Fic = Epox?

[PiLsY]

Take a look at this thread people....

http://www.aoaforums.com/forum/showt...506#post144506

Check the link to the review within there.

Then lift the motherboard sticker on your board (the "8RDA+" sticker next to the dimms) and report back with what it says underneath (if anything). To get this started mine says "AU-11".

I feel thoroughly sickened about this. I can buy the FIC AU-11 for £82. This Epox board cost me £103. Now I couldve dealt with that if id got an original Epox product, but instead I get what appears to be a re-branded FIC board that retails for £21 less. I got charged £21 for a sticker saying 8RDA+ and a different logo on the heatsink.

NOT very happy.

Still, I suppose it explains why this board hasnt broken - its not actually an Epox. Every previous board ive had from Epox has died within days. I actually like this board. Would make sense if it was designed and built by another company.

PiLsY.

[EDIT] http://www.fica.com/Upload/Content/P...ighquality.jpg

Take a look at the suspicious large white sticker where the model number goes.

The FIC board is a rev 1.0, and seems identical to the Epox apart from it has some of the caps on that are only silkscreened on my board but not fitted. Notably next to the vmem controller. That fat track you can cut to do the vmem mod is obscured by one for instance. However, that is a pic of an early rev 1.0 board (almost looks pre production), so that could be the explanation. Whats going on? Id sure as hell like to find out.