the sata 3gb ports "degrade" over time. its not something that your gonna notice right away.
mmkay?
No need to get snippy. Mine has been rock solid too. I don't have anything on the 3gb ports, just two SSDs hanging off the 6gb ports.
Yes, there is an issue with the board. The issue doesn't mean it can't be worked around. Got two or less hard drives? Use the 6gb ports, even if your drives are 3gb. Many people can go this route for now.
My particular build is an ASUS P8P67 Revolution board with two Crucial 6gb SSDs in RAID 0 off the 6gb ports. The four 3gb ports (only these ports are affected) are hooked up to the hotswap bays on my Corsair Obsidian 800D case. I have no drives in there right now. My two Blu-Ray drives are hanging off the Marvell 6gb ports. I probably would not have noticed a problem for awhile. My build has been extemely stable and I am quite happy with it. I'll continue to run this configuration for awhile and when ASUS has their recall procedure established, I'll swap it out.