Gonna try a 3rd supplier this time, but not holding me breath, as for one they all use City Link, not had much joy from them either!
I used yoyotech for the dq6 was very impressed by the standard of packaging
Even survived City Link 
and I was always an abit fan in the past (drifts off into a daydream with clouds and sweet music playing)!!!
have noticed that in a few abit users, this is my 1st for a long time.
Think Gilgamesh is one of the few abit fans who have given an honest initial assessment, though perhaps more critical than me.
IX38 QUAD GT Initial Impressions Unlike him, at least for mne the board is performing well, The issue with poor straps & the poor package sadly remain.
Might see if abit bring out a DDR2 X48?
I don't think so they ditched the IX38Max & are focussing on the X48 Which mainstream is inrtended to be DDR3. I'm going to sell a board & save for ddr3, £ wise ddr3 is what i paid back in January for my Cellshock 8000 ddr2. It's just that DDR2 is so heavily discounted now, you don't feel like shifting.
See you soon at clunks.org.
Yep or maybe next forum you sign up for
I'm a bit of a wanderer
luck