Gigabyte recalls X79 boards

[ShuttleLuv]

General recall, reeks of Sandy last January....it's starting....


http://vr-zone.com/articles/gigabyt...ud3-ud5-g1.assassin-2-motherboards/14360.html

 

[Filter]

proabbly just related to shitty parts gigabyte used.

 

[DrDoU]

par for the course.I was just fixing to get the x79-ud3.Guess I'll look elsewhere

 

[Zero82z]

General recall, reeks of Sandy last January....it's starting....

This situation isn't even remotely similar to the Sandy Bridge chipset issues.

 

[plugwash]

General recall, reeks of Sandy last January...

Not really, the sandy problem was an intel chipset issue so it hit everyone. This is a voltage regulator issue and afaict voltage regulator design is the domain of the individual motherboard manufacturers.

 

[GreenGoose]

Should this not be in the motherboard section?

 

[ShuttleLuv]

This situation isn't even remotely similar to the Sandy Bridge chipset issues.

Not entirely but it's similiar. Anything recalled is never a good thing, business wise.

 

[wra18th]

Well at least they fessed up to it and doing something about it.

 

[Falkentyne]

I saw this coming awhile ago.

And mods, please move this to the motherboard section. heck,even the front news page....

 

[Naieve]

So glad I spent so much time researching my purchase. I was gonna buy the UD-7, but there were too many RMA issues and so I talked myself into the Newegg combo which made the R4E only $400.

 

[Filter]

Not entirely but it's similiar. Anything recalled is never a good thing, business wise.

not even similar, only one company is having issues. the SB thing was ALL MB 2 completely different things.

 

[ShuttleLuv]

OK but what recall is a good thing? It knocks one good potential mobo maker off the map.

Never a good thing.

 

[Zero82z]

OK but what recall is a good thing? It knocks one good potential mobo maker off the map.

Never a good thing.

I don't recall anyone in this thread implying that a recall is a good thing.