Which motherboard brand has failed on you the most?

jonmcc33 · May 19, 2008

DaedalusHelios said:
I think Asus fanboys just inflated the Gigabyte number, because they are mad that Gigabyte called their favorite company, liars. LOL Its pathetic. :shadedshu

If you've been around computers as long as I have you'd know how long Gigabyte goes back to making very poor motherboards due to bad QA. It might not be that way anymore but that doesn't erase the past. This goes back to Pentium III and Athlon timeframe.

My ECS K7S5A came out in 2001 and died after 6 months of relatively moderate use (e-mail, web browsing). That was 7 years ago but I'm still going to mark them off in the poll.

My Asus A8R-MVP was working fine till I got stupid and decided to flash the BIOS. I killed it but hey, it's a failed product and I still mark them off in the poll.

Nobody is a fanboy so drop the kiddie talk.

jonmcc33 · May 19, 2008

tkpenalty said:
Gigabyte and ASUS have relatively the same amount of motherboards being sold... ASUS has two ranges, their vanilla and black boards, I think their vanilla are the boards that suffer from the most problems... The store that I worked at avoided ASUS like a sore thumb due to the amounts of quirks, versus Gigabyte.

No, not even close. Last time I saw Asus had a 33% market share as opposed to Gigabyte at 13%.

DaedalusHelios · May 20, 2008

jonmcc33 said:
If you've been around computers as long as I have you'd know how long Gigabyte goes back to making very poor motherboards due to bad QA. It might not be that way anymore but that doesn't erase the past. This goes back to Pentium III and Athlon timeframe.

My ECS K7S5A came out in 2001 and died after 6 months of relatively moderate use (e-mail, web browsing). That was 7 years ago but I'm still going to mark them off in the poll.

My Asus A8R-MVP was working fine till I got stupid and decided to flash the BIOS. I killed it but hey, it's a failed product and I still mark them off in the poll.

Nobody is a fanboy so drop the kiddie talk.

Unless you are talking pre-windows 95 I got ya covered. You are known as the biggest asshole on these forums, and I suggest you quit while your ahead.

sneekypeet · May 20, 2008

DaedalusHelios said:
Unless you are talking pre-windows 95 I got ya covered. You are known as the biggest asshole on these forums, and I suggest you quit while your ahead.

wow no sugar on that comment! :laugh:

Pandaz3 · May 20, 2008

jonmcc33 said:
If you've been around computers as long as I have you'd know how long Gigabyte goes back to making very poor motherboards due to bad QA. It might not be that way anymore but that doesn't erase the past. This goes back to Pentium III and Athlon timeframe.

My ECS K7S5A came out in 2001 and died after 6 months of relatively moderate use (e-mail, web browsing). That was 7 years ago but I'm still going to mark them off in the poll.

My Asus A8R-MVP was working fine till I got stupid and decided to flash the BIOS. I killed it but hey, it's a failed product and I still mark them off in the poll.

Nobody is a fanboy so drop the kiddie talk.

I have only had two Gigabyte boards a Socket A 7DXR which I finally gave away...working and a Via based 754, which I still have. ASUS is the only one unexplained for me. I don't know why I haven't bought more Gigabytes, probably price

erocker · May 20, 2008

Asus has been around (and popular) for many years. Of course it's going to win. In this "modern" age, I've owned nothing but Asus and Gigabyte, both excellent manufacturers. In one Asus board, I lost the IDE controller, in two Gigabytes, I lost the onboard sound and on one I had a cap blow-up. Since '99 I'm pretty sure I've owned four Gigabyte's, and seven Asus boards, and even the ones that eventually failed served thier pourpose very well. A lot of times it's the chipset (nvidia, ati, via, and extinct others) that fail.

DrPepper · May 20, 2008

I had 3 asrock boards die on me all from sudden crapness failure. Never figured out why they broke as well just when I turned the pc on it refused to boot and there was a smell of burning.

