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Abit Not Doing Too Well

by Maarten Goldstein, Dec 29, 2005 7:26am PST

Related Topics – Hardware (PC only)

Tech Report has a story up about the financial saga of Abit, as the company isn't doing too great. Sales have dropped a whopping 96% during the past year, and the company's worth has fallen from NT$10.8 billion last November to NT$1.7 billion now. Taiwan's security regulatory agency has also requested the company restates its results from 2003, 2004, and part of 2005 or face delisting from the stock exchange. Any future manufacturing by the company will be outsourced, as its own production facilities are being sold.

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god dam, just 2 days ago one of the Heatsinks on my IT7-max2 v.2 feel off, was going to just replace the board ..now I can't find them anywhere :(

Dec 29, 2005 9:09pm PST

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god dam, just 2 days ago one of the Heatsinks on my IT7-max2 v.2 feel off, was going to just replace the ... : 0Rance0
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- Dang! Same thing happened to me! Was it the Intel 845 Chipset heatsink? Looks like not an easy fix eit... : PoconoPCDoctor

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Well, I'm not suprised. Haven't read much good about their recent products. I had a KT7A board I liked, in spite of its "Issues" over the years. I am not sure whats next for me, but the Asus Board I have right now has served me very well (P4T-533C).

Dec 29, 2005 3:51pm PST

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Well, I'm not suprised. Haven't read much good about their recent products. I had a KT7A board I liked, i... : RookieCAF
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- Well read this then... ABIT NF7 that hit well over 220FSB with mad stability ABIT KV8 Pro with first ... : jodiuh

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Nooo.... I was planning on getting an Abit NF4 board because the Asus board had an incompatibility with the PSU in the case I want :(

Dec 29, 2005 9:31am PST

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Nooo.... I was planning on getting an Abit NF4 board because the Asus board had an incompatibility with t... : jeffbax
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  Buy a different psu. Lemme guess it's a antec psu right? Get a Enermax liberty if you want removable ca... : bored
  - I have an Abit KV8, and for the most part it has served me well. But lately a usb port has been flaky, a... : chiisu81

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I didn't read the article - can someone explain why their sales have dropped so sharply?

Dec 29, 2005 9:26am PST

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I didn't read the article - can someone explain why their sales have dropped so sharply? : g.lee
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- why don't you read the article then : redfive
- What MB do you have in your system? : schnitz76
- They just say sales are very low and that they had 'accounting' problems. : datafox
- Yeah that really is a crazy drop in sales. : node

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By: Optimus Prime x Show Full Post

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Here's what is really going on with Abit.
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=26459

There's asking someone else to produce it but they'll still do R&D. Motherboard business is very cutthroat right now with small profit margins.

Dec 29, 2005 3:51pm PST

Here's what is really going on with Abit. http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=26459 There's asking so... : Optimus Prime

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Sucks. I remember when the BH6 + 300Mhz Celeron = an easy OC to 450. I really liked Abit.

Dec 29, 2005 7:46am PST

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Sucks. I remember when the BH6 + 300Mhz Celeron = an easy OC to 450. I really liked Abit. : bcyde
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I just bought a month ago an Abit K8N SLI motherboard. :(

Dec 29, 2005 2:25pm PST

I just bought a month ago an Abit K8N SLI motherboard. :( : Optimus Prime

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Sorry I can't share in the ASUS and Abit love here. I've had two ASUS MB's (and a SOYO) go south on me for no good reason (I have never messed with overclocking at all, so it's not like I stressed those boards in any way). Retired my last DFI (and as soon as I can afford it that one is going to be my htpc mb) so I could move to a DFI 939. Had several friends with ASUS and Abit boards that had lots of problems. As usual though -- tastes great <-> less filling!

Dec 29, 2005 2:03pm PST

Sorry I can't share in the ASUS and Abit love here. I've had two ASUS MB's (and a SOYO) go south on me f... : schnitz76

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About time, Abit havent done a good motherboard in at least 5 years, good riddance.

Dec 29, 2005 11:50am PST

About time, Abit havent done a good motherboard in at least 5 years, good riddance. : simonfrance

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Ouch, I remember when they were the board to get when it came to overclocking.

Wonder what happened.

Dec 29, 2005 7:33am PST

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Ouch, I remember when they were the board to get when it came to overclocking. Wonder what happened. : stgdz
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  I always got Asus. But yeah, it was a fine line between the two companies. It was really hard to choose... : Faluzure
  - Used to be Asus was stability, Abit was performance. Then Asus added the tweaking features in their BIOS ... : jrock

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By: disposition x Show Full Post

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GG, Abit. You've served me well over the years.

Dec 29, 2005 10:34am PST

GG, Abit. You've served me well over the years. : disposition

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By: a176 x Show Full Post

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didn't see this coming.

Dec 29, 2005 9:46am PST

didn't see this coming. : a176

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Their mobo`s just didnt seem to cut it after the NF7-S.
DFI took over their lead it seems.

Dec 29, 2005 8:50am PST

Their mobo`s just didnt seem to cut it after the NF7-S. DFI took over their lead it seems. : Reppyboyo

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I used two Abit boards in the past when they were the best features/performance, but my last two have been Asus. I think between Asus and DFI, most folks have gone with other brands for their socket939 boards, especially for tweaking/overclocking, and Asus for stability. My Abits always did seem to have a bit of flakiness to their stability where as my Asus boards have been rock solid.

Dec 29, 2005 7:39am PST

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I used two Abit boards in the past when they were the best features/performance, but my last two have bee... : jrock
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- DFI claimed Abit's best board designer, and hence all of the serious enthusasts went over to DFI. : shassard

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My current and previous two motherboards have all been from Abit and I'm sad to hear that they're having financial problems. I hope the outsourcing of their production won't effect the quality I've experienced with Abit.

Dec 29, 2005 7:36am PST

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My current and previous two motherboards have all been from Abit and I'm sad to hear that they're having ... : what is cool
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- hey I think you're the 4% they still have! : Schnapple

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Man that sucks. I've always liked Abit MB's. The last few MB's I've bought were Abits.

Dec 29, 2005 7:36am PST

Man that sucks. I've always liked Abit MB's. The last few MB's I've bought were Abits. : jonin