I know people getting Unpatient but the hell will I not wait and buy the Extreme11? or will I kick myself in the A@@ when the board comes out and its a killer    

I removed the avatar, it came from a game. Sorry if i offended anyone.

I'm waiting :)

rjohnson11

...I'm waiting as well...

Cameron1234

I'm waiting :)

Still waiting here to...

KimbaWLion

I noticed Jacob, you answered the question of when the board SHOULD be available June at the latest but had no reply to my politely written question to what happens to we, the owners of unfixable SLI, FTW, & Classified boards? As I say yet AGAIN 3 RMAs with minor uncorrectable problems BUT when you add all the minor problems together it equals a pain, add the hassle of 3 RMAs, AND the time and effort to rip apart my machine 4 or more times? I think I deserve at least a comment saying its being looked at, no decisions have been made yet, something will be done, etc. etc. I do not think I am asking a lot and Evga has always treated me well as I say YET again, but my issues are not fixable and I am tired of RMAs etc. I want a 100% working board! 

Also keep in mind EVEN with a new board I STILL have to rip my machine apart and rebuild again and you know what? That joy at building your new machine is gone after the 4-5 time around on the same series of CPUs... 

I JUST want to know if Evga is going to be there for me to help me when I have real issues and I am NOT making stuff up! I mean Evga upgraded my SLI to a FTW, so who am I to complain, EXCEPT neither one worked 100% (First SLI was DOA out of the box) and that is wrong no matter how you slice it... I mean I am NOT looking for something for nothing, though that would be nice, I JUST want to hear there is hope since you have PUBLICLY acknowledged that there is a PHYSICAL issue with USB 3.0 and there are still Memory issues etc. Jonny Utah says it best and knows FAR more than I do! His posts say it all as far as all the issues that should NOT be there...
Again thanks for reading Jacob!

 
your beaten on a dead horse here. EVGA is not going to take responsibility for the first gen X79 boards.
 
The reason they don't have to is because there are a lot of other people out there that are running these boards without a hitch.
 

Then it shouldn't be a problem to take care of the few that HAVE issues RIGHT?

KimbaWLion

Then it shouldn't be a problem to take care of the few that HAVE issues RIGHT?

There would probably be a lot of people that pretend to have issues in order to get the X79 Dark. 

Yes they do who know has had multiple RMAs... I am LONG on record, and EVEN their Tech support has told me they can't fix my issues, so what I am to do? The board DOES work at 90-95% JUST not 100%. I had them log it in the notes they keep too. They have admitted to me they have no reason why the ALL the XMP profiles do not work etc. etc. It's not me.  
 
This is also not my first MB with them and they always have treated me fairly. To me this simple, they will make people who have a TRACK record of issues some sort of deal or not. As dustingg said I am beating a dead horse as I have very strong sense of right and wrong. Jacob ADMITTED hardware issues so its NOT me, so there you have it. I await the  possibility that nothing will be done for anybody that has/had real issues AND all my time spent, that SOME here make so light of... My calm rant is over...

KimbaWLion

Yes they do who know has had multiple RMAs... I am LONG on record, and EVEN their Tech support has told me they can't fix my issues, so what I am to do? The board DOES work at 90-95% JUST not 100%. I had them log it in the notes they keep too. They have admitted to me they have no reason why the ALL the XMP profiles do not work etc. etc. It's not me.  

This is also not my first MB with them and they always have treated me fairly. To me this simple, they will make people who have a TRACK record of issues some sort of deal or not. As dustingg said I am beating a dead horse as I have very strong sense of right and wrong. Jacob ADMITTED hardware issues so its NOT me, so there you have it. I await the  possibility that nothing will be done for anybody that has/had real issues AND all my time spent, that SOME here make so light of... My calm rant is over...

You probably already tried most of these settings,  though i use the settings listed below along with the Asmedia driver v1.14.3.0 from station-drivers and all my Usb 3.0 ports work fine.  It seems like theres a batch of specific problematic boards because i purchased my X79 FTW from newegg on 01/01/2013 and the box had multiple cuts over the sides, it had an SR-X driver cd, one of the Evga seal stickers was cut while it was still under the shrink wrap   I never did RMA it though because everything was working, i think the box was opened and re sealed to apply some sort of fix.
 
Disable C-states.
Set memory timings and command rate manually.
Disable C1E.
Disable EIST.

Set Bclk Ratio to 1.25.
Vdroop: Disabled
OCP setting: Disabled
OC mode: Disabled
 
I'm using bios 41 along with the Asmedia v1.14.3.0 drivers.  I didnt have to flash the firmware manually only switched driver versions.
 

KimbaWLion

Then it shouldn't be a problem to take care of the few that HAVE issues RIGHT?

 
I agree whole-heartedly!
 
I only had one RMA, but that was enough for me when the second one had the same problems as the first.  EVGA then told me that the board I returned tested out as good!  The USB ports did not work correctly on either board when I had them and there were other problems.  I've built enough computers to know it wasn't something I did!  Looking at the replacement board they sent me showed enough evidence of prior use and wear to convince me that I did not get a new replacement board, but one that had previously been returned!
 
