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2 month RMA?? Really? Then let me tell you my story. Bought an Asus Formula V Maximus from him in late October 2012. Simply DOA. only 1 memory dimm works out of the 4. Then i get some BS from him that this is a bug from Intel Z77 chipset (although i have a gigabyte UD3 Z77 board working just right). He told me then he'll RMA the board (and I didn't even get to use it for 1 day), and lend me an Asus Maximum IV Extreme (probably it is the board that he sold you cmwic). He said the board was his so it doesn't matter for him. I simply rejected since it is a liability. I already have a working gigabyte board so I can wait. So far board still under RMA process. 8 months passed by and board still under RMA. Last time I asked him about the RMA process he said there was a small delay from the ASUS company. I am fed up with this. This board aint cheap; costed me 450$ and came DOA. He is supposed to replace it ASAP with the same exact model. If he doesn't have spare stock, well guess what? It ain't my problem bro.

cmwic, RMA ain't going to take 2 months as he is claiming. Be prepared to wait a year.

And me, still waiting for the "new" board to come back. Maybe some kind of miracle will happen.
@MrClass

I know he is a cheater and a scammer and that's why i bought a new motherboard from pcandparts.

RMA is supposed to be instant for such expensive boards supposedly sold as brand new.
Let me just throw this out there

He built a rig for a member here, and the RAMs were installed in wrong DIMMs. Me and 3 other people confirmed this on the page and sent him instructions FROM ASUS on how to install it properly, he still refused to do it.


I'm sorry, but judging from this and much other experiences, this guy cannot be trusted, doesn't know how to work, doesn't work correctly, fraud, and a lier. I find it funny how he claims to be the "official" asus dealer without having a shop, money, knowledge or anything. What's even more funny is that he claims false information, and uses pirated software.
I am not sure how legit the guy is. It seems he simply imports his stuff and sells them here for a very high price. I dont think he is official anything.

Im glad he was exposed. This does not seem like it was a random occurrence as more than one case were mentioned,

I called him up a while back to get an idea what he offers and he kept trying to sell me a rig for almost 2k when i simply asked for a regular rig to do some casual gaming within a small budget. The worst part is that he sent me an offer through email with a valid date of a day or two. Needless to say, i laughed.
MrClass wrote2 month RMA?? Really? Then let me tell you my story. Bought an Asus Formula V Maximus from him in late October 2012. Simply DOA. only 1 memory dimm works out of the 4. Then i get some BS from him that this is a bug from Intel Z77 chipset (although i have a gigabyte UD3 Z77 board working just right). He told me then he'll RMA the board (and I didn't even get to use it for 1 day), and lend me an Asus Maximum IV Extreme (probably it is the board that he sold you cmwic). He said the board was his so it doesn't matter for him. I simply rejected since it is a liability. I already have a working gigabyte board so I can wait. So far board still under RMA process. 8 months passed by and board still under RMA. Last time I asked him about the RMA process he said there was a small delay from the ASUS company. I am fed up with this. This board aint cheap; costed me 450$ and came DOA. He is supposed to replace it ASAP with the same exact model. If he doesn't have spare stock, well guess what? It ain't my problem bro.

cmwic, RMA ain't going to take 2 months as he is claiming. Be prepared to wait a year.

And me, still waiting for the "new" board to come back. Maybe some kind of miracle will happen.
Man why didn't you share this earlier, it could have helped other people.
Hello there, i personally have rampage extreme iv but brought from amazon, i did have some issues when i first built my system. I resolved them by many trials and errors, so in your case you should be able to fix your issue.

But keep in mind you might damage both your board and cpu if you dont know what you are doing. I suggest to start googling for your errors you see each time you try, for a start visit this for suggestions:
http://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.php?20402-Rampage-IV-Extreme-not-posting-continuous-red-light-on-the-DRAM-LED
http://www.overclock.net/t/1259636/rampage-iv-extreme-dimm-slots-dead

Reading online this error is related to your dimms and not your cpu.
Hey. I asked him for an official Asus customer RMA status check just to show me that the mobo was sent for RMA and took all that time. He simply said I'll get my mobo in 2 weeks without saying a thing about the official RMA status check. I replied saying thank you for the update; but still demanded the official RMA status check. He appears to be elusive and doesn't want to show me any official proof that Asus processed the RMA. What is he scared of? If he isn't going to show me any official proof, I'm going legal with the matter.
Well its kinda your mistakes that you trust such a store. I immediately knew his "ROG Store" was a hoax. However, for the guys that got scammed, just go to his shop or whatever location he resides and demand your money back even by force.
6 days later
@cmwic
What happened with your motherboard?
@AVOlio
a friend repaired the pins and now it is fully functional.