Hi Dark Mantis, several reasons. One is that I progammed it so many times due to Marvell & USB 3 sick of
the sight of it !! Two, I use this PC for plugging in different drives from other PCs for wiping. Three, I didn't like the
added time on boot up. Plus had enough hassle with USB 2 to get it running at full speed. Also this is 2nd rebuild
due to an earlier ver of Gigabyte board & memory problems. Due to a period of ill health & a major rebuild of my
PC/ Hobby room, ( one of 2 desks was buckling under weight of equipment) All monitors, PCs, KVM switches
etc., have been upgraded to HD spec. The PC in question was started OCT 2010 & still not been used other than
programmed. The only thing running on it so far apart from basic software is FTA digital TV or Multi Satellite.
Used to use case for Video editing & drive wiping. Had two different Asus boards in it in past.
Common sense told me I should have returned this MOBO as have wasted hrs of research on net reading about
PCIe cards & faults. If I purchase goods that claim to be USB3 & SATA 3 then that is what I expect. A few yrs ago
any goods that I found were faulty they were sent back either for refund or direct replacement as would never accept
a repaired used item, as was my legal right. Kept board rather than scrap a £200.00 cpu.
Regards tinker.