Best current Athlon board

Saturn · Post by **Saturn** » Wed Mar 14, 2001 6:21 pm

IWILL K266 is probably the best one at the moment.

wvjohn · Post by **wvjohn** » Thu Mar 15, 2001 3:24 pm

i'd hold off on the iwill board - they've just been recalled

http://www.lostcircuits.com/discus/mess ... 20011059am

Coco · Post by **Coco** » Thu Mar 15, 2001 3:52 pm

Wow... that's gonna hurt Iwill... they are one of the smallest motherboard manufacturer in Taiwan...

Kakarot · Post by **Kakarot** » Thu Mar 15, 2001 3:53 pm

Why, if they are recalling them then I doubt they would sell someone a new one with the same problem.

Coco · Post by **Coco** » Thu Mar 15, 2001 4:03 pm

recalls cost a lot of money, you lose money on materials, shipping, everything... think about it, Iwill motherboards(the KK266) worldwide would need to be sent back to Taiwan... and sent back out...

wvjohn · Post by **wvjohn** » Thu Mar 15, 2001 4:17 pm

problem is you don't know what's in the pipeline and most retailers are too lazy to check

Saturn · Post by **Saturn** » Thu Mar 15, 2001 9:56 pm

I know what happened and I am impressed that Iwill stepped up and took fast responsibility for it. Abit or even Asus wouldn't do the same. Heck abit probably would have charged you $25 to return it to them like all of their RMA's.
You can check to see if there is a resistor installed at R357 on the board if there is then that would be one that gets sent back. This is still the best board out there. They apparently are sending out the replacements for the board before you return the defective one if you supply them with a credit card number and you have to return the defective board within 7 days.
http://www.iwillusa.com/rma/kk266.pdf

Snatchface · Post by **Snatchface** » Sun Mar 18, 2001 5:07 pm

Yah...no sooner did my KK266 IWill arrive then I found out about the recall. I faxed 'em the RMA and they shipped out my replacement the same day (ground). Should be getting here soon....can't wait.