Refurbished Motherboards

[Walter Wood]

I ran across a reputible site selling refurbished Asus motherboards. The
savings is about 30% but they do not state what warranty comes with the
board. Does anyone have any experience with these?

TIA
Walter

 

[DanO]

As long as it is from Newegg, you'll be fine. They nave the best RMA policy
I know of, even for refurbs.

 

[snapper_mac_hymen]

I ran across a reputible site selling refurbished Asus motherboards. The
savings is about 30% but they do not state what warranty comes with the
board. Does anyone have any experience with these?

TIA
Walter

Don't waste your time.

Most of them were returned by the last person for one reason or another
but mostly because they didn't work right.
At best the quality control involves putting them in a machine and
seeing if they pass basic tests which if they do will send them back out
into the field.
At worst, the vendor reseals the box and sends them out anyway.

This type of testing will never reveal any type of intermittent problem.

How much is your time/data worth?

Sure you can get a lemon from a brand new board, but why tilt the odds
against yourself by purchasing someone elses headache?

 

[Walter Wood]

Hi DanO

These are from NewEgg. I after much looking I finally found that they only
carry a 15 day warranty so I am not sure it would be worth the hassle.

Thanks
Walter

 

[Kyle Brant]

| On Mon, 01 Mar 2004 01:29:57 GMT, "Walter Wood" <[email protected]>
| wrote:
|
| >I ran across a reputible site selling refurbished Asus
motherboards. The
| >savings is about 30% but they do not state what warranty comes with
the
| >board. Does anyone have any experience with these?
| >
| >TIA
| >Walter
| >
|
| Don't waste your time.
|
| Most of them were returned by the last person for one reason or
another
| but mostly because they didn't work right.
| At best the quality control involves putting them in a machine and
| seeing if they pass basic tests which if they do will send them back
out
| into the field.
| At worst, the vendor reseals the box and sends them out anyway.
|
| This type of testing will never reveal any type of intermittent
problem.
|
| How much is your time/data worth?
|
| Sure you can get a lemon from a brand new board, but why tilt the
odds
| against yourself by purchasing someone elses headache?
|

I beg to differ.

I have purchased 2 a7n8x-dlx 2.0 refurb mobos from Newegg, and both
work flawlessly, and both have been "worked out" quite extensively.
Both boards looked to be brand new when received. No I/O plate or
cables come with the new boards, and the dlx board has quite a bit of
extras, so it's worth getting the package from Asus for $15 (plus $5
s/h).

 

[KWW]

Up until about 2 months ago there was a guy who would sell refurbished mobos
(multiple brands) at the local monthly computer flea market... boards were
good - he would stand by them for a couple of months - and they were about
60% off retail. Never had a problem with any of the ones I purchased. I
guess it depends upon how reliable the source is and their return policy.
Regards,

 

[Courseyauto]

Don't waste your time.
|
| Most of them were returned by the last person for one reason or
another
| but mostly because they didn't work right.
| At best the quality control involves putting them in a machine and
| seeing if they pass basic tests which if they do will send them back
out
| into the field.
| At worst, the vendor reseals the box and sends them out anyway.
|
| This type of testing will never reveal any type of intermittent
problem.
|
| How much is your time/data worth?
|
| Sure you can get a lemon from a brand new board, but why tilt the
odds
| against yourself by purchasing someone elses headache?
|


I dont think they test them at all. I got a Gigabyte KNXP board and it was
totally dead,would not anything, My guess is who ever had it before me flashed
the bios and killed it. New Egg rma'd it and i just got credit on a new board
which i should have got in the firs place. DOUG

 

[Ken Maltby]

| On Mon, 01 Mar 2004 01:29:57 GMT, "Walter Wood" <[email protected]>
| wrote:
|
| >I ran across a reputible site selling refurbished Asus
motherboards. The
| >savings is about 30% but they do not state what warranty comes with
the
| >board. Does anyone have any experience with these?
| >
| >TIA
| >Walter
| >
|
| Don't waste your time.
|
| Most of them were returned by the last person for one reason or
another
| but mostly because they didn't work right.
| At best the quality control involves putting them in a machine and
| seeing if they pass basic tests which if they do will send them back
out
| into the field.
| At worst, the vendor reseals the box and sends them out anyway.
|
| This type of testing will never reveal any type of intermittent
problem.
|
| How much is your time/data worth?
|
| Sure you can get a lemon from a brand new board, but why tilt the
odds
| against yourself by purchasing someone elses headache?
|

I beg to differ.

I have purchased 2 a7n8x-dlx 2.0 refurb mobos from Newegg, and both
work flawlessly, and both have been "worked out" quite extensively.
Both boards looked to be brand new when received. No I/O plate or
cables come with the new boards, and the dlx board has quite a bit of
extras, so it's worth getting the package from Asus for $15 (plus $5
s/h).

I picked up this A7N8X 1.04 from Newegg when the
2.0 boards were coming out, refurbished and no problems
at all ( now that you have made me say that ???? )

I have an A7N8X-E on the way now from Newegg, I
just hope it well do 400FSB. I think there may be some
who take advantage of Newegg's generous returns policy
to do upgrades when a new board comes out, like the A64s.

Luck;
Ken

 

[dave AKA vwdoc1]

the A7N8X-E Deluxe goes on sale tomorrow at newegg

 

[Ken Maltby]

the A7N8X-E Deluxe goes on sale tomorrow at newegg

They have it at $113.95, I'm getting a refurbished one for $75.
( It's no longer listed on the refurbished page, guess I got the last
one.) They have an ASUS A64/FX board for $101, if anyone's
interested.

What's with all the "One Day Only" items today; what is coming
out tomorrow?

Luck;
Ken

 

[dave AKA vwdoc1]

HIGHER prices!!!! lol

They have it at $113.95, I'm getting a refurbished one for $75.
( It's no longer listed on the refurbished page, guess I got the last
one.) They have an ASUS A64/FX board for $101, if anyone's
interested.

What's with all the "One Day Only" items today; what is coming
out tomorrow?

Luck;
Ken