Hello,
I'v bought the GA-H67MA-UD2H, rev.1.0 ( stepping B2).
In two months i'v got all SATA 3GB ports degraded, that is,
hard disks connected to SATA 3GB do not work and do not appear in the motherboard's BIOS.
I brought the MB back to the seller in order to get the equivalent new MB replacement..
But the seller has found some damages inside the processor socket
(of unknown origin - 1 leg missing & 1 twisted) and refused with the replacement reasonning that
this damage caused the SATA-2 ports to malfunction and stop working.
So i need an expert explanation to clear it out.
1. Can it be that the missing or twisted legs in the CPU socket could result in the SATA-2 ports malfunction and stop working?
2. Саn it be considered that the motheboard is defective
because of the SATA-2 ports malfunction? It is a recognized defect (by Intel or Gigabyte)?
Note. The damage in question do not affect anyhow the motherboard's performance.
The mothrerboard starts and function porperly (except SATA-2 ports).
The damage is - there's no M23 ping at all in CPU socket.
(looked up here - page 21, "Thermal Mechanical Specifications and Design Guidelines (TMSDG)"
http://download.intel.com/design/processor/designex/324644.pdf)