In other news...

[unixronin]

... I got a useful (for some values of useful) response back from Gigabyte finally.  I can send my board in for service ... but because it's out of warranty, I'll have to pay $45 up front, plus shipping both directions.  That's going to be close to — if not over — $100.  I can buy a replacement K8N board for that, and probably see change left over.

So I'm going with the repair plan, and worst case, if it fails I can buy a refurb board that'll at least have 30 days warranty on it and which I'd probably still have sooner than I could get my board back from Gigabyte.

Comments

[mrmeval.livejournal.com]

Now you know why they can bite me. ;) They should have offered to fix the problem at no charge considering how they tout the backup system.