[ale] OT: Sort of; "The ongoing saga with Gigabyte support

[Ron Frazier]

I was googling the words gigabyte motherboard escalations to try to find 
somebody higher up that Scott could appeal to if he wished. No luck so 
far, after 20 minutes, but I found this thread, which is interesting. If 
you believe the people in this thread, Gigabyte, MSI, and Asus all 
stink. I really like the MSI motherboard I own, but I've never had to 
RMA anything. A couple of people in this forum I'm referencing like EVGA 
motherboards. Does anyone reading this personally know of a manufacturer 
that has good quality mid price range motherboards AND good customer 
service?

http://hardforum.com//showthread.php?t=1478537

Ron

On 02/15/2011 08:42 PM, Scott Castaline wrote:
> On 02/15/2011 04:36 PM, Geoffrey Myers wrote:
>    
>> Scott Castaline wrote:
>>      
>>> Question - 1044968
>>>    From :     Scott [ skotchman at gmail.com ]
>>> Sent :     2/16/2011 03:48
>>> Question :     I have already gone through this with an older HD 3650
>>> card. I                       do not have the money to go out and buy
>>> other cards. I have                       already spent $125.00 for the
>>> HD 5770.
>>>
>>> Answer - 1044897
>>> Answer :     Unless there is either an issue with the card or the slot
>>> on the                        board itself otherwise it should not
>>> exhibit this issue. Anyway to                    attempt and test with
>>> an different PCIe based videocard?
>>>
>>> Question - 1044897
>>>    From :     Scott [ skotchman at gmail.com ]
>>> Sent :     2/16/2011 01:16
>>> Question : After several attemps at StartupRepair it did boot using the
>>>                              onboard video. Device manager and Catalyst
>>> was able to access                   the HD 5770 card as well after
>>> booting and logging in as it does                   in Linux. Attempting
>>> to boot from the HD 5770 card corrupts                       Win7 and a
>>> reboot from the onboard video into Safe Mode is
>>> required.
>>>
>>> Answer - 1043279
>>> Answer :   does it stop at this point each time during OS installation?
>>>                     Do attempt to test the same procedure with no Video
>>> and use                      onboard video
>>>
>>> I'm beginning to feel like I'm in a circus act.
>>>        
>> No,,,
>>
>> You're in a maze of twisty little passages, all look alike.
>>
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> You mean I'm just a lab rat?
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