Did i got screwed by ABIT? (AN8 ULTRA)

[Sparxxxy]

Ok here is the story:
i just bought a Abit AN8 ULTRA motherboard.
When i got to analayse the physical layout better i had a surprise.
On the PCB there is printed with PAINT the name "ABIT" followed by a sticker that says AN8 ULTRA on it.
i removed the sticker and to my surprise it reveald JUST the word AN8 (not followed bye ULTRA) also written with paint on the pcb.
wtf? i wanted AN8 ULTRA not AN8, it has Q-OTES but i think rev 2.0 of AN8 has also Q-OTES.
i don't have a CPU right now to see if it is acutally an ULTRA (nforce 4 ultra) board
Is abit usinge the same PCB for the ULTRA boards and just use a sticker with AN8 ULTRA on it and sell it as ULTRA?
any comments on this?
sorry for my bad english
PS: i posted some pics (little bad quality)

[situman]

i would return it and get something else. quality is very inconsistent. and it just plain sucks. I had three bad boards.

[Sparxxxy]

this one that i have or ABIT AN8 ULTRA in general?

[Captin Insano]

Sometime ago abit USED to make some really rocking kick ass boards. BUT thats been sometime.Their QC has gone way down hill and the performance is sub par to average. At least in my experince. I would pick anothe manufacture other then ABIT.

[situman]

its the ultra. if it has the q-otes its the ultra.

[Sparxxxy]

not really :D an8 v2.0 also has q-otes on it but anyway chipset is nforce 4 ultra.
i read somewhere that
"It is fairly common for board makers to use the same PCB for multiple models that are of the same layout. (Like Abit's AN8 series)"

[IvanAndreevich]

Dude you are overreacting. There is nothing out of line in what you discovered. They print "Abit AN8" (shared by all boards on this PCB) and then stick on the other part to specify which kind of AN8 this is. It's more practical this way.

Why don't you take the chipset HSF and verify that it says Ultra on the chipset

[high5]

ivan's right regarding pcb.

i'd recommend removing chipset hs anyway and replacing the existing thermal pad with something more adequate. :)

[Sparxxxy]

i removed the heatsink and it's nforce 4 ultra...

[ArcTan]

yeah mine has the sticker over it as well

[Perc]

well there you have it man you got the same answer here and at guru3d so you can rest easy now. you didnt get screwed epox used to do the same thing with thier 8rda boards they just share the same pcb for the differnt level boards that is all.....

peace perc,

[fareastgq]

dfi too I might add....

[Cyco-Dude]

well there you have it man you got the same answer here and at guru3d...
and at the Abit-USA forums...

honestly :rolleyes: