motherboard labeled as incorrect
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Topic: motherboard labeled as incorrect
Posted By: rushkid
Subject: motherboard labeled as incorrect
Date Posted: 15 Nov 2021 at 9:19am
| so idk why or how but i bought a fm2a75 which turned out the board says its an fm2a85x extreme4. even though its labeled on the board as the a85 biaos its actually the board i wanted, the a75. is it possible its a refurbished board ? |
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Posted By: Xaltar
Date Posted: 15 Nov 2021 at 3:59pm
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I would imagine the fm2a85x label is a sticker as the 2 boards are completely different in layout (one being mATX and the other standard ATX). My guess would be that someone purchased 2 boards, the more expensive fm2a85x extreme4 and the fm2a75 Pro4 then pulled the sticker off the more expensive board and put it on the cheaper one then returned the cheaper one in the more expensive one's box. I have seen things like this happen all too often over the years. Then once the board was tested by the store/outlet and found to be good it would have been put back into inventory. ------------- 
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Posted By: rushkid
Date Posted: 15 Nov 2021 at 10:28pm
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almost, try the opposite. a75 sticker on a85 board but it most definitely is the a75 build |
Posted By: Xaltar
Date Posted: 15 Nov 2021 at 10:48pm
That is pretty common then  That means it came from the factory like that. If you look at both the boards: https://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/FM2A85X%20Extreme4-M/index.asp https://www.asrock.com/mb/amd/fm2a75%20pro4-m/ They use the exact same PCB layout. At some point they must have run out of the PCBs for the a75 variant and had an excess of the a85 ones so just put a sticker over the silkscreen that reads a75. The components on the PCB will be that of the a75, it's just the silkscreen that's wrong. I have a few boards like this, if you remove the sticker it has a different silkscreen underneath. It's common practice to avoid e-waste. -------------
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Posted By: rushkid
Date Posted: 16 Nov 2021 at 6:41am
| ty thats what i was thinking as well but wanted a second opinion |