I paid full price for a new, top of the line board, not a used one that had been returned to them!
 
If others didn't have any problems..., well..., I envy them and wish them continued good luck, but the money I spent for the Classified should have guaranteed that I would wind up with a new, fully functional board..., and I didn't!
 
The ASUS Rampage IV Extreme that I have now has worked perfectly right out of the box without having to hunt around for drivers and hacked together patches from around the internet.
 
EVGA has always treated me well before this, and I've spent a few thousand dollars on parts from them, but my experience with my X79 Classified turned me off to the point that I won't buy another MB from them unless they do something about the paperweight I've got in it's original box under my desk!
 
At the very least, they would have to apply the full price I paid for my Classified towards the Dark before I would even consider buying one!  I would ship it back to them first and even pay the shipping.  I wouldn't even ask for a 'cross-ship' on it.  I just want a guaranteed, new, fully functional board that makes up for the aggravation and a small  amount of the time I wasted trying to make the Classified work.
 
If 'most' or 'almost all' of their boards worked perfectly, then why the price drop to the point where it's selling at a bargain-basement, clearance price?  The ASUS board, even with all the bad press about their customer service, still sells at the same price it came out at.
 
Making it good to the 'few' who had multiple, non-functioning boards shouldn't be a problem and would be a priceless boost to their damaged reputation!
 

With all the issues that the latest generation of motherboards have had, the wishful thinking thing would be for EVGA to make those dissatisfied customers whole. I just don't see that happening though, for many reasons. EVGA is a small company, and that would be a big hit to their bottom line, albeit a positive one to their reputation. The main reason I don't think you'll see any public acknowledgement or action is one of liability. Companies, even with great customer service like EVGA, are extremely wary of admitting that they have defective products, since it can open a large can of legal worms.

Maybe I'll be proven wrong, but I think basically it is what it is, and EVGA won't do anything for owners of defective (which is what they are) motherboards, other than repeatedly doing the RMA dance as provided in their warranty terms.

KimbaWLion

Then it shouldn't be a problem to take care of the few that HAVE issues RIGHT?

 
Here is the problem I see with all of this;
 
Most X79 boards are working fine.
A few people are complaining about issues with the board here in the forums. Those are the same people who seem to keep complaining about the same issues, after getting their board replaced.
From that, one could logically come to the conclusion that those who are having the same problems with their X79 after multiple replacements are just doing something wrong.
 
 
 
 
 

That's an absolute insult and you can go screw off. A lot of us have been building systems for a long time (12+ years for me). I've helped two friends build there x79 system and I told them to stay away from EVGA right now. They both have asus boards and I helped them overclock them. And guess what, no issues there. I've ran my system at stock speeds and still have usb 3 probs. So I bought 2 usb3 cards to run usb3. There are others on this forum that have gone the extra mile and tried working with EVGA about the issues on these boards. 
 

☢ OMG A FURRY ☢

KimbaWLion

Then it shouldn't be a problem to take care of the few that HAVE issues RIGHT?

Here is the problem I see with all of this;

Most X79 boards are working fine.
A few people are complaining about issues with the board here in the forums. Those are the same people who seem to keep complaining about the same issues, after getting their board replaced.
From that, one could logically come to the conclusion that those who are having the same problems with their X79 after multiple replacements are just doing something wrong.

☢ OMG A FURRY ☢




Here is the problem I see with all of this;

Most X79 boards are working fine.
A few people are complaining about issues with the board here in the forums. Those are the same people who seem to keep complaining about the same issues, after getting their board replaced.
From that, one could logically come to the conclusion that those who are having the same problems with their X79 after multiple replacements are just doing something wrong.

 
 Do you have an Evga x79 board?
My guess is no. So if you don't then you really can't have an opinion.
There may be some Evga x79 boards that do not have the issues that seem to plague Evga's x79 line up, and there might be some issues that are user induced. But there is a problem with these boards and that's a fact jack. 

☢ OMG A FURRY ☢

KimbaWLion

Then it shouldn't be a problem to take care of the few that HAVE issues RIGHT?

Here is the problem I see with all of this;

Most X79 boards are working fine.
A few people are complaining about issues with the board here in the forums. Those are the same people who seem to keep complaining about the same issues, after getting their board replaced.
From that, one could logically come to the conclusion that those who are having the same problems with their X79 after multiple replacements are just doing something wrong.

 
"Most" boards are working correctly?"  LOL. 
It's obvious you know nothing about the problems on the X79 and really have no right to assume anything about people on these forums with a LOT more hardware experience than you do.  See, this is what happens when pre-teens take a virus off their grandma's computer and think they are hardware/software experts.  Do us all a favor and post somewhere else, far, far away from here.
 
How about this:  From your own words:  "From the same people who keep complaining about the same issues".  From that one could logically come to the conclusion that the board itself is ridden with bugs/hardware problems.  Else, all the complaints would be about different problems.  Your thought process really astounds me.  You so desperately want to sound intelligent, but.....