SAYONARA ABIT COMPUTER - Website will EOL end of this month so one last view!

[Qianglong]

http://vr-zone.com/articles/abit-website-to-close-at-the-end-of-february/14684.html

Pretty sure most people here have fond memories of this company!

"The problem was an overzealous senior management lead by the CEO, who was a hardcore superstitious individual who would fire people for having a bad horoscope, changed the features of products because "the numbers would not align" or the product did not "sound right". According to our friends who worked there, the place turned into a region of terror and uncertainty and a lot of people jumped boat."

 

[Rvenger]

"The problem was an overzealous senior management lead by the CEO, who was a hardcore superstitious individual who would fire people for having a bad horoscope, changed the features of products because "the numbers would not align" or the product did not "sound right". According to our friends who worked there, the place turned into a region of terror and uncertainty and a lot of people jumped boat."

Sounds like my fiancee's old job. Abit made awesome boards, they are missed

 

[nitrous9200]

I never owned any of their legendary motherboards, just a regular one, but it's still working fine five years later. I just checked the site and saw there was a BIOS update for the board, so I grabbed it just in case.

As for the superstitious CEO? I can't even believe someone like that was allowed to run the company...it just sounds ridiculous.

 

[JoJoman88]

Had 2 of their BX motherboards back in the day, man did they overclock like mad. Some of the best BX boards around at the time. Sad to say they did not keep up with the changes that happen with time. A crazy CEO wouldn't help the problem either. RIP Abit, it was a good ride for awhile.

 

[Mr Solis]

Had 2 of their BX motherboards back in the day, man did they overclock like mad. Some of the best BX boards around at the time. Sad to say they did not keep up with the changes that happen with time. A crazy CEO wouldn't help the problem either. RIP Abit, it was a good ride for awhile.

Ah yes!
I still remember my 440BX + OC'd P3 Coppermine + Voodoo 2!
Many late nights with Unreal Tournament.
Can't say i ever owned an ABIT mobo but i definitely remember the company.
RIP golden age.

 

[Soulkeeper]

I owned about half a dozen of their motherboards in the past
I swore by their quality and bios, they were almost always on the top of the overclocking charts during the P3/socket A/P4 days.

I heard they make digital picture frames now ... what a shame.

 

[OS]

i had an abit BP6 and it was a POS. It had leaking capacitors and the IDE/66 feature never worked right.

 

[dawp]

my daughter's ip35 was still going strong when I retired it last year, replaced it with an ASUS M4A89GTD PRO/USB3 and a 1090t. was going to go sb for her but just before that the chipset issue surfaced and I went with amd as a result.

 

[StrangerGuy]

i had an abit BP6 and it was a POS. It had leaking capacitors and the IDE/66 feature never worked right.

C'mon, which manufacturer didn't use leaky caps back in the bad caps era?

 

[GoSharks]

Three out of the four boards that I've had since I joined this place have been from ABIT.

BP6, dual c366@525?
SL6, p3 700@933
IP35e, stock E8400

The IP35e is still my main rig.

 

[SamMaster]

I got myself many years ago an ABit NF7-S Rev.2 that made me OC an Athlon XP-M 2400+ to 2200mHz on 1.7v (was no high at the time). Its still going strong as of this writing. I also had to RMA another of their boards and I ended up with the same board but with integrated nVidia graphics. Customer support was top notch.

 

[mrblotto]

I used Abit mobos exclusively for 6 or 7 years. I think I built maybe 1/2 dozen or more systems w/them. They were all pretty much rock solid back then.

Then they just sorta 'couldnt keep up' with other companies, so I reluctantly switched to Asus..........

WTF is up the the crazy CEO lol

 

[Despoiler]

I too used Abit mobos exclusively for several years. They never failed or even hiccuped. They had the best overclocking options and stability. It's a real shame. The industry as a whole gained from their revolutions and again in their demise. RIP Abit

 

[BTA]

I too miss abit. The only trouble I ever had was the most recent. Ip35e trying to get WIN7 to install just wouldn't happen.

Feels like there aren't as many MB options these days. At least not good ones.

 

[dmoney1980]

Feels like there aren't as many MB options these days. At least not good ones.

this! Go on newegg, and you have Gigabyte, ASUS, and ummm....yeah thats about it. Don't get me wrong, I have an asrock mobo now and I can't complain, but I miss the days of a very competitive mobo market

 

[Diogenes2]

Gigabyte, ASUS, and ummm....yeah thats about it.

... if you don't count the other nine..

 

[JustAnAverageGuy]

... if you don't count the other nine..

Asrock, Asus, Gigabyte, MSI, and Intel are the only ones worth counting.

 

[WhoBeDaPlaya]

Still have a few ABIT 965P mobos here. Been running with OCed E4300s and E6400s 24/7/365 the last few years without issues.

 

[pauldun170]

The one Abit board I had was a IC7 paired with a P4 2.8
Put that thing together in Dec of 03.
Piece of crap died a year later and I replaced it with a Shuttle AB60R which is still chugging along with that same P4 to this day. Running Win7\office 2010 just fine.

 

[skipsneeky2]

The one Abit board I had was a IC7 paired with a P4 2.8
Put that thing together in Dec of 03.
Piece of crap died a year later and I replaced it with a Shuttle AB60R which is still chugging along with that same P4 to this day. Running Win7\office 2010 just fine.

LOL the IC7 max3 on the 875p was the best motherboard period for the p4 i owned a old email machine with its sister the ic7-g i believe and it wasn't bad at all but later on sold it.

Only undisputed motherboard for 478 was the ic7-max3 and the asus p4c800-e deluxe which i happened to own till 2007 and got at a swapmeet for $50 new in box in 2006 and it clocked a p4 out of a dell dimension 2400 right up to 3.4ghz on air and for that chip it was rare.

 

[frostedflakes]

Back when I got first into building my own systems and overclocking, Abit NF7-S was the Socket A motherboard to get. Seems like after that they started to fall out of favor among enthusiasts, though, DFI became the next big thing with their nForce3 boards.

 

[ShreddedWheat]

I started off with ABIT

It5h w/ k6 166mhz oced to 225 @ 75mhz bus
BH6 w/ 300a oced to 464
KT7A Raid with duron 700 oced to 900mhz; thunderbird 1.4 oced to 1.6, hoped to go AthlonXP (Abit did NOT deliver on promise for support) Pissed me off with bad support and dropped them.

Abit's poor management and customer service ruined the company and they lost a loyal following. Now hello Gigabyte!

 

[Shamrock]

I had 1 ABit. Let's just say they deserve their fate. My board failed, I never got a return email, no customer support, nothing. I am STILL waiting on that email! Although my mobo, is at the landfill.

 

[mindwreck]

ah the abit ic7 max3.. such an awesome motherboard. i kept mine for nostalgia sake.

then EPOX. oh man where did they go..

ahh...the nforce2 and the intel 875 era.. those were the days..

 

[pitz]

"Abit" of junk was the phrase around here. Good riddance to this firm and their product lines.

C'mon, which manufacturer didn't use leaky caps back in the bad caps era?

Asus mostly avoided the mess.