JrRacinFan · May 20, 2008

I had voted ECS, It's the only motherboard that has ever failed on me. It was a K7S5A. I have used Abit, Asrock, Asus and Gigabyte boards previously.

Wile E · May 20, 2008

btarunr said:
That doesn't imply that they fail the most. My ECS board failed at stock speeds.

Intel BoneTrail gives you ample OC options on par with any X38/X48 board. All boards in their Extreme Series have OC options. Its just that apart from Extreme Series their other boards are those with integrated graphics that are targetted towards users who would probably never OC. There's a P35DP media series board (P35 + ICH9R) that comes with no OC options and very picky with memory. But that still doesn't amount to fail.

I have one of those (it's actually a DP35DP, btw). My dad made the mistake of buying it. I gave him the GB P35-DS3R that I got from an RMA on a discontinued 680i from Newegg, and I took the DP35DP off of his hands for him. Thing is a piece of crap.

jonmcc33 · May 20, 2008

JrRacinFan said:
I had voted ECS, It's the only motherboard that has ever failed on me. It was a K7S5A.

Ah, a very popular selling (and failing) motherboard.

cdawall · May 20, 2008

all of you who had a K7S5A do know that even after the warranty ended if you called ECS and had a K7S5A with bad caps they sent you a replacement free of charge correct?

tkpenalty · May 20, 2008

From the results, considering how ECS is not really a popular brand these days, ECS has more faliures on average than other manufacturers.. ASUS, and Gigabyte have typical numbers as they are more popular. I'd advise you guys to vote, based on boards which have broken down on you in the last five years

Thermopylae_480 · May 20, 2008

Please treat each other in a polite and respectful manner or this thread will be closed.

Thanks

Thermopylae_480 · May 20, 2008

tkpenalty said:
From the results, considering how ECS is not really a popular brand these days, ECS has more faliures on average than other manufacturers.. ASUS, and Gigabyte have typical numbers as they are more popular. I'd advise you guys to vote, based on boards which have broken down on you in the last five years

I agree. You're numbers will be more accurate and less influenced by rumor and speculation if you only vote from personal experience.

thebeephaha · May 20, 2008

I voted ASUS because thats all I really buy and I'm on my 3rd Striker Extreme so... eh, its hard to tell. Though my gut feeling says ECS as I replace tons of those at work at my shop. Back in the day I had two Soyo boards die on me, but they stopped making motherboards, guess there was a reason huh?

niko084 · May 20, 2008

I blew up an Asus, but I had the northbridge volted all the way up and was trying for an insane overclock....

Had 2 Abit IP35-Es fry on me within a month each, finally replaced it with my new P5K-E.

Didn't vote, but at work I get a TON of blown Intel boards, and well every E-Machine that comes in the door, okay about 75% of them, whoever makes their boards I don't want to know.

HTC · May 20, 2008

thebeephaha said:
I voted ASUS because thats all I really buy and I'm on my 3rd Striker Extreme so... eh, its hard to tell. Though my gut feeling says ECS as I replace tons of those at work at my shop. Back in the day I had two Soyo boards die on me, but they stopped making motherboards, guess there was a reason huh?

Isn't that board one of those that uses the 790i chip? If so, the problem is the chip, from what i've read: not the board.

http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=60198&highlight=790i

JrRacinFan · May 20, 2008

cdawall said:
all of you who had a K7S5A do know that even after the warranty ended if you called ECS and had a K7S5A with bad caps they sent you a replacement free of charge correct?

Knew that but didn't even bother. It was at the time when I was switching over to LGA775.

Smartbomb · May 20, 2008

Just had an Asus P5N32-E SLI bad right outta the box. Had to swap a few different sets of memory in it to confirm as it would take no bios changes without corrupting the bios. The bios would crash and freeze. Flashed it several times in the process of determining the bad product in this build. It is on it's way back and a gigabyte p35 is replacing it

pagalms · May 20, 2008

Abit for me. I'm wondering why didn't they marked KN9-SLI as "Epic failure board".

ntdouglas · May 21, 2008

I had 3 gigabyte 965-dq6 boards die on me in 6 months, the last one they refused to cover under warranty. Best thing they could have done to me. Bought the legendary Asus p5b deluxe and loved it. Now I have an Evga 780i board. Best board I have ever owned. I will continue with evga and nvidia, period. :rockout:

jonmcc33 · May 21, 2008

cdawall said:
all of you who had a K7S5A do know that even after the warranty ended if you called ECS and had a K7S5A with bad caps they sent you a replacement free of charge correct?

