DFI expert delayed because of numerous board failures at monarch,, ughh,, what to do?

[demonbane23]

Well the wait continues for my DFI expert,... I called monarch on Friday and asked if they did actually have the expert in stock to which I was told yes they had 35 and I was the 32 order. So even though I usually stay away from monarch I ordered it. Well then no emails all week so I call tonight and the guy on the phone tells me this,

That he got an email saying that because of numerous board failures they are 5-6 boards behind on shipping and the new batch of 100 boards isnt coming in till the 12th. Monarch sells this combo of a CPU and mobo that a bunch of people ordered but when monarch put the CPU in to test the board for the people it failed or was faulty.

So I asked the guy why they were testing the boards and he said they normally didnt but they got so many phone calls of boards failing and having to RMA that they just started testing every DFI expert board that got send out ,,,,

So do I cancel my order and go with the Asus A8n32-sli or do I just wait till the 12th,,, I really want it sooner but I cant find it in stock anywhere I can cancel till then,,,,

what should I do ?

 

[rise]

lol.

i haven't been watching closely so i don't know if this is a widespread problem but my first thought is BS and that more likely, monarch oversold or screwed up their inventory again and is trying to put a positive spin on it.

 

[irev210]

nah, there is issues with this board.

I am one of the lucky guys that was oh so excited to order this right when monarch first got them in stock.

Now, the board has just continued to perform worse and worse.

I am still investigating, ill update more later.

But hey, STOCK voltage and STOCK CPU speed is still stable for now
woohoo



Apparently after letting the computer just sit "off" for a few days cleared everything up

works like a champ again, go figure?

 

[michal1980]

my dfi expert i got from monarch last week runs great.

however i have to call monarch and slap them because i ordered ocz ram last week paid for 2 day, and it still hasn't shipped.