Abit recall

[Jokerswild]

Abit is recalling some fatal1ty mobo's.

Abit said Friday that it is recalling an undisclosed number of its Fatal1ty and AN9 32X motherboards because of stability problems.

In a statement, Universal Abit said that testing had revealed a hardware issue "that eventually might affect the performance and general stability of these particular motherboards". Only a "small number" of units are affected, the company said.

The affected boards will be recalled at Abit's expense, through either its corporate headquarters or its branch offices.

The recalled boards include: the Fatal1ty AN9 32X, with serial numbers between FAN93UDC000001 and FAN93UDC002713, plus FAN93UDD000001 to FAN93UDD001648; as well as the generic AN9 32X boards, with serial numbers AN932UDC000001 to AN932UDC001407, and AN932UDD000001 to AN932UDD001000.

Both boards use the Nvidia nForce 590 chipset and an AMD AM2-socketed microprocessor.

Abit also said that boards with the following serial numbers were confirmed to be in good working order: Fatal1ty AN9 32X boards with serial numbers between FAN93UDC002714 to FAN93UDC005422; and the generic AN9 32X boards, with serial numbers between AN932UDC001408 to AN932UDC002612.

The affected products are from an early batch of boards, Abit said.

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"It's not our finest hour, but certainly when we have trouble, we do the correct thing," said Peter du Preez, a marketing manager and PR representative from Abit, in a note to reporters.

[stinger608]

Good find Joker!!!! That is what makes HL a great site, all of the fine members try to keep up on the latest news about the good, as well as the bad that we all deal with on a day to day basis.

[killswitch83]

kinda figures though, considering the previous socket 939 model had problems as well......I just don't think Abit makes good mobos IMHO, but they can try all they like, rofl

[Tyreal]

I haven't tried any of their S939 offerings but their socket A boards were good for overclocking.

[One4yu2c]

Originally Posted by Tyreal

I haven't tried any of their S939 offerings but their socket A boards were good for overclocking.

Yeah they were - the two kings of socket A were the Asus A7N8X and Abit NF7-S. Same scenario on the s478 Pentium 4 side of the fence, with the Abit IC7-G series rivaled only by the Asus P4P800/P4C800 mobos.

[Tyreal]

Yep. I had to choose whether I wanted the Asus or the Abit. I heard the abit overclocked like a monster so I chose that one. After that they made another one called the AN7. I got that one as well :P