It was $50, I needed a replacement ASAP and ended up with a Shuttle AK38N motherboard and didn't really want to put another ECS product in my wife's computer. That Shuttle lasted my wife until I upgraded her with my Asus P4S800D-E and Pentium 4 2.8C hand-me-down.

thebeephaha · May 21, 2008

HTC said:
Isn't that board one of those that uses the 790i chip? If so, the problem is the chip, from what i've read: not the board.

http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=60198&highlight=790i

Naw its the 680i, funny thing is my P5N32-E SLI, almost identical to the Striker only technically less sophisticated, is WAY more stable only just not as good of an overclocker.

btarunr · May 21, 2008

ghost101 said:
So Asrock > Gigabyte or Asus? Lol.

This survey is completely flawed.

No, it's no flawed since not many own an ASRock board in the first place, not that they own it and didn't face fail.

ASUS and Gigabyte gets more votes because of the sheer number of people who buy them.

If 100 people buy ASUS and 20 boards end up DOA, 10 people buy ASRock and 3 end up DOA, ASUS is the better brand.

DaedalusHelios said:
I think Asus fanboys just inflated the Gigabyte number, because they are mad that Gigabyte called their favorite company, liars. LOL Its pathetic. :shadedshu

I don't think so. If fanboy inflation was the case, AMD fanboys could've easily inflated the Intel Desktop Boards bar in the poll. Before they started with 'Ultra Durable', they really made bad boards that failed in style.

ktr · May 21, 2008

For me, the bad are (in order)

1. Intel (the bios is nothing but fail. I haven't had much posting issues, but these boards are nothing but fail for me. They lock up, they take ages to boot, they suffer many issues, etc)
2. ECS / PC Chips (ironically, only like 5% had posting issues, but these boards don't have longevity...poor peformance)
3. ABIT (had many dead boards that don't post, around 50%)

System Name	BLACK
Processor	Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 @ 3.2GHz
Motherboard	Abit IP35-E @ 1600FSB
Cooling	Thermalright XP-90 w/92mm ADDA fan
Memory	4GB Hynix DDR2-667 @ 800MHz
Video Card(s)	PowerColor Radeon X1900XT
Storage	(2) 320GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.10
Display(s)	Samsung 225BW
Case	Antec Nine Hundred
Audio Device(s)	Audigy2 ZS Platinum
Power Supply	Corsair HX520
Software	Windows Vista Business x64 SP1

System Name	BLACK
Processor	Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 @ 3.2GHz
Motherboard	Abit IP35-E @ 1600FSB
Cooling	Thermalright XP-90 w/92mm ADDA fan
Memory	4GB Hynix DDR2-667 @ 800MHz
Video Card(s)	PowerColor Radeon X1900XT
Storage	(2) 320GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.10
Display(s)	Samsung 225BW
Case	Antec Nine Hundred
Audio Device(s)	Audigy2 ZS Platinum
Power Supply	Corsair HX520
Software	Windows Vista Business x64 SP1

System Name	Cosmos F1000
Processor	i9-9900k
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370XP SLI, BIOS 15a
Cooling	Corsair H100i, Panaflo's on case
Memory	XPG GAMMIX D30 2x16GB DDR4 3200 CL16
Video Card(s)	EVGA RTX 2080 ti
Storage	1TB 960 Pro, 2TB Samsung 850 Pro, 4TB WD Hard Drive
Display(s)	ASUS ROG SWIFT PG278Q 27"
Case	CM Cosmos 1000
Audio Device(s)	logitech 5.1 system (midrange quality)
Power Supply	CORSAIR HXi HX1000i 1000watt
Mouse	G400s Logitech
Keyboard	K65 RGB Corsair Tenkeyless Cherry Red MX
Software	Win10 Pro, Win7 x64 Professional

