Which motherboards have the highest RMA rates?

[damocles]

currently i'm running an ASUS CUSL2 while i wait to upgrade (don't believe my outdated sig). The CUSL2 is pure magic, i will be sad the day i get rid of it

I will prob get a TUSL2 for my girlfriend when they are released

 

[WyteWatt]

damocles wow i just read about someone not selling abit or asus mobos hehe
he said like 20% RMA rate on both. So everyone has a different opinion for sure.
he now does MSI and hasnt got many RMA he said.

damocles btw is that a mobo for intel processors?

 

[Instig8r]

Check out the third paragraph on this page: Game PC

 

[damocles]

The TUSL2 will take the Intel Tualatin, i like it because i will be able to use my P3 for a while in my gfs PC and stil have some upgrade path

 

[WyteWatt]

Instig8r hmm thats good to know. Very important. Thanks for showing me that. But i know not all sites people trust but still it saids.
Maybe i am just lucky lol.
Appreicate the info Instig8r

Thanks

 

[gogeeta13]

From what I have heard from many people, and pc shops, the Abit are the worse. They(stores and various poeople) have always mentioned the sh!tty workmanship of the boards. Any board that has a Dimm socket breakoff and a ata plug crack off should not be bought.

I have the kk266-r. I can honestly say that there is not one kt133a board that can compare. Other than the rushed release of the kk266(r) and the bug, I have heard ZERO problems with IWILL.

 

[Instig8r]

No Problem, imtim83. I'm glad to help you out.

 

[WyteWatt]

damocles Cool. So you do intel processors all the time right not amd right?

gogeeta13 Thats bad to hear but i am sure thats true. what mobos were they btw? curious. And Iwill i heard good about but never had one so i dont know myself. But i wouldnt mind trying one hehe. Heck i wish i could try all brands but i cant really
But i think all mobo companys will have their problems just some less than others and stuff. And Some mobo companys surely can change from the best to the worst on a newer mobo. But its becoming harder to chose what mobo to buy now a days i think sometimes. I just got to be careful.

Instig8r what mobo do you own ?

 

[billyjak]

Abit is higher, I RMA'd one myself, who cares, all manufactures send out some motherboards that are Buggy.
But when they work theyr'e soo sweet.
Happy Abit KT7 Raid owner here.

 

[kingz]

My first motherboard, MSI K7T Pro2A, died on me. My friend's MSI K7T Pro2-A has the infamous mutiplier problem. Two MSI's and both didn't work right. I got a ABIT KT7A-RAID from the money I made ebaying the RMA'ed MSI. MY KT7A-RAID's highpoint controller died on me, RMA'ed that one too. IMO, both brands suck Thats just my opinion though LXi seems have lots of experience with motherboards, a lot more than my 4 crapped out motherboards. But who cares. Every motherboard, even the same motherboard from the same manufacture and model, is different. Different revisions means different board. Just go with whats at the top at the moment you buy. At this moment, why not just got with Epox?

 

[WyteWatt]

true.
Anything can happen hehe.
So why do yall think some people have KT7A raid mobos and they work good and others have them and they dont work good at all ?
different rev. ?
or what

 

[Lemonjellow]

well after sitting here for a grueling 20 minutes or so reading all these posts.. i just decided to say...

i read this on a computer runing an ABIT KT-7 Raid with two 20 gig ibm 75gxp's the memory bus is bumped up to 110 and nothing seems to be not working about it : -)~

in my opinion its a very nice motherboard...

I also have an Asus A7v..... which is also a fine motherboard...
and has served my father very well so far...

and just for the record i have an abit LX-6 thats been running since god knows when with barley any trouble... of course its my second one because the first one i had within the first 6 months of owning it a lightning storm turned it to toast...

i just thought i'd tell ya'll about my experience with my mobos i cant tell you which is better or why or when... or what company is more reliable all i know is mine work and they do it well...

and on that ISA slot tidbit...
ISA cards still rock..to some extent

have a nice day

 

[gogeeta13]

The 3 mobos in particular were the KT7, kt7a and some of the newer made bx boards. I had a abit BX board, I think that back then, they were much better. But it seems these days, they haven't gotten everything under control.

I have built lot's of rigs with the MSI kt133(a) boards, and all of them have been great! I also built a new ddr rig with the EpoX, and that was very nice too. My 4 favorites at the moment are iwill, asus, epox and MSI.

 

[ArchAngel777]

As I stated in another post... This is the comsumers way to look at it.


You buy this motherboard online. "If" it fails you return it. Simple as that.

