Hehehe, don't worry about it, I'm sure Newegg isn't dishonest like that.
Statistically speaking, chances are good that you'll get a good board. For every post on Anandtech that complains about a "miss" (like me), I'm sure there are 5 or 10 people that got a "hit" and didn't feel like speaking up.
I agree, Newegg seems to be pretty flexible...
Hope they didn't ship you my bad board. =)
Too bad Newegg's out of stock on those K7S5A refurbs... meh, the Shuttle AK31 v.2 from mwave looks pretty good at ~$38 shipped.
I got a bad board, blown component on the motherboard near the case led/pw switch headers (looks like maybe a power regulator?) and a cap near the memory slots was missing one lead.
Sent it back, boards are OOS now (of course) so I just got a credit... =(
Any suggestions for sub $40 boards...
If you mean RMA=exchange, no restocking fee but you pay shipping back to newegg.
The ECS K7S5A I got came in a retail box with all cables, a cd-rom, manual, and the atx backplate... it looked brand new, even the bag looked unopened... but after taking it out there was a blown component near...
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