System Name	EVA-01
Processor	Intel i7 13700K
Motherboard	Asus ROG Maximus Z690 HERO EVA Edition
Cooling	ASUS ROG Ryujin III 360 with Noctua Industrial Fans
Memory	PAtriot Viper Elite RGB 96GB @ 6000MHz.
Video Card(s)	Asus ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3090 24GB OC EVA Edition
Storage	Addlink S95 M.2 PCIe GEN 4x4 2TB
Display(s)	Asus ROG SWIFT OLED PG42UQ
Case	Thermaltake Core P3 TG
Audio Device(s)	Realtek on board > Sony Receiver > Cerwin Vegas
Power Supply	be quiet DARK POWER PRO 12 1500W
Mouse	ROG STRIX Impact Electro Punk
Keyboard	ROG STRIX Scope TKL Electro Punk
Software	Windows 11

Processor	AMD's 6400+ Black, 5000+ Black
Motherboard	MSI K9A2 Platinum, MSI K9A2 CF
Cooling	Scythe Ninja, both of them
Memory	2 X 2 Geil PC6400, 2 X 1 Patriot PC6400
Video Card(s)	MSI HD 3870, and ATI X1900 XT
Storage	500 Gig Seagate , and 320 Gig Seagate
Display(s)	ACER AL2216W LCD, and Hyundai L90D+ LCD
Case	Antec P-160 (Aluminum), and Antec 1650
Audio Device(s)	Onboard AudioMax, and Audigy 2 Value
Power Supply	Antec 850 Quatro, and Seasonic S-12 500
Software	Vista Ultimate 64; Vista Home Premium 64,

Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
Motherboard	ASUS TUF x670e
Cooling	EK AIO 360. Phantek T30 fans.
Memory	32GB G.Skill 6000Mhz
Video Card(s)	Asus RTX 4090
Storage	WD m.2
Display(s)	LG C2 Evo OLED 42"
Case	Lian Li PC 011 Dynamic Evo
Audio Device(s)	Topping E70 DAC, SMSL SP200 Headphone Amp.
Power Supply	FSP Hydro Ti PRO 1000W
Mouse	Razer Basilisk V3 Pro
Keyboard	Tester84
Software	Windows 11

System Name	Rusky
Processor	Intel Core i7 D0 3.8Ghz
Motherboard	Asus P6T
Cooling	Thermaltake Dark Knight
Memory	12GB Patriot Viper's 1866mhz 9-9-9-24
Video Card(s)	GTX470 1280MB
Storage	OCZ Summit 60GB + Samsung 1TB + Samsung 2TB
Display(s)	Sharp Aquos L32X20E 1920 x 1080
Case	Silverstone Raven RV01
Power Supply	Corsair 650 Watt
Software	Windows 7 x64
Benchmark Scores	3DMark06 - 18064 http://img.techpowerup.org/090720/Capture002.jpg

System Name	Dual Build Streamer
Processor	Ryzen 7900x3d : Ryzen 4600G
Motherboard	AsRock B650E Steel Legend : Giga B450i Aorus
Cooling	Custom Water 1x420 : Stock
Memory	32GB T-Force Deltas : 16GB Dominator Platinums
Video Card(s)	PowerColor 7900 XTX Liquid Devil: iGPU
Storage	20+ TB
Display(s)	Sammy 49" 5k Ultrawide
Case	Custom White Painted Phanteks Enthoo Pro 2
Audio Device(s)	Onboard : Onboard
Power Supply	EVGA 1200W P2
Mouse	Corsair M65 RGB Elite White
Keyboard	Hyperx Origins 65
Software	Windows 10

