Which are the most common mobo problems?

[pellel]

I wonder which are the most common defects that force consumers to RMA their mobo to the seller.

I also wonder which are the most common defects on a mobo that can be seen by the consumer without advanced testing equipment.

 

[pat]

Noob users!

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[lonelypauly]

I've come across no onboard sound, bad capacitors, bad ethernet ports, as the most common. Does that help you? I really hope it does!

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[lonelypauly]

damn! no [-peep-]?

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[Crashman]

Stupid users are the most common cause of motherboard RMA.

"I stuck my 9800 Pro in an A8N-SLi and the system won't power up"-idiot sticking an AGP card in a PCI-Express slot even though everything about the board says PCI-Express.

Probably over half the boards sent back are still good!

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[endyen]

For valid rmas, the current most previlent cause may be a blown south bridge, caused by a static discharge through the front usb port.