DFI expert delayed because of numerous board failures at monarch,, ughh,, what to do?

Well the wait continues for my DFI expert,... I called monarch on Friday and asked if they did actually have the expert in stock to which I was told yes they had 35 and I was the 32 order. So even though I usually stay away from monarch I ordered it. Well then no emails all week so I call tonight and the guy on the phone tells me this,

That he got an email saying that because of numerous board failures they are 5-6 boards behind on shipping and the new batch of 100 boards isnt coming in till the 12th. Monarch sells this combo of a CPU and mobo that a bunch of people ordered but when monarch put the CPU in to test the board for the people it failed or was faulty.

So I asked the guy why they were testing the boards and he said they normally didnt but they got so many phone calls of boards failing and having to RMA that they just started testing every DFI expert board that got send out ,,,,

So do I cancel my order and go with the Asus A8n32-sli or do I just wait till the 12th,,, I really want it sooner but I cant find it in stock anywhere I can cancel till then,,,,

what should I do ?

Why not get an Ultra-D?

Get the Asus, Great ocer.

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Originally Posted by Martin Cracauer

Why not get an Ultra-D?

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I guess its an option although all the reviews I read and head to heads said the ultra D got like 30-40 less max FSB but it may not matter with the opt 170,,, im hoping to push my ram if it lets me,,, I may just go with the asus if I can ever find it in stock

I would get the Asus...:)

NewEgg looks to have just received a new shipment of the 170 and 175 Opty retail pkg. I'm trying to decide if my luck would be better there with the new product or with the 175 Opty from MWave that 's probably form an earlier batch.

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Originally Posted by shogan191

NewEgg looks to have just received a new shipment of the 170 and 175 Opty retail pkg. I'm trying to decide if my luck would be better there with the new product or with the 175 Opty from MWave that 's probably form an earlier batch.

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Are you posting in the right thread or do you not have a Corpus Callosum?

Corpus Callosum :fact:

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Corpus Callosum :fact:

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I like your qoutes, I remember reading that thread with venice3800 guy last week it was pretty ridiculous,,,

due to the recent rash of failures and CPU's going dead i think im gonna go witht he Asus if i can ever find it in stock,,,

as for the opt,,, how much cheaper is new egg for yo

get an asus.

My DFI expert seems to be keeping my opteron 165 ***STABLE*** at its stock speeds of 1.8 gighz.

I used to be able to clock 2.8, then 2.7, now not even 2.5

I dont know what is going on, but the board has major problems. I have spent hours screwing around with settings.

I agree with other posters, I never had any problems with my Lanparty SLI-DR, and this is supposed to be "Better"

My asus a8n-e cheapy test board that I paid 80 bucks for can OC higher.


To be blunt, this is just crap.

ive had no troubles with my expert.

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Originally Posted by xtrempinoy

ive had no troubles with my expert.

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Ditto, fingers and toes crossed :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by irev210

get an asus.

My DFI expert seems to be keeping my opteron 165 ***STABLE*** at its stock speeds of 1.8 gighz.

I used to be able to clock 2.8, then 2.7, now not even 2.5

I dont know what is going on, but the board has major problems. I have spent hours screwing around with settings.

I agree with other posters, I never had any problems with my Lanparty SLI-DR, and this is supposed to be "Better"

My asus a8n-e cheapy test board that I paid 80 bucks for can OC higher.


To be blunt, this is just crap.

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More info?

What volts did you have, what RAM and PSU did you use?

Great way to sell a product. "Oh, sorry your order is delayed because we have had numerous board failures" Can you imaging if they sold cars like that? Sheeesh . .

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Originally Posted by xgman

Great way to sell a product. "Oh, sorry your order is delayed because we have had numerous board failures" Can you imaging if they sold cars like that? Sheeesh . .

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yeah I know can you imagine that,,, but anyway I cant seem to find the asus a8n32-sli instock anywhere and im not sure if its worth going with the expert till they send out a new production run with the bugs fixed,,,, I would feel weird setting up,,, installing, and overclocking my opt 170 I just bought if there is a chance of it blowing up,,, or failing

Why order form monarch. I got mine from Newegg the day they had it. Was delivered quickly. No problems.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...&Go.x=0&Go.y=0

irev board doesnt have major problems. Thats your OPINION. It works great for many people.

