Intel confirms 915 Grantsdale recall

CHIP GIANT INTEL confirmed problems with the latest Pentium 4 915 (Grantsdale)chipset it released on the 21st of this month. It has told motherboard makers that a defect has been found and the products should be returned.

Shipments to the channel have been suspended already. Intel will apparently provide compensation for any losses motherboard makers have taken.

The problem affects a limited number of controllers related to ICH6, said an Intel UK representative and the problems have now been fixed in the factories. He said that the problem was limited only to a few thousand boards and was caused by a fab anomaly which caused excessive leakage.

That problem has now been fixed, and 915 Grantsdale boards without the defect are already starting to become available, said the Intel representative.

Intel is asking its customers to return boards shipped to them before the 21st of June, and will refund or replace the stock.

It is very unlikely that any of the boards will have already reached the end customer, he said. µ

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