Chipset Stepping (B2/B3) Identification of
MSI’s 6 Series Mainboards

MSI Provides a Total Solution to The Intel 6 Series Chipset Design Issue

To cope with Intel’s 6 Series chipset design error, MSI officially announced the implementation of the latest B3 Stepping chipset from Intel on our own P67/H67 mainboards for fixing the SATA issue of the Intel 6 Series chipsets, and MSI has also already began to replace all affected products in order to provide only the best products.

As below, we will take P67A-GD65 as example to show you how to identify the latest MSI P67/H67 mainboards equipped with the Intel B3 Stepping chipset to provides you a more confident way to purchase your next-generation P67/H67 mainboard(s).

MSI 6 Series Mainboards Comparison: B2 Stepping VS B3 Stepping

there will be a (B3) in the end of the product marketing name
B3 Stepping Ready sticker on the color box
Add (B3) suffix to the marketing name & barcode’s description
New marketing name sticker with (B3) suffix on the mainboard
Add (B3) suffix to the marketing name on the barcode
Add (B3) suffix to the marketing name on the barcode
MSI 6 Series SATA Scan shows different messages depending on different chipset stepping of the 6 Series mainboards.

Conclusion:

To realize its corporate philosophy: Excellent Product, High Quality, Good Service, Customer Satisfaction, MSI has been serving worldwide consumers with reference to its quality policy : ‘Quality Assurance, Customer Confidence’. Facing product defects as a result of chipset design problem, MSI has already began to replace all affected products in order to provide only the best products.