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    System wont post (mobo?)

    You can usually take a small screwdriver and pop it out. Just be gentle. I've seen a couple of different mechanisms by most mainboard mfgs .... but if you can position the screwdriver just a bit under the battery just flip it out. There are things that have to happen before the post...
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    D975XBX2 / BOXD975XBX2KR

    Yeah, just noticed that. They got theirs before we got ours. I've got samples, just no production shipments yet.
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    System wont post (mobo?)

    Optimized defaults are typically loaded on new boards. Clearing CMOS will by default load the fail safe settings. Only takes 30 seconds ... worth a shot I suppose.
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    System wont post (mobo?)

    Try clearing CMOS. New board, no post, always worth a shot if you haven't done so already. CLRTC jumper down and to the right of the battery.
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    D975XBX2 / BOXD975XBX2KR

    TPM = Trusted Platform Module. The Boxed BX2 has the 5 stack audio and the extra Silicon Image RAID contoller. 1394. Also Viiv compliant. Targeted at consumer. The LA (Light Augmented) version of the BX2 has the three stack audio, no Silicon Image RAID controller, TPM, no 1394. Targeted at...
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    Foxconn motherboard quality

    Correct, I can assure you Foxconn does not make Asus product. Nor the other way around.
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    Foxconn motherboard quality

    And they (Foxconn) have factory campuses that have over 30,000 employess working and living in them .... not that it matters .....
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    Foxconn motherboard quality

    Foxconn's bigger corporate name is Hong Hai in Asia .... and they owns parts or all of a hell of a lot of companies. They are everywhere ... huge.
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    Foxconn motherboard quality

    We used large quantities of MSI boards over the years. My relationship with a couple of the employees over there is very good. Overall their quality and support has been excellent. They've had some BIOS issues with some of the boards we've had in our hands lately but they always help debug...
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    Foxconn motherboard quality

    In Asia the motherboard factories are incestuos. The big players are still Foxconn, ECS/PC Chips, and Asus. The smaller guys keep their factories humming along but when the need for volume outgrows their primary factory's capabilities they outsource the manufacturing to one of the big three...
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    Systemax Hellcat Evaluation @ [H] Consumer

    Daftie .... Thanks for taking the time to write that. I respect your opinions and input. It's not my intention to be pre-defending .... and if taken that way by any of you my apologies. Sometimes it's hard to convey points and intentions electronically in the way you mean too, I have no...
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    Systemax Hellcat Evaluation @ [H] Consumer

    Kyle, you are absolutely right. We deserved what we got. And people here with bad experiences in the past have every right to express their frustrations as well. I'm not on this forum to defend ourselves, but to learn and listen, and offer any help if someone needs it.
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    Systemax Hellcat Evaluation @ [H] Consumer

    The whole review game can be a joke. I'd be lying and so would every other system builder if they told you they don't massage review units they know about. Some go way further they we even do. We dabble in the enthusiast market, we're new to the game, we've got a lot to learn. And now we have to...
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    Systemax Hellcat Evaluation @ [H] Consumer

    magoo .... it was built the way it was built. We can't take that back. We have to step up and fix what went wrong ... and that's the bottom line. I can't fix perceptions by only working "this" forum hard for the next few weeks and then just disappearing. Some of the posts give advice about...
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    Systemax Hellcat Evaluation @ [H] Consumer

    trick ..... I couldn't agree with you more. eTalk means nothing. If [H] give us another chance then great. If they don't then that's fine as well. From the general negativity of these posts on this forum we have more to do then just gettting a good review here and there. I'm not just a face for...
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