Same issue here,my Classified had issues before.At first my HD6950 didn't work on it but did on several other boards,so i bought a brand new HD6970ghz which worked,afterwards it was a failliure of the board....so that was 450euro extra,to compensate a issue on the board.After a half year working trip abroad,i started using it again....new biosses and every trick out off the book trying to get it stable....NOT. It even got worse,D6 error on my Radeon again...no issues when i try the card on other boards,so it went to EVGA on RMA.The board isn't sold anywhere anymore,not on Newegg or Alternate etc.etc......But hey,something curious happened when i checked Newegg about "EVGA X79", the board i got was a was a 151-SE-E779-KR....on Newegg was this one discontinued,but there was another one called 151-SE-E779-K3...probably a revision.So i checked the replacement RMA ticket(it on his way back,a new one)....and it said"151-SE-E779-KR" where i lost so much confidence in despite to all those buggy things discussed here and on several other forums. So i hope they made a mistake shipping it back and instead of 151-SE-E779-KR it will be 150-SE-E779-KR which is the productcode of the Black........
 
to be continued,
 
LLCOOLVEER

midknite

This depends on whether the manufacturer of the board sends a board to the manufacturers of the waterblocks. lately not a lot of companies are doing this anymore since the trend over the past year or so is to just make boards that don't need waterblocks for the chipset in any situation(To put it simply). So considering the waterblock availability of the past EVGA boards, it's highly unlikely you will ever see them.
 

midknite

My experience with most EVGA products is they are available for purchase on newegg the same day they are available for purchase on the EVGA web store. Both companies are based in California and not far from each other FWIW.

parawizard

Can't really say I am very thrilled to have to pony up an additional $250 dollars + shipping + time to get my x79 SLI upgraded to a Dark just so that I can try reselling the thing because I have already had to buy a different motherboard. 

Original Product failed
Current versions of X79 bioses have newly introduced bugs
Huge Loss of time
Had to invest in alternatives not being able to resell board
Upgrade is a huge additional cost
New board could still be a flop

Color me impressed...

Halo_003

rjohnson11

If your motherboard has a valid defect please apply for an RMA

That sounds good in theory yes RJ, but none of the boards work. I'm certain you know there are guys who have done 4+ RMA's and have the exact same problems.

Really the here is EVGA needs to just send Dark boards back for RMAs, and not bother with an upgrade program.

llcoolveer
...47biosses is imo 30 to much,and in my case the usb firm was after the update still rubish or even worse....it's not competative at all,the other brands are way ahead....

Nereus

llcoolveer
...47biosses is imo 30 to much,and in my case the usb firm was after the update still rubish or even worse....it's not competative at all,the other brands are way ahead....

Not meaning to be a personal attack on your comment, but I know for sure that if EVGA didn't do updates as often as they do, there would be plenty of complaints saying they didn't care about their customers because they take so long to update the BIOS.. in fact that has happened with this very series I believe. Personally I would rather have regular and relatively frequent updates than a rare update once in a blue moon. On the occasion over the last 5 years or so when NVidia have gone for a long period between WHQL updates, there has been huge criticism... they can't please everybody I guess, but can't say I've heard many people criticize EVGA for updating BIOS too often... only the opposite.
Good luck with your board anyway.