ASUS refurbished motherboard (Impact VII)

[Bluntwrapped]

Hi guys,

I bought a refurbished Impact VII motherboard which arrived this morning. The seller stated this has been refurbished by ASUS but I'm not 100% sure if this is true.

After close inspection of the board and comparing with other photographs, I have noticed a small component is missing from the back of the VRM board PCB. I will need to order a CPU to test the board to make sure it's working but I thought I would ask in the mean time. Does anyone know what these are for?

Also, is there any way to confirm whether the motherboard has been officially refurbished by ASUS?

[Norcus]

It looks like two blocks are removed that were soldered on. Not a good sign! I would be surprised if this board booted up.

[Bluntwrapped]

Comparing the photo to this one it looks like the bottom SMD is missing and top one where it looks like something is missing should indeed be empty.



I have contacted the seller who insists this motherboard has been refurbished by ASUS. Is there any way to check this?

[Norcus]

No serious business would receive, refurbish and redistribute an item with no papertrail. There will be a workorder somewhere. Note the serial of the board and ask Asus suport.

[Bluntwrapped]

Yeah thanks, I have taken some photos and put together an email and sent it over to support. Hopefully it won't take too long to hear back.

[libremaster]

Are refurbished motherboards identified in some way (Box stycker, etc?)

[Bluntwrapped]

Was hoping someone would be able to answer that. The box seems to have a few stickers added to it. So far would seem strange to say a product has been reconditioned when it has missing PCB components as shown in the image. One of the stickers is a round red one which makes me wonder if this is a colour coding relevant to the condition of the board. Are any mods able to comment and/or advise?