System Name	The ClusterF**k
Processor	980X @ 4Ghz
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5 BIOS F12
Cooling	MCR-320, DDC-1 pump w/Bitspower res top (1/2" fittings), Koolance CPU-360
Memory	3x2GB Mushkin Redlines 1600Mhz 6-8-6-24 1T
Video Card(s)	Evga GTX 580
Storage	Corsair Neutron GTX 240GB, 2xSeagate 320GB RAID0; 2xSeagate 3TB; 2xSamsung 2TB; Samsung 1.5TB
Display(s)	HP LP2475w 24" 1920x1200 IPS
Case	Technofront Bench Station
Audio Device(s)	Auzentech X-Fi Forte into Onkyo SR606 and Polk TSi200's + RM6750
Power Supply	ENERMAX Galaxy EVO EGX1250EWT 1250W
Software	Win7 Ultimate N x64, OSX 10.8.4

System Name	All the cores
Processor	2990WX
Motherboard	Asrock X399M
Cooling	CPU-XSPC RayStorm Neo, 2x240mm+360mm, D5PWM+140mL, GPU-2x360mm, 2xbyski, D4+D5+100mL
Memory	4x16GB G.Skill 3600
Video Card(s)	(2) EVGA SC BLACK 1080Ti's
Storage	2x Samsung SM951 512GB, Samsung PM961 512GB
Display(s)	Dell UP2414Q 3840X2160@60hz
Case	Caselabs Mercury S5+pedestal
Audio Device(s)	Fischer HA-02->Fischer FA-002W High edition/FA-003/Jubilate/FA-011 depending on my mood
Power Supply	Seasonic Prime 1200w
Mouse	Thermaltake Theron, Steam controller
Keyboard	Keychron K8
Software	W10P

System Name	Monolith
Processor	Intel Xeon E3110 Wolfdale@3.5GHz
Motherboard	MSI P35-Neo
Cooling	Active Air
Memory	4GB DDR2 800
Video Card(s)	Sapphire HD 3850 512MB PCI-E
Storage	1 x 80GB Internal, 1 x 250GB Internal, 1 x 40GB External
Display(s)	Acer X203w
Case	Generic black case with locking front bezel
Audio Device(s)	Creative SB Audigy 2 ZS
Power Supply	500 Watt Seasonic M12
Software	Windows 7 Ultimate x64

System Name	0BL1V10N
Processor	Intel Core i7 11700K @ 5.1GHz all-core turbo
Motherboard	ASRock Z590 Taichi
Cooling	Cooler Master MasterLiquid 360 (with stock CM fans), 12x Pccooler Moonlight Series ARGB 120mm fans
Memory	(4x16GB) 64GB Mushkin Redline Lumina 3600MHz 16-19-19-39 XMP
Video Card(s)	MSI RTX 4090 SUPRIM LIQUID 24G (not using stock fans) (+150MHz core, +1000MHz memory)
Storage	Western Digital Black SN850X 2TB Gen4 NVMe
Display(s)	1x Alienware AW3821DW (3840x1600@144Hz), 2x Dell SE2717H (1080p@75Hz)
Case	Phanteks Enthoo 719 Anthracite Grey
Audio Device(s)	Schiit Modius + Drop THX AAA 789 + Custom Planar Magnetic Headphones
Power Supply	Thermaltake Toughpower GF3 1200W (12VHPWR)
Mouse	Logitech G502 X Plus
Keyboard	Too many custom mechanical builds to list...
Software	Windows 10 Pro 22H2

System Name	Back to Blue
Processor	i9 14900k
Motherboard	Asrock Z790 Nova
Cooling	Corsair H150i Elite
Memory	64GB Corsair Dominator DDR5-6400 @ 6600
Video Card(s)	EVGA RTX 3090 Ultra FTW3
Storage	4TB WD 850x NVME, 4TB WD Black, 10TB Seagate Barracuda Pro
Display(s)	1x Samsung Odyssey G7 Neo and 1x Dell u2518d
Case	Lian Li o11 DXL w/custom vented front panel
Audio Device(s)	Focusrite Saffire PRO 14 -> DBX DriveRack PA+ -> Mackie MR8 and MR10 / Senn PX38X -> SB AE-5 Plus
Power Supply	Corsair RM1000i
Mouse	Logitech G502x
Keyboard	Corsair K95 Platinum
Software	Windows 11 x64 Pro
Benchmark Scores	31k multicore Cinebench - CPU limited 125w

