Gigabyte B3 Boards Really New?

[Synomenon]

My brother and I have received our B3 boards. Mine is directly from Gigabyte. My brother's is from Newegg. Both our boards have a sticker with the new model number over the old model number.

Are these Gigabyte boards really new or is Gigabyte really just refurbishing boards and sending them out?

[Leeghoofd]

what's the difference for the end user ? You still get the normal warranty even if it has been previously abused... good fast work GB crew !

[dinos22]

they are 100000% brand new, the PCB may have already been premade but componentry that gets put on them later would have been updated hence why label is on it, definitely not a repair job

[KGB7]

CPU-Z will tell you for sure.

[stasio]

According to GB web site,
UD4;UD3;UD3P and UD3R - B3 series should be Rev.1.1.
So far,mostly are Rev.1.0 and sticker on board.

[Eldonko]

That is interesting. The UD7 I got has B3 marking on the pcb, no sticker. Says rev 1.0 though not 1.1.

[Andrea deluxe]

my ud4-b3 have the same pcb as my older ud4 (b2)

the only change are:

audio chip
p67 rev.b3
sticker over the older text (ga-p67a-ud4)
sata cables (now black)
external mobo box

[Eldonko]

Audio chip is the same on UD7, ALC889. What did the UD4 change to? Same thing?

[Andrea deluxe]

Audio chip is the same on UD7, ALC889. What did the UD4 change to? Same thing?

UD4-B3=Realtek ALC889

[sin0822]

yea i guess they upgraded. the audio on the UD4, you cannot tell you how happy I am that teh SATA are now black!

I get mine Friday i think and i will scour the PCb looking for changes for you guys

[Eldonko]

I put B2 and B3 UD7 side by side and went chip to chip and there are 0 differences that I could see. UD4 seems to have a few changes though.

[stasio]

That is interesting. The UD7 I got has B3 marking on the pcb, no sticker. Says rev 1.0 though not 1.1.

UD7-B3 and UD5-B3 are still Rev.1.0.
The rest B3 should be Rev.1.1.(e.g.UD4-B3 on PCB Rev.1.1).
http://www.gigabyte.com/products/pro...px?pid=3759#sp

[Eldonko]

I suppose that means that UD7 and UD5 did not get hardware changes and the others did. ALC889 for everybody most likely.

[sin0822]

yea that makes sense then. I am surprised that the BIOSes cannot be crossflashed?

[Falkentyne]

Has anyone TRIED crossflashing?
That's the question.

I know you have to use an SPIflash with ID check disabled.
You can try http://www.mediafire.com/?ztnl3xlwjwd
or http://g0rbi.000space.com/index.php?id=11

The g0rbi spiflash may be newer. I take absolutely NO responsibility for any of this.

[Eldonko]

You gunna risk bricking your board to crossflash? Im not. :o

[stasio]

Has anyone TRIED crossflashing?
That's the question.

I know you have to use an SPIflash with ID check disabled.
You can try http://www.mediafire.com/?ztnl3xlwjwd
or http://g0rbi.000space.com/index.php?id=11

The g0rbi spiflash may be newer. I take absolutely NO responsibility for any of this.

Yeah ,will be nice to know.
Btw,who knows the date for exchange B2 to B3.

[Synomenon]

My GA-H67MA-UD2H-B3 has that new model number (GA-H67MA-UD2H-B3) on a sticker that's placed over the first model number (GA-H67MA-UD2H). It has "Rev.1.1" silkscreened onto the PCB though, not a sticker.

[TurboDiv]

I will get my new B3 tomorrow morning. Anyone who already got the new B3, do i have to reinstall Windows and all drivers ? That's gonna suck man, they should be identical and no Windows reinstall ?

[Eldonko]

I didnt but it usually takes 3 days before windows asks to reactivate so Ill probably have to call in. I reinstalled video drivers, everything else was fine.

[Ket]

GB until they can get stocks up probably just replaced all B2 chipsets with B3 chipsets (and maybe replaced the audio chip in some cases) then sent the boards back out. Very simple for a manufacturer to do and theres no harm done as nobody got a chance to really abuse those B2 boards.

[cowie]

I will get my new B3 tomorrow morning. Anyone who already got the new B3, do i have to reinstall Windows and all drivers ? That's gonna suck man, they should be identical and no Windows reinstall ?

i had too on my ud7 the mouse did not even work.
try to unistall all chipset drivers first before trying the b3 maybe you can get away it? be sure to use the same port as your b2 also.

some have told me they did not have any issues at all just a staight swap.

ot my ud7 board is listed as rev. 1.1

[stasio]

i had too on my ud7 the mouse did not even work.
try to unistall all chipset drivers first before trying the b3 maybe you can get away it? be sure to use the same port as your b2 also.

some have told me they did not have any issues at all just a staight swap.

ot my ud7 board is listed as rev. 1.1

UD7-B3 Rev.1.1?
This is something new.

[Falkentyne]

You'll still have to reactivate, no matter what.
The entire hardware ID is changed. It just won't ASK you to reactivate for three days, unlike when you first installed the original board. Just run the activation wizard, call the 800 number and takes 5 minutes and you're done.

Some people can get it to activate online.

[cowie]

UD7-B3 Rev.1.1?
This is something new.

Oh sry sir excellence
i meant 09
i know that was a so life threatening mistake