Remember this board is different from sli-dr you have to learn it again. Maybe our doing something wrong or dont know what your doing.
Will be there on the 11th

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Originally Posted by CrashOv3r1De

Why order form monarch. I got mine from Newegg the day they had it. Was delivered quickly. No problems.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...&Go.x=0&Go.y=0

irev board doesnt have major problems. Thats your OPINION. It works great for many people.

Remember this board is different from sli-dr you have to learn it again. Maybe our doing something wrong or dont know what your doing.
Will be there on the 11th

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I think Pedro knows what he's doing. Sounds like a line from DFI forums.

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Originally Posted by xgman

Great way to sell a product. "Oh, sorry your order is delayed because we have had numerous board failures" Can you imaging if they sold cars like that? Sheeesh . .

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I disagree wholeheartedly. I'd rather get the Expert from Monarch who will test it completely for failures before shipping out, rather than ordering elsewhere and playing Russian Roulette with my CPU.

I just nabbed a sweet 3800+ X2 from Fleabay with the following stepping:

Manchester
ADA3800DAA5BV
CDBHE 0526UPBW

wOOt!!!!! I just need to find a mobo that'll get her to 2.8 on water. I'll be happy with 2.8. My current memory is in my sig, and will prolly need to run a divider. Didn't O/C too well on my current rig, but I'm hoping for great things on the AMD platform.

Not going to do the upgrade to AMD till after Christmas, probably the first week of January. At that time, the ATI R580 will probably (fingers crossed) be out, and I'll get one of those.:)

im testing my expert about week with venice 3000+, opteron 146 and opteron 170
i dont have much time to do careful testing... expert is just diffrent as CrashOv3r1De already noted.
here some screenshots... maybe these will help you.

one "bug" is there with vdim - i need to set it in bios ~0,08 more than RAM actualy need.
for example... i know that my corsair twinx 4400c25 (tccd) need 2,8v @ 280 for stable working... so - in bios i set 2,87-2,91 to get it stable. confusing but working ;)

edit: dram strengts 5/1

I would not order from monarch even if they were the last shop on earth. The worse service I have seen.

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Originally Posted by dogsx2

I think Pedro knows what he's doing.

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So do I. But, unfortunately, no one really knows why the CPU died. When you push hardware to the limits, sometimes it goes tits up. That's the way it goes.

More importantly, I spoke to another sales guy at Monarch who has vehemently denied the claims made by the thread starter. He said that there is currently NO special handling of the Expert boards whatsoever.

demonbane23, you'd better get some confirmation on this. Your story doesn't jive with the folks at Monarch.

[QUOTE=mdzcpa]So do I. But, unfortunately, no one really knows why the CPU died. When you push hardware to the limits, sometimes it goes tits up. That's the way it goes.

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I agree with you 100%, my point is why does it always come up "Maybe your doing something wrong or dont know what your doing."

I just hate that line, that's why I don't go to DFI forums anymore. The first thing said is you did something wrong and it's not the mb. Once in a while it is the mb. That's with any brand.

Users are always at fault... bleh...
We are stupid and don't know what we are doing... double bleh...
Well maybe 4-5 dead DFI mobos 6-8gig of memory and 2 dead cpu is because I am flat out stupid. Wonder why I was smarter back when I didn't have to deal with DFI mobo even with heavy v-mod on all kind of mobos?

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Originally Posted by mdzcpa

So do I. But, unfortunately, no one really knows why the CPU died. When you push hardware to the limits, sometimes it goes tits up. That's the way it goes.

More importantly, I spoke to another sales guy at Monarch who has vehemently denied the claims made by the thread starter. He said that there is currently NO special handling of the Expert boards whatsoever.

demonbane23, you'd better get some confirmation on this. Your story doesn't jive with the folks at Monarch.

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I guess I can call again tomorrow and see what this guy who answers the phone says. I was just reporting what the guy at monarch told me. I guess its a case of who you talk to but who knows. It doesnt make sense that the guy on the phone with me would go into so much detail and it would all be lies. Either way im suppose to get a board shipped to me on December 12th so I will find out.

I started looking around for the A8n32-sli but no one has it in stock and two sites I found that did wanted $270 and $299 for it,,, damn supply and demand,,,,

As for my story jiving I wish I took that guys name who answerd my call cause it sure jived with him he said they had a bunch of dead boards that failed the test to see if they worked,,, if not they have some very creative lieing sales people

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Originally Posted by demonbane23

they have some very creative lieing sales people

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The words lying(creative sometimes) and sales ppl in my experience generally equate to the same thing :fact: