i asked gigabyte about the warranty thing here on XS.
And i quote "The warranty depends if the board has been damaged by normal use, and a component is malfunction and burns out, in that case a board can be send to gigabyte by a reseller that uses our partner program"

"However if the card has been broken by miss use such as un careful handling the warranty will be void"

+1 for gigabyte. still waiting response of asus and msi.

they also said "Wellicht kan ik je veder helpen bij jou artikel en zal ik met je vragen naar onze reparatie centrum gaan om mijn antwoord dubbel te bevestigen."

trying to translate "Maybe i could help with you with your product. i'll go to the rma centre with your questions to double confirm my answer"

so woffen if dfi doesn't want to help you :P you still got gigabyte, lol

I think it is to easy to say: he, somethings burned?.... bad luck. Especially if you pay top dollar for a board.