Just spotted this bit of Info over at [H]ardOCP
Intel has identified a manufacturing excursion that affects a limited number of I/O controllers that are part of the 915/925 chipsets. This excursion -- caused by incomplete removal of thin film on the die pad area ? makes the controller susceptible to excessive leakage in the Real Time Clock (RTC) circuitry. If you were to get one of these controllers, the likely results would be a failure to boot, a system hang, or other anomalous system behavior. We are checking 915/925 chipsets that were shipped prior to, and as of, the day of launch (June 21, 2004). We have asked for affected shipments of this product to be returned to Intel for inspection or replacement. We believe almost none (a few thousand units) of the impacted product has reached the end customer. We are working with our customers to find the impacted manufacturing lots and replace them with good product. All product shipping now is unaffected?this is not an errata or ?bug?.
Intel has identified a manufacturing excursion that affects a limited number of I/O controllers that are part of the 915/925 chipsets. This excursion -- caused by incomplete removal of thin film on the die pad area ? makes the controller susceptible to excessive leakage in the Real Time Clock (RTC) circuitry. If you were to get one of these controllers, the likely results would be a failure to boot, a system hang, or other anomalous system behavior. We are checking 915/925 chipsets that were shipped prior to, and as of, the day of launch (June 21, 2004). We have asked for affected shipments of this product to be returned to Intel for inspection or replacement. We believe almost none (a few thousand units) of the impacted product has reached the end customer. We are working with our customers to find the impacted manufacturing lots and replace them with good product. All product shipping now is unaffected?this is not an errata or ?bug?.
