Why do Asus insist on using soldered on bios chips?

It's not as if you can replace it without RMA'ing the motherboard, RMA process in the UK with Asus takes between 3 to 6 weeks it's absolutly disgusting because once it has been recieved they send it abroad to be repaired.

Plus the fact you cannnot revert back to an older bios via dos update is just totally stupid.

I had a bad flash of an Asus board myself & after chasing Asus up over & over again I gave up & bought a different board.

I dont think I'll ever buy an Asus motherboard EVER again especially reading whats happend here.

I just hope Mutt gets his bios sorted. . . .