Shopping online article; Asus commended?!

[Fatfool]

Hi,

I take issue with Asus being commended for keeping board numbers different to avoid confusion.

I've personally experienced the mess created by their KCMA-D8 board
Servers & Workstations - KCMA-D8 - ASUS
Servers & Workstations - KCMA-D8 - ASUS

Version one of this board only supported the Opteron 4100 series and a hardware revision was needed to support the 4200 and 4300 series. (due to corner cutting as comparable MSI and Supermicro boards had no such issue)

Undoubtedly, this leads to confusion with even Amazon unable to clarify if the board they are selling is revision one or 2. I have personally received one such board that was described as supporting the 4200 series yet was revision one.

In fact, it wasn't even listed as a board revision, it was listed as a 'MB serial number'

Apparently, from other forums, this has been the case with older Athlon 64 and Opteron boards as well.

 

[Dr.Vijay]

Hello Fatfool,

Thanks for sharing your experience.
Fortunately, this is an old board, nearly 5 years ago.

If we look at the past - there are bound to be a lot more examples. In fact, I doubt I might be able to commend anyone at that juncture.

The situation has certainly improved much, but it looks like Gigabyte is perhaps the last of the big vendors who've yet to update their style of inventorying products.

Hi,

I take issue with Asus being commended for keeping board numbers different to avoid confusion.

I've personally experienced the mess created by their KCMA-D8 board
Servers & Workstations - KCMA-D8 - ASUS
Servers & Workstations - KCMA-D8 - ASUS

Version one of this board only supported the Opteron 4100 series and a hardware revision was needed to support the 4200 and 4300 series. (due to corner cutting as comparable MSI and Supermicro boards had no such issue)

Undoubtedly, this leads to confusion with even Amazon unable to clarify if the board they are selling is revision one or 2. I have personally received one such board that was described as supporting the 4200 series yet was revision one.

In fact, it wasn't even listed as a board revision, it was listed as a 'MB serial number'

Apparently, from other forums, this has been the case with older Athlon 64 and Opteron boards as well.

 

[Fatfool]

Hello Fatfool,

Thanks for sharing your experience.
Fortunately, this is an old board, nearly 5 years ago.

If we look at the past - there are bound to be a lot more examples. In fact, I doubt I might be able to commend anyone at that juncture.

The situation has certainly improved much, but it looks like Gigabyte is perhaps the last of the big vendors who've yet to update their style of inventorying products.

Noted. Maybe I'll take a look at Asus board offerings these days.