A peculiar set of circumstances currently drawing attention on an Apple discussion website suggests that iPhone users running Windows 7 may be unable to sync their phones if their PC uses one of Intel's newest chipsets.
The hardware in question is the P55, which was released in September and can be found in motherboards from MSI, Gigabyte and Asus.
Apple keeping quiet
According to the Apple forum, the P55 appears to be combining with Windows 7 and iTunes 9 to create an error that prevents iPhone synchronisation.
While Microsoft and Intel are looking into the problem, Apple has yet to respond to questions about the possible cause and a remedy for affected iPhone owners.
New iMac too?
So far, the issue is of relatively minor interest to the tech community, but the fact that the P55 is likely to be in the new 27-inch iMacs due later this month from Apple should focus a few minds on cracking the problem.
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cepsb
November 2nd 2009
3. I also use Win7 64 home premium and my CPU is an 860
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cepsb
November 2nd 2009
2. I am having this exact same problem with my P55 Gigabit motherboard and been fighting with it since last week. I thought I was doing something wrong.
Thanks for the info
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susanewalker
November 1st 2009
1. I don't think it is just iphones - my new HTC Touch Pro2 (Win Mob 6.5) synchs fine in XP with Active Synch, but Windows Mobile Device Center will not recognise the HTC at all
PC is Intel Core i5-750 with Win7 64 bit pro.
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