Making Motherboards The Gigabyte Way

[Guest]

Picture #19 is a little scary. They are placing an ESD sensitive assembly on cardboard. This can be a cause of latent and field failures. I would think a big company like this would have better ESD controls. This is why your motherboard comes in that fancy bag, to protect it from ESD events. Electro Static Discharge, otherwise know as a static shock.

 

[nihility]

Interesting and yet slightly disappointing. Basically they start out with a PCB and they solder components onto it followed by a system test. That's not a huge surprise. Appreciate the inside scoop anyway.

 

[I]

Nice set of pictures, but couldn't they have been a bit larger? Maybe next time.

 

[Luscious]

I've been using Gigabyte mobos since 1996 and have been happy with their performance. They are very good value and have worked well for me over the years.

BTW: Didn't I miss something in the article about video cards?

 

[mr roboto]

I love my old socket 939 Gigabyte board. I have heard some bad things about Gigabyte's QC though lately. I was originally looking for the Gigabyte 680i when it first came out but settled with an EVGA instead because they were no where to be found. I heard all the Gigabyte 680i boards were having major issues too. Then again what 680i boards weren't having issues! I think my next board will be a GB.

 

[mr roboto]

For all of those who are asking what board that is in picture 17. It's a GIGABYTE P45 DQ6 Intel P45. It's part of their Quad thing. Quad BIOS, Quad LAN, ect.. It's expensive though $249.99.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128343

 

[braynes]

"Gigabyte doesn’t handle this stage directly, but outsources its PCBs from a third-party specialist."
And who would that be?
Bruce

 

[Slobogob]

Thanks for finding it, Joebob and MrRoboto.

 

[Guest]

I believe I have found the motherboard pictured in 17.. I believe it is GIGABYTE GA-EP45-DQ6 LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard.

 

[gabriel_doru]

I'm amazed by how much manual work is done! I thought that it is a more automated process... I'll go crazy doing that stuff over and over again! But hey, I need to eat too!

There's only one guy there because a women was sick during that day and only the manager was available to take her place!

 

[kugi]

Ummm, do the employee make 50 cents an hour? Why not do a video, reading this was waste of 10 minutes of my life.

 

[raider37]

Wow, thats a lot of work being put into the creation of a motherboard. I dont think we fully realise how complex it is to make one. Cause its soo easy to setup and use, we forget that the manufacturer had to put a lot of research and effort into creating the motherboard inside our computer. Great stuff!

 

[johnnyxp64]

just WoW! and i dont mean world of warcraft

so lets say WOG World of Gygabyte....

i am a proude owner of a GA-P35-DS3 rev2.1 and a GF8800GT OC that kicks a**s

 

[johnnyxp64]

but i was hoping we could see all those step in a video!!! and see how fast thinks are done

 

[johnnyxp64]

http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleid=1722&page=1

a better article with more clear images

sorry for the triple post

 

[Guest]

Check what RAM they are using in Picture 18 of 20. It looks like some kingston hyperX modules

 

[Guest]

Most decent electronics factories in the WORLD use women in the production line. They are more delicate in handling, have more patience and attention to detail and tend to steal stuff a lot less than men.

 

[Guest]

"I couldn't help but notice that with the exception of 3 men in the last 2 pictures, every other employee of Gigabyte seems to be female. I always associate factory jobs with men, but apparently things are different in Taiwan. Of course, it could just be that the photographerhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photographer "forgot" to take pictures of men."

The vast majority of electronics assembly workers are women because women, on average, have better fine manual dexterity than men (presumably aided by smaller fingers). Obviously in this profession, the ability to quickly manipulate small objects is crucial.

see for example
http://www.timhackler.com/biology_influences_sex_roles.html

 

[wikiwikiwhat]

Yeah, we see the amazing work they do, but they build so many at all times that we all know they won't all sell. That's just where economics helps us afford them. We get this for like, either a hundred or 300 dollars when like back in tha day it would have cost you a good down payment on a car to get this. Oh, and Mr. Man, it was in Japan, not Taiwan. I've been to Japan, and you tell any of those women they are Taiwanese they will straight chop you in tha neck. Every nation in Asia hates each other for some odd reason.