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06-22-2007, 01:59 AM
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True Techie Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 213
|  Just bought an Open box mobo..
Ok, I just ordered a TForce 550 open box mobo from newegg, for 50 bucks. Just wanted to know: what exactly am I losing from an open box than a brand new mobo, anyone with experience tell me if it is any different or not, and if it came with the driver cd's? | 
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06-22-2007, 02:02 AM
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True Techie Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 137
| Re: Just bought an Open box mobo..
well you run the risk of something being damaged. after all most open boxed items are returned merchandise, and if the reseller cant find a problem with it repackaged as open box items. it might not come with drivers but thats no big deal as you can download them easily.
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06-22-2007, 02:04 AM
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Super Techie Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: inside. Posts: 279
| Re: Just bought an Open box mobo..
Its basically refurbished. Except its almost garunteed to have been defective at some point. And it should come w/ driver cd's... and if u were wondering, y didnt u ask b4 u ordered it? lol.
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06-22-2007, 02:07 AM
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True Techie Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 213
| Re: Just bought an Open box mobo..
****, it was 50 bucks, so I got this instead w/ an Arctic cooling freezer 64 cooler..Well, I'm not doing anything extreme(no raid and such), just overclocking , think I'll be fine?
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06-22-2007, 10:23 AM
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disgruntled ex-moderator Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: probably on the lake Posts: 6,857
| Re: Just bought an Open box mobo..
it isnt necessarily defective, man.
someone could've just rma'd it because they didnt like it. they're a retard and bought an am2 board for an s939 cpu, etc etc. people do dumb sh** like that all the time.
if it doesnt have the driver cd, you can EASILY find them on the internet.
it wont have the ide cables or sata cables perhaps.
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06-22-2007, 01:21 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 19,821
| Re: Just bought an Open box mobo..
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Originally Posted by nagasama  it isnt necessarily defective, man.
someone could've just rma'd it because they didnt like it. they're a retard and bought an am2 board for an s939 cpu, etc etc. people do dumb sh** like that all the time.
if it doesnt have the driver cd, you can EASILY find them on the internet.
it wont have the ide cables or sata cables perhaps. | loads of idiots in the world....... | |
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06-22-2007, 01:43 PM
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True Techie Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 213
| Re: Just bought an Open box mobo..
Thanks, that makes me feel a lot better lol
Edit: I just found out that my hard drive was an open box model when I bought it, my older 80gb Hitachi, and it's been working for me for more than a year and a half, still going strong w/out a problem
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06-22-2007, 05:48 PM
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Super Techie Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Neza Posts: 423
| Re: Just bought an Open box mobo..
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Originally Posted by nagasama it isnt necessarily defective, man.
someone could've just rma'd it because they didnt like it. they're a retard and bought an am2 board for an s939 cpu, etc etc. people do dumb sh** like that all the time.
if it doesnt have the driver cd, you can EASILY find them on the internet.
it wont have the ide cables or sata cables perhaps. | Agree. My current mb is an open box item...and runs like a champ! I've also purchased refurb in the past and I've been lucky enough not to get bad refurb
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06-22-2007, 05:53 PM
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Ultra Techie Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Calgary, AB Posts: 620
| Re: Just bought an Open box mobo..
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Originally Posted by Raknor it might not come with drivers but thats no big deal as you can download them easily. | Unless its a NIC card. Kind of a conundrum there....
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06-22-2007, 06:05 PM
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The Bulldog Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In an empty Ramen packet Posts: 4,370
| Re: Just bought an Open box mobo..
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Originally Posted by QuaziBee Unless its a NIC card. Kind of a conundrum there.... | I have had that happen before. what do you do when linux doesn't have drivers for your NIC and no other computer nearby has internet? | |
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