WTF was Gigabyte thinking?

[450R]

So the DS3 I ordered arrived the other day and I just got around to opening it today. Surprise, there's a giant sticker stuck across the PCI slots. I knew what was going to happen so I removed the sticker with as much care as a brain surgeon with multiple malpractice suits under his belt but it still left a bunch of little pieces of paper all over the PCI slots blocking the little holes. Now I get to sit here and rip off each piece and hope I get everything.

WHAT THE FSCK WHERE THEY THINKING?

 

[Dwarefy]

Ah ha I see

http://hardwarelogic.com/articles/revie...rboards/Gigabyte_GA-965P-DS3/board.jpg

 

[alaricljs]

That's very interesting. I had the same sticker on my board (N650SLI-DS4) and the sticker was not very sticky at all and seemed to be made of some pretty strong mylar. Maybe someone F'd up when they re-ordered the stickers and got the wrong paper type?

 

[Puffnstuff]

Most stickers that I've had to pull off slots like that were semi tacky and didn't leave any adhesive on the slots. They probably did mess up and put something too strong on there. Now that you mention it msi has put a sticker across the 2nd pci-e slot on my mb and I never checked to see how sticky it was. Oh well, I'll probably never use that slot anyway.

 

[Cheezeit]

That happened to me too. The sticker was crazy sticky. It left residue on my PCI ports.

 

[Bozo Galora]

yep, had to clean mine up with gasoline
how annoying is that when you buy a new mobo
I often wonder if people in the computer industry are recruited from the looney bin

 

[Skott]

You used gasoline?

 

[tapir]

I thought this was pretty common practice... sucks that it stuck like that though

 

[Bozo Galora]

Originally posted by: Skott
You used gasoline?

Yes gasolina, does that shock you to your core??
Nothing is ever left unchallenged on AT.
Its so predictable.
I tried 99% isopropyl, but that stickum was nasty beyond belief.
And that crap would prevent good cardedge contact if it got on traces as you inserted the add-in.
Cant use solvent or acetone.
My board still works, so I guess I didnt wreck anything.
If I did wreck it, I would have cracked it in half and sent it back to them
K?

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[ribbon13]

Liquid propane, Naptha, gasoline... petroleum works

 

[sheltem]

Originally posted by: 450R
So the DS3 I ordered arrived the other day and I just got around to opening it today. Surprise, there's a giant sticker stuck across the PCI slots. I knew what was going to happen so I removed the sticker with as much care as a brain surgeon with multiple malpractice suits under his belt but it still left a bunch of little pieces of paper all over the PCI slots blocking the little holes. Now I get to sit here and rip off each piece and hope I get everything.

WHAT THE FSCK WHERE THEY THINKING?

OH man, I had the same problem. I just got my DS3 last week. I ended up returning it b/c of reliability issues.

 

[Cardio]

Originally posted by: Bozo Galora
yep, had to clean mine up with gasoline
how annoying is that when you buy a new mobo
I often wonder if people in the computer industry are recruited from the looney bin

I've often wondered the same thing about people who clean their motherboards with GASOLINE.

 

[Bozo Galora]

Originally posted by: Cardio

Originally posted by: Bozo Galora
yep, had to clean mine up with gasoline
how annoying is that when you buy a new mobo
I often wonder if people in the computer industry are recruited from the looney bin

I've often wondered the same thing about people who clean their motherboards with GASOLINE.

I didnt clean the mobo with it, I cleaned the top of the PCI PCI-E card holders.
And you can go rot in hell, you big mouthed a-hole.

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[lavaheadache]

Originally posted by: Bozo Galora

Originally posted by: Cardio

Originally posted by: Bozo Galora
yep, had to clean mine up with gasoline
how annoying is that when you buy a new mobo
I often wonder if people in the computer industry are recruited from the looney bin

I've often wondered the same thing about people who clean their motherboards with GASOLINE.

I didnt clean the mobo with it, I cleaned the top of the PCI PCI-E card holders.
And you can go rot in hell, you big mouthed a-hole.

Was that really needed? Esp. from a Diamond member!!!

 

[Steve]

gusta la gasolina
(Dame mas gasolina!)

 

[Bobsled]

The DS3 that arrived yesterday from the egg (building it for a friend) had the sticker on the outside of the ESD bag vs. the board itself (I think you can see the outline of the bag if you look hard enough on link in the 2nd post).

 

[ColdFusion718]

Goo Gone is your friend.

 

[Zap]

I usually just use a piece of plastic packaging tape and dab at the residue/pieces with the sticky side of the tape.

 

[ss284]

I like the smell of gas. Am I weird?

 

[SamzAthlon]

Yeah, I don't see any point of putting those stickers. I guess they do it for packaging/marketing reasons.

Anyways, I just bought the giga-byte 965p-DS4 over the weekend and it also had the a sticker on the pcie slot, but it came off real nicely, no leftovers.


So i dont know what happened to yours, but all I have to say is that its no big deal...lol

 

[lyssword]

" I knew what was going to happen so I removed the sticker with as much care as a brain surgeon with multiple malpractice suits under his belt but it still left a bunch of little pieces of paper all over the PCI slots blocking the little holes. "

WHAT THE FSCK WHERE THEY THINKING?[/quote]

haha nice, that is poetry

 

[SamzAthlon]

this really is a funny thread

 

[Imported]

Sticker on mine came off really easy. :/

 

[Conky]

Originally posted by: Imported
Sticker on mine came off really easy. :/

Me too. It's amazing the strange problems people have with the Gigabyte boards that I never experience.

I put that shiny green sticker on the inside of my case door... I guess if I was a real geek I would put it on the outside. :laugh:

 

[SamzAthlon]

Originally posted by: Conky

Originally posted by: Imported
Sticker on mine came off really easy. :/

Me too. It's amazing the strange problems people have with the Gigabyte boards that I never experience.

I put that shiny green sticker on the inside of my case door... I guess if I was a real geek I would put it on the outside. :laugh:

nice idea!!!!