Hmmmm....I've had very good success with Abit as well as Soyo and, of course, Asus. FREE ? If anyone has one, or more, to get rid of I'll be glad to give them a good home! 🙂😀 I really like their SoftMenu III with the 1MHz increments; great for OC'ing!
If their failure rate is high and with a $25 RMA fee I can see why dealers would shy away from them! But, I don't have a problem finding dealers who sell them and I know system builders who wouldn't use anything else. Stange?!?