OcUK Value IP35-S Intel P35: year of Warranty?

metachi · 22 Mar 2008 at 01:23

since all other brand of motherboard maker have at least 3 year of warranty..so does this mean OcUK Value have 3 year of warranty and can directly RMA to OCUk even if 1 year already gone passed?

Thanks

WJA96 · 22 Mar 2008 at 07:38

The warranty is 12 months.

metachi · 22 Mar 2008 at 08:17

=( thats no good. this actually put me off from buying it.

Jumping · 22 Mar 2008 at 08:43

If it breaks after 12 months you will most likely alreayd have replaced the board with something newer and shiner or you been thinking about.

For under £60 imho it doesn't matter that its "only" 12 months warranty.

nightmare99 · 22 Mar 2008 at 10:22

since all other brand of motherboard maker have at least 3 year of warranty

All other brands don't have 3 years of warranty! I can think of a few that are 2 years MSI comes to mind as one. How long do you intend to keep your mainboard for? If you specifically want 3 years of warranty buy one of the other brands, generally you get what you pay for.

metachi · 22 Mar 2008 at 11:07

Jumping said:
If it breaks after 12 months you will most likely alreayd have replaced the board with something newer and shiner or you been thinking about.

For under £60 imho it doesn't matter that its "only" 12 months warranty.

im still using the gigabyte GA-965P DS4 rev 1 (2006) and i want to upgrade as the on board audio sound just die.

IAmATeaf · 22 Mar 2008 at 13:14

Gigabyte has a 3 year warranty doesn't it so you could RMA the mobo.

shaffaaf27 · 22 Mar 2008 at 13:18

(get a sound card?)

WJA96 · 22 Mar 2008 at 13:25

metachi said:
=( thats no good. this actually put me off from buying it.

Fair enough. As has been stated elsewhere, just RMA your Gigabyte board to their Milton Keynes centre. It'll be back with 21 days.

metachi · 22 Mar 2008 at 13:29

WJA96 already has answered my question. "ocUk value has 12month"
so i wont' buy it..looks like i gonna get the abit IP35 dark raider instead.

im already using a 3rd party sound card. the thing is i need a new mobo because i just bought a E6750 and the 'GA-965P DS4 rev 1' doesnt support fsb1333. so i need to get a new mobo while gigabyte board in progress of RMA.

Thanks all.

WJA96 · 22 Mar 2008 at 13:32

metachi said:
i just bought a E6750 and the 'GA-965P DS4 rev 1' doesnt support fsb1333.

Yes it does. Who says it doesn't?

WJA96 · 22 Mar 2008 at 13:36

metachi said:
looks like i gonna get the abit IP35 dark raider instead.

That only has a 2 year warranty in the UK, and you have to send it back to Holland if you have any issues with it. In fact, as far as I know only Gigabyte offer a 3 year warranty in the UK, EVGA and BFG offer 10 years though.

metachi · 22 Mar 2008 at 13:41

gigabyte website and even i looked on google:

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/243942-28-1333-chips-1333-compliant-boards
http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1211968

DS3 and DS4 board is very similar so i guess it has the same problem.

WJA96 · 22 Mar 2008 at 13:44

metachi said:
gigabyte website and even i looked on google:

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/243942-28-1333-chips-1333-compliant-boards
http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1211968

DS3 and DS4 board is very similar so i guess it has the same problem.

All you need to do is manually turn up the FSB. It's not officially supported, but it does work. The 45nm CPUs don't work though.

metachi · 22 Mar 2008 at 13:53

will try that later =)

"It'll be back within 21 days"

21 days of RMA thats long.. i cant wait that long, so might as well buy new board then sell the gigabyte when is back from rma.

WJA96 · 22 Mar 2008 at 14:07

metachi said:
will try that later =)

"It'll be back within 21 days"

21 days of RMA thats long.. i cant wait that long, so might as well buy new board then sell the gigabyte when is back from rma.

21 days is totally normal for an RMA with a manufacturer.