Hi silvia_intel,
From what I understand this is a design issue, meaning that despite the issues, this was how it was designed and every board that was manufactured works this way (at least until its changed in the BIOS code).
Getting a new, yet identical model board from the warranty department would simply give me a newer board with the exact same design issues present. And I don't see how that would solve anything.
What I want to occur is for the issues to make it back to the BIOS team and for them to fix them in a subsequent BIOS release. Once that happens my current board should function just fine.