System Name	HTC's System
Processor	Ryzen 5 2600X
Motherboard	Asrock Taichi X370
Cooling	NH-C14, with the AM4 mounting kit
Memory	G.Skill Kit 16GB DDR4 F4 - 3200 C16D - 16 GTZB
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 480 OC 4 GB
Storage	1 Samsung NVMe 960 EVO 250 GB + 1 3.5" Seagate IronWolf Pro 6TB 7200RPM 256MB SATA III
Display(s)	LG 27UD58
Case	Fractal Design Define R6 USB-C
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	Corsair TX 850M 80+ Gold
Mouse	Razer Deathadder Elite
Software	Ubuntu 19.04 LTS

System Name	Nasty Biatch
Processor	Q6600 G0 @ 3.6Ghz (450x8)
Motherboard	EVGA 680i Rev. A2
Cooling	Zalman 9700NT w AS5
Memory	4 gig OCZ ReaperX PC6400 @ 900mhz L&S 4-4-3-10 1T
Video Card(s)	EVGA 8800GTS 512 @ 840/2098/1085
Storage	WD Caviar SE16 320Gig
Display(s)	Samsung 2253BW
Case	Antec900 all 12cm fans replaced with green LED Zalman
Audio Device(s)	Onboard Realtek 7.1 HD
Power Supply	Seasonic M12-500
Software	Windows XP64 Skinned Killer Black & Green
Benchmark Scores	3DMARK 06 16458 SuperPI 1M 14.359s

Processor	AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ lapped @3,0GHz
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-MA785GM-US2H
Cooling	Xigmatek HDT-D1264
Memory	2GB Crucial Ballistix Tracer
Video Card(s)	Xpertvision 8800GTS 640MB G80
Storage	250GB Seagate Barracuda & 750GB Samsung
Display(s)	Samsung Syncmaster 931BF
Case	Coolermaster CM690
Audio Device(s)	Realtek ALC889A
Power Supply	HEC WinPower 550W
Software	Ubuntu 10.04 x86 & Windows 7 x86
Benchmark Scores	I'm scared of benching

Processor	Amd Ryzen 5 5600x kryonaut paste
Motherboard	Asus Prime X570 P bios 4021
Cooling	Thermaltake Water 3.0 360mm (top mounted for exhaust) 3 Thermaltake 140mm riing rgb case fans
Memory	G.Skill Trident Z Neo DDR4 3600 cl16 2x16 dual rank
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Nitro+ RX 5700XT OC
Storage	Seagate Firecuda 520 500gb NVMe PCIE Gen4 x 4 boot drive XPG S70 Blade Gen 4 x 4 NVMe gaming drive
Display(s)	MSI Mag321CQR 32 inch curved 144 hz 1ms
Case	Thermaltake View 31
Audio Device(s)	Corsair Void USB RGB Dolby Digital 7.1 Headphones
Power Supply	Thermaltake Grand RGB 750w
Mouse	Corsair Harpoon RGB
Keyboard	Corsair K55 RGB
Software	Windows 11 Professional

System Name	RBMK-1000
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5700G
Motherboard	ASUS ROG Strix B450-E Gaming
Cooling	DeepCool Gammax L240 V2
Memory	2x 8GB G.Skill Sniper X
Video Card(s)	Palit GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER GameRock
Storage	Western Digital Black NVMe 512GB
Display(s)	BenQ 1440p 60 Hz 27-inch
Case	Corsair Carbide 100R
Audio Device(s)	ASUS SupremeFX S1220A
Power Supply	Cooler Master MWE Gold 650W
Mouse	ASUS ROG Strix Impact
Keyboard	Gamdias Hermes E2
Software	Windows 11 Pro

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