Merwinsson,
I agree with you, and 12.5 is not a reliable and stable version and has sufficient basic bugs (such as TRIM bug) for me to not use it.
So, I am in "wait and see the next release" mode to get my PC to run basically in "RAID" mode using a pair of SSDs and to have the CD/DVD booting working ... (the minima features of a 'modern' technology).
For ICH identification what say HWINFO64 and SIV64X ? for me these 2 tools give lot of details on the chipset used.