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  • Mainboard makers Q3 results....

    From the profitability side;

    ECS
    MSI
    Asus
    Gigabyte
    Chaintech
    Jetway
    Biostar

    From the not-so profitable side;

    Abit lost money again...as it's been doing for some time. The problem: leaking capacitors , uncollectable account receivables and a poor transition to its new plant in China.

    There is justice in the world

    Dr. Mordrid
    Dr. Mordrid
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    An elephant is a mouse built to government specifications.

    I carry a gun because I can't throw a rock 1,250 fps

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    Re: Mainboard makers Q3 results....

    Originally posted by Dr Mordrid
    From the profitability side;

    ECS
    MSI
    Asus
    Gigabyte
    Chaintech
    Jetway
    Biostar

    From the not-so profitable side;

    Abit lost money again...as it's been doing for some time. The problem: leaking capacitors , uncollectable account receivables and a poor transition to its new plant in China.

    There is justice in the world

    Dr. Mordrid
    Abit: Welcome to the leaked lane.

    Just wondering i thought the abit boards used to be good. Is it their low end board that are leaking or their high-end board? (like the AT7-Max/2)

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    • #3
      They're pretty much all crap these days. They had some nice stuff around the 440BX days, but it's all downhill from there.
      Gigabyte P35-DS3L with a Q6600, 2GB Kingston HyperX (after *3* bad pairs of Crucial Ballistix 1066), Galaxy 8800GT 512MB, SB X-Fi, some drives, and a Dell 2005fpw. Running WinXP.

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      • #4
        Similar goes for ASUS (at least the AMD boards).
        Starting with the bad K7M, the ASUS were IMO not so good.
        But we named the *dog* Indiana...
        My System
        2nd System (not for Windows lovers )
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        • #5
          Originally posted by Wombat
          They're pretty much all crap these days. They had some nice stuff around the 440BX days, but it's all downhill from there.
          ROFL

          I am wondering why Abit hasn't noticed that their capacitors leak yet?

          They have only been leaking for about 3 years!

          Perhaps someone should call them and tell them about it?

          Oh no, ECS made a profit, and I helped them!
          80% of people think I should be in a Mental Institute

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          • #6
            I remember seeing a story on Hardocp saying that a bunch of motherboard manufactures got a bad shipment of Caps in from a supplier..maybe thats a partial explantion on why Abit's boards do that?
            Why is it called tourist season, if we can't shoot at them?

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            • #7
              Originally posted by GT98
              I remember seeing a story on Hardocp saying that a bunch of motherboard manufactures got a bad shipment of Caps in from a supplier..maybe thats a partial explantion on why Abit's boards do that?
              I don't think one bad shipment of caps can explain the long and ugly history of the caps on Abit boards.

              I am sure that if Abit simply got better capacitors (and maybe a few other tweeks, like use promise RAID instead of highpoint), they would become one of the most reliable and most profitable motherboard manufacturers on the planet. Just look at the prices they make people pay for their motherboards.
              80% of people think I should be in a Mental Institute

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              • #8
                It's not just that their caps leak; some of them were downright explosive. I had a couple of their boards whose caps went off like a string of fireworks

                As for ECS being among the most profitable: no suprise. They've been in the top 2-3 for a long time due to their OEM business. Buy a name brand computer and you have a pretty decent likelihood of owning an ECS mainboard.

                Dr. Mordrid
                Dr. Mordrid
                ----------------------------
                An elephant is a mouse built to government specifications.

                I carry a gun because I can't throw a rock 1,250 fps

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Dr Mordrid
                  It's not just that their caps leak; some of them were downright explosive. I had a couple of their boards whose caps went off like a string of fireworks

                  As for ECS being among the most profitable: no suprise. They've been in the top 2-3 for a long time due to their OEM business. Buy a name brand computer and you have a pretty decent likelihood of owning an ECS mainboard.

                  Dr. Mordrid
                  *nod*
                  80% of people think I should be in a Mental Institute

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                  • #10
                    What does this have to do with Quake 3?
                    Meet Jasmine.
                    flickr.com/photos/pace3000

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by Pace
                      What does this have to do with Quake 3?
                      Q3 = Third Quarter results
                      80% of people think I should be in a Mental Institute

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by rugger


                        Q3 = Third Quarter results
                        Do'h, I fell for it (missed the wink)
                        80% of people think I should be in a Mental Institute

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                        • #13
                          Indeed. Sorry, next time I'll try make the humour less subtle
                          Meet Jasmine.
                          flickr.com/photos/pace3000

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                          • #14
                            No Intel in that list? Or Compaq? (They make their own boards)

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by Pace
                              Indeed. Sorry, next time I'll try make the humour less subtle
                              Nah, don't worry,

                              I ussually don't notice things anyway .... until someone beats me over the head with it
                              80% of people think I should be in a Mental Institute

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