Most motherboard failures are right away, on setup.... so..... wherever you "bought" this motherboard from you would simply take it back, and let "them" deal with the RMA... It is of no loss to you.

buy whatever motherboard you wan't. Don't let horror stories from people like LXi scare you off, even if Abit does have a higher RMA rate, you as the consumer have nothing to worry about so long as you buy from a reputable company.

Very rarely does the consumer have to RMA anything "himself" this is done at a higher level, for instance you send back to the distibuter, they give you new board.. they collect all their defective boards and send in a "mass" shipment of RMAs. That is how it works, all done behind the scenes, you don't even know about it.

Of course if your applying this to a business and you are a distibuter, then you will wan't to have good ties with the motherboard manufactor you buy from. It is much easyer for a big company to do RMAs no questioned asked that it is for you as a consumer to RMA, which you should not be RMAing anyways, unless your board failed after 1 year of use or so (which is even rarer).


My point is, as a consumer you always buy products that are potentially bad, to sit and base your purchase off of a %, that is not proven or to base it off of a gamble that you "might" get a bad board is simply only making you a victom of your own imagination. Someone that thinks like that will always get the bad board... it is their luck.


Lighten up, and buy the motherboard you wan't whether that be MSI, or Abit, or ECS (ECS is the #2 Mainboard supplier, Very close behind Asus) or even Asus.

Hope this helps you consumers!

 

[zzzz]

<< There is a reason why Abit boards arent on the AMD recommended list. >>



is it me or you can see it too?

 

[LXi]

MortaniuS

<<Oh, i think maxtors suck anyways, that prolly why i havnt seen a problem, i would never buy one.>>

Its unfortunate, again, I cant agree with that. Maxtor-Quantum make good stuff, so does Seagate, WD is down there.


imtim83,

I was just joking, dont take it too seriously. But you're right, a lot people here in the forum blatantly start calling people liars.



<<Don't let horror stories from people like LXi scare you off>>

People are better off trusting me than you. I know what Im talking about, you, apparently dont. The 900NF can do 90Hz at 1600x1200, why did you chicken out and not reply? The simple fact is, if you don't want to deal with trouble, dont get Abit, even if it doesnt fail, it's the overall experience that makes them bad; it sucks even more when it start crapping out after date you're allowed to return. Oh yea, you can just say Im BSing, but there is a clear distinction between who's right and who's wrong.


<<is it me or you can see it too?>>

Haha, recommended for Duron. Where did their KT7A go? Isn't that what we're talking about?

 

[damocles]

damocles Cool. So you do intel processors all the time right not amd right?

I have no real preference. My P3 has lasted me a long time and will continue to do so in my gfs PC.

My next PC will probably be based around the Athlon4 unless Intel pull a rabbit out of a hat

 

[Lemonjellow]

i think AMD thinks i made the right mobo choice though : -)~

 

[LXi]

Still, I dont see the KT7A. Therefore, Abit isnt recommended by AMD to run 266MHz Tbirds, that kinda sucks.

 

[CZroe]

From what I've read, virtually every ABIT BP6 is eligible for an RMA...
Oh wait, I read somewhere they stopped accepting them...
Sheer volume I guess... That oughta bump them up the scales a bit!
Not that they are a bad company, they try hard, but configurability comes at a price.

 

[sad]

This thread is so hilarious. OH look, my kk266 isn't on that list, I guess I better kick it to the curb and pick up one of those SNAZZY ECS boards since they are on the list a few times. LOL

 

[LXi]

sad,

If you think Im dissing your KK266, you're wrong by a mile. It's a million times better than the KT7A.

 

[sad]

From my personal experience...not really. It's pretty much on par with the kt7a. Maybe I was lucky..whatever.

Anyway, my point is you were using ABIT's absence on AMD's list as reinforcement to your notion that ABIT makes crappy products. Yet on that list, the much lauded Iwill KK266 is missing while the utterly ARSED ECS boards are on multiple times.

Can anybody really take AMD's recommendation list seriously?

 

[LXi]

The AMD recommended was not my main arguement. I have enough experience to know who makes crappy products, I dont need AMD to tell me that. Iwill's KK266 is by far the better motherboard in my experience. But why do you think KT7 is on, and not KT7A?

 

[zzzz]

<< But why do you think KT7 is on, and not KT7A? >>


Because AMD guys don't want people to run their 200 fsb cpu's at 266?
or they don't want people to run duron 600@1100( people like me )
Anyway, the point is, you shouldn't take AMD's list too seriuosly. And I don't but you started the argument about AMD recommended list.
interesting thread about Abit's performace.