdrive -the single best upgrade I've ever experienced. The other time was going from an E6600 2.8GHz to the E8400 3.6GHz (Asus P5Ne sli).

Congrats!Question:Does this dood Niemi have another Stanley Cup in him? :( Ken Carlin

Glad to hear the nightmare has ended.

I'm using the Intel tcase package spec of 72.6c. "Intel sez" just sounds better to me. :-)voltage analogy: In the water flow analogy sometimes used to explain electric circuits by comparing them to water-filled pipes, voltage difference is likened to water pressure difference–the difference determines how quickly the electrons will travel through the circuit. Current (in amperes), in the same analogy, is a measure of the volume of water that flows past a given point per unit time (volumetric flow rate). The flow rate is determined by the width of the pipe (analogous to electrical conductivity), and the pressure difference between the front end of the pipe and the exit (analogous to voltage). The analogy extends to power dissipation: the power given up by the water flow is equal to flow rate times pressure, just as the power dissipated in a resistor is equal to current times the voltage drop across the resistor (watts = amperes × volts).copied from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volt

Watts and heat are one and the same. Now the choice is yours, you can get your max TDP with GHz or get it with volts. Intel sez max is 95 watts and cpu case must able to maintain 72c or cooler. So choose your poison.

#4 isn't this without the"H"?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Me110Ken Carlin

Doods!The Sandy bridge 2500 and 2600 are rated up to 95 watts at a max of 72c.So when setting up your puter your goal is to get that 72c as close to the 95w load as possible. Some guys reach the goal at 4.2GHZ, others like myself reach that goal at 5.0GHz.I've seen guys running clock speeds at 4.5GHz with temps in the 80c range at 60% loads!?!?!? <----- Where's the efficiency? This example is an "extreme" overclock" IMO.

You know, I often have the same experience after a fresh install with my $39.00 Seagate disk drive. :Big Grin:Darem, please report back to us in 30 days.

It's all Intel sata 2 ports. So, you do lose 4 ports - 4 of the 6 Intel ports on the Asus Deluxe.

Yeah, I've been bitten. I'm a bit disappointed. Now, I did purchases this mobo a few days AFTER the "recall" - when all but a local puter store had pulled their p67 stock from the shelves - so I knew what I was getting into; however, part of my purchase decision process included what you pointed out from Intel: "15% at 3yrs estimate" ....And heck, this wasn't even a slow degradation over a 1 year period. Oh well. I wanted to keep this mobo, as it was otherwise fine. Not looking forward to the mobo change out.

Well .....the SATA defect is in full affect now -I'm still using the B2 rev.I was hoping to get a few years out of this thing ....

The tricky part is recognizing the "max", and then accepting that "max".

lol

The second best home cockpit? http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Show-Us-Your-Tech/Softie-Builds-737-Cockpit-In-His-House A PMDG NGX beta tester?....I made some effort to make sure the link hasn't been previously posted here, sorry if I missed it. :-)other linkhttp://www.winrumors.com/microsoft-employee-builds-737-cockpit-at-home-for-flight-simulator-x/

The short answer is no. In your case, it's not a hardware problem. You need to tweak software.

Since Nick is not here to defend himself, I'll just leave it at this:http://www.simforums.com/Forums/complete-new-build_topic38883.html

Huh? I've never registered there.

You can start a search here -----> http://www.simforums.com/Forums/complete-new-build_topic38883.html then work your way back. :-) I'll try to find the thread later ....if you don't get there 1st.-Something tells me Nick might be a lil burned out.

I came away with the impression that it was the Sandy Bridge platform. I read his comments during the early part of the SB recall. What really struck me at the time was that he didn't even have access to a Sandy Bridge when he made the recommendation against Sandy Bridge.

lol .....oh, stop it!