My latest board (that I never bought...)

Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
edited April 2004 in Hardware
I ordered a refurbished Gigabyte 760MPX dual athlon board from Newegg last week, and (predictably) a package arrived a few days ago.

That package contained a motherboard, although it couldn't have been much farther from what I ordered... Newegg sent me an (apparently new) ABIT IC7-G Max II Advance i875P P4 board... :-/

I called them, talked to a manager, and they refused to send me a new Gigabyte board, and they didn't have any of the refurbished ones to send me. So, I told them that I'd be keeping the ABIT then. They gave me another $25 off, so I ended up paying $106 for a $160 board that I never ordered. Not the resolution I wanted, but it could've been a lot worse...

Anyhow, here are a couple of pics. One of the board & accessories (w/o the manuals, which were hiding under my laptop case... :rolleyes: ) and one showing that there is no way I'll be getting one of my mobile 2600s to work in here, let alone 2 of them, short of a sledgehammer... :crazy::D;D

Comments

  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited April 2004
    Jackass!
  • TheBaronTheBaron Austin, TX
    edited April 2004
    i want!
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited April 2004
    :D:D
    As much as it drives you nuts, I've been wanting a P4 "toy" system (to go along with the dual pIII and dual athlon systems [which will hopefully become 2 dual athlon systems the next time I order a dually board from newegg]) for a while. There are two things that have kept me from buying one:
    -The cost of i875 boards
    -The cost of P4-Cs

    The first one has been taken care of, and refurbished P4-Cs are pretty cheap. :D:p
  • profdlpprofdlp The Holy City Of Westlake, Ohio
    edited April 2004
    That boggles the mind...

    I could understand it if they had checked with you first.

    I could almost understand it if they had sent you a similarly-featured dual Athlon board.

    But this? I'm shocked. :hrm:
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited April 2004
    Yeah, I'm really not too pleased with the way they handled this, especially since even the manager flat-out refused to send me a dual athlon board of any kind (no refurbs in stock, absolutely would not send me a new one) but whatever... oh, AND they charged me twice for the athlon board, so I had to sic the bank on them. I don't know what's been going on with Newegg for the past week or so...
  • profdlpprofdlp The Holy City Of Westlake, Ohio
    edited April 2004
    They leave you with two cpu's and no board to put them in, plus, now you need to buy another cpu?

    'tain't right... :grumble:
  • ClutchClutch North Carolina New
    edited April 2004
    They could have at least gave you store credit or refund if you sent the board back. Well now you have a new toy to play around with.
  • qparadoxqparadox Vancouver, BC
    edited April 2004
    I could take those mobiles off your hands for you ;).
  • MedlockMedlock Miramar, Florida Member
    edited April 2004
    :Pwned: I wouldn't complain lol. I prefer Intel over AMD. :rockon: And I guess a little dual channel wouldn't hurt, right? :thumbsup: I wish i had that mobo!
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