Gigabyte Recalling Three Motherboards Over Smoking Issue X79

[notty22]

Gigabyte Recalling Three Motherboards Over Smoking Issue

This seems pretty important to x79 users. Especially Gigabyte owners, o/c's.
Probably should go in the cpu/o/c forum also.

 

[thescreensavers]

Customers can return the motherboard to Gigabyte for a free replacement when the corrected version becomes available. Meanwhile, the company has pulled all three boards from store shelves and virtual retailers.

This is why Gigabyte is a great company, and is why I buy from them.

 

[notty22]

This is why Gigabyte is a great company, and is why I buy from them.

I can't disagree. In fact, I bought my particular m/b during the 1156 o/c socket burning scare.
If you watch this video, you will see something smoke up , m/b terminal, at the very end.

 

[Qianglong]

I wonder if its bad component in the supply chain or if its Gigabyte's QC problems? I mean GB is very reputable and I've used their boards for many years and the affected boards are some of their top-of-the-line premium X79 boards!

 

[gevorg]

How many did the sell so far, 107?

 

[bankster55]

dunno how many X79 GB sold since release, but in last fiscal year:
#1 Asus 20.6 million mobo, 58 million total devices of all types
#2 Gigabyte 18 million mobo
#3 ASRock 8 million
#4 MSI 7 million.

 

[Puppies04]

This is why Gigabyte is a great company, and is why I buy from them.

I don't disagree that they are being very honest but wouldn't a "great" company release a product that didn't try to set on fire during moderate overclocks. I'm not saying any other manufacturer is better btw.

 

[StrangerGuy]

A near $300 to $450 mobos failing? Unpossible. Everyone knows $$$ = quality, plus those ultra durable stuff can't be a gimmick!

 

[Chainspell]

Asus must be dancing on their feet right now. their boards are the only one left on the high end market for x79.

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[bankster55]

http://vr-zone.com/articles/mid-range-x79-boards-vrm-tested-equally-stable-equally-flawed/14380.html

 

[Chainspell]

http://vr-zone.com/articles/mid-range-x79-boards-vrm-tested-equally-stable-equally-flawed/14380.html

Nice. My rampage iv extreme is the same way. Couldn't believe how easy it was to overclock. And pretty easy to make it stable. I'm very happy with it.

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