Abit IP35-E $59.99 shipped AR - Newegg

[nyker96]

4.5 months out still no rebate :[

 

[Engineer]

Originally posted by: nyker96
4.5 months out still no rebate :[

Approaching 4 months here. Two calls and countless e-mails, not to mention many posts on the Abit forums, have resulted in nothing. I keep hearing that the rebates will come, but I have lost faith in the process. I haven't called back in some time but it's manager time the next call.

 

[QuixoticOne]

Originally posted by: Engineer

Originally posted by: nyker96
4.5 months out still no rebate :[

Approaching 4 months here. Two calls and countless e-mails, not to mention many posts on the Abit forums, have resulted in nothing. I keep hearing that the rebates will come, but I have lost faith in the process. I haven't called back in some time but it's manager time the next call.

That is just shameful. They deserve a big "SHAME ON ABIT" blog and loads of complaints and publicity.

If they are so innundated by the onerous chore of rebate processing as they would have us believe, there's a simple solution -- QUIT PLAYING THE REBATE GAME, AND JUST SELL THE PRODUCT FOR WHAT YOU INTEND THE CUSTOMER TO ACTUALLY PAY FOR IT, AND SAVE EVERYONE THE HASSLE!

More cynically (and truthfully) I think they're just trying to make a buck off the interest accrued on ill-gotten funds, and to profit further from never paying rebates that people forget about or which aren't able to followed up on by the submitter due to their unresponsiveness.

I look forward to the day when the rebate scam that *everyone* does is made effectively illegal by better consumer protection laws and more competitive retailers (and consumers) who just will not stand for it any longer.

 

[linuxwannabe]

interesting, I'm looking for a upgrade for my P4 system, but was considering the Gigabyte P35-DS3L. This may be a "less expensive" option.

 

[QuixoticOne]

Originally posted by: linuxwannabe
interesting, I'm looking for a upgrade for my P4 system, but was considering the Gigabyte P35-DS3L. This may be a "less expensive" option.

Go for it. There's quite a strong following of people who love or at least respect this board, and for the price it isn't a bad deal considering how well it generally seems to work compared to the competitive more expensive options.

On the other hand, don't expect to get the rebate back before 4-5 months, apparently.

I bought my first from Newegg with the rebate, and the second for a family member from buy.com for 75 but no rebate... more expensive, but also no hassle with the rebate which is worth something in my time / stress. Your choice.

LINUX is working great with my other P35 chipset motherboards, so I think you shouldn't have much compatibility problems if/when you run it (judging from your nickname).

I suppose the BIOS generated ACPI tables' quality might be a question relevant to LINUX suspend/sleep (maybe it's fine, IDK yet, didn't try) but it is hard to find a motherboard by any vendor that totally gets that right.

 

[onza]

yikes... i was just going to question the rebate..

 

[fleshconsumed]

Well, I guess I'm having better luck on Abit rebates. I have had 3 rebates in the past 6 months. One on IP35Pro, one on PCIe WiFi card and one on IP35E. The first two have been fulfilled, took a long time but they came back. The last one is in their system with mailing date sometime next month.

 

[nartac]

Newegg is pretty good in handling rebates. If Abit won't honor the rebates and you have all the proper documents, then Newegg will honor it.

 

[imported_CrazyScientist]

I sent my rebate on October 4th last year and received the check December 17th. I wouldn't too worry about the rebate. I just sent another one in, and while it will take some time, I'm sure it will come.

 

[isekii]

I got my notification from Abit saying they received my rebate and they are processing it.

 

[moparacer]

4.5 months out still no rebate

Mailed the rebate the beginning of December and just got it this week.....

Funny thing is I decided I was going to have to force the issue so I went to check the status of the rebate and seen it was processed but never sent. A few days later is showed up.....Interesting....

 

[Engineer]

Originally posted by: isekii
I got my notification from Abit saying they received my rebate and they are processing it.

LOL, I just received an e-mail also. Damn amazing but I'm just glad it's finally showing up!!!

Now to buy another one? :evil:

NOT!!! :Q

 

[isekii]

Originally posted by: Engineer

Originally posted by: isekii
I got my notification from Abit saying they received my rebate and they are processing it.

LOL, I just received an e-mail also. Damn amazing but I'm just glad it's finally showing up!!!

Now to buy another one? :evil:

NOT!!! :Q

honestly I wasn't even expecting an email from them..

I figured i'd have to keep track of it myself and hunt them down, but so far so good.

My HP Rebate came and the only outstanding rebate is the Abit

 

[Rhapsody]

Hmmm. Set mine up and can't get USB ports to work. Anyone else have this problem?

 

[tigersty1e]

How's this board compared to the Gigabyte P35 DS3L?


And why does the Abit board require an 8 pin CPU ATX connector?

And what is that blue fan shaped heatsink near the CPU socket?


What FSB are people hitting with this?

 

[MustangSVT]

Originally posted by: tigersty1e
How's this board compared to the Gigabyte P35 DS3L?


And why does the Abit board require an 8 pin CPU ATX connector?

And what is that blue fan shaped heatsink near the CPU socket?


What FSB are people hitting with this?

i dunno

but you can just use the 4 pin version which it states in manual

heatsink for the ip35 chipset

pretty high. it doesnt have any problem hitting 400+

 

[tigersty1e]

Originally posted by: MustangSVT

heatsink for the ip35 chipset

I'm not talking about the northbridge heatsink.

The heatsink I'm talking about is right next tot he s/pdif out.