How GIGABYTE Black Edition Motherboards Are Made

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During our GIGABYTE Z97X-Gaming G1 WiFi-BK review we mentioned that the company now stress tests each motherboard for 168 hours before it ships to retail. This video gives you a look behind the scenes as each board goes through the testing process.
 
Probably mine some bitcoin while they are at it lol. But thats interesting that they do this.
 
I find it interesting how a lot of the stuff is placed manually. Seems like a machine could do some of that as well, but maybe the variation of boards makes it easier to hire cheap labor to do it. :p
 
What!?!? They're not birthed??? Inconceivable!
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PLOT TWIST: They're actually purposefully lowering the life of the motherboard, by running long stress tests.
 
MavericK96 said:
I find it interesting how a lot of the stuff is placed manually. Seems like a machine could do some of that as well, but maybe the variation of boards makes it easier to hire cheap labor to do it. :p
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Yeah that was odd, they had one machine slapping chips down, but all the caps and some slots were done by hand. And to show how odd that is, they all had blue bands attached to their arms which I'm presuming is so they would only go the right distance to put the components in.

Also not why they didn't just put everything in and reflow it all at once... but hey that's why I don't make motherboards for a living :)
 
But they told mobos are made by hot virgin trannies
 
sfsuphysics said:
Yeah that was odd, they had one machine slapping chips down, but all the caps and some slots were done by hand. And to show how odd that is, they all had blue bands attached to their arms which I'm presuming is so they would only go the right distance to put the components in.

Also not why they didn't just put everything in and reflow it all at once... but hey that's why I don't make motherboards for a living :)
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I do not know if I should be crying or laughing. At least we know why things are made in Asia. Have you ever heard about "static wrist band"?

Hey, it is even blue.

http://www.commsandsound.com/mercury-anti-static-wrist-band.html
 
Heh, interesting. Most production lines will take a some samples from each production run and test them, but testing every. single. board? That's pretty nuts.
 
MavericK96 said:
I find it interesting how a lot of the stuff is placed manually. Seems like a machine could do some of that as well, but maybe the variation of boards makes it easier to hire cheap labor to do it. :p
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they use pick and place machines for the SMT stuff but unfortunately though hole stuff still has to be done by hand

never seen a fab or equipment for automating through hole stuff... that's why you see most things that are mass produced like TVs have almost all SMT stuff...
 
Interesting video/thread. Thank you Steve for posting. I personally think it's pretty awesome they are doing the testing.
 
They take all that time to make sure it supports Win... but then, just a little help with Linux support - NOT!

I really wanted one of these boards but refuse to be 'borged my MS.

From Gigabyte:
"Due to different Linux support condition provided by chipset vendors, please download Linux driver from chipset vendors' website or 3rd party website."
 
GaryS said:
They take all that time to make sure it supports Win... but then, just a little help with Linux support - NOT!

I really wanted one of these boards but refuse to be 'borged my MS.

From Gigabyte:
"Due to different Linux support condition provided by chipset vendors, please download Linux driver from chipset vendors' website or 3rd party website."
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I totally agree. On some boards I have to try several distros before Linux installs properly. I realize the variety of video cards, HDD/SSD, and CPU combinations are difficult to plan for, but if they can do it for Win8, it would be nice if they did it for Linux. I would certainly buy a board that boasted "Linux Ready" even if it listed one or a set of distros.
 
Just making the machines for those motherboards must be a pain.......I was wondering what parts were assembled by hand cause I knew the entire thing couldn't just be printed out...

I'm a ASUS fan though =)
 
Been using Gigabyte boards since x58 build. Will keep using them as long as they have color combinations I enjoy.
 
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