- How can you tell if an A8N-SLI Deluxe board is rev.1.02 ..

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....on the board, but especially on the retail box itself? Is it indicated
anywhere on the box what revision it is?

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"Paul" <nospam@needed.com> wrote in message
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> In article <LOI_d.65370$sC5.870010@weber.videotron.net>, "Jon J. Yeager"
> <nospam@please.com> wrote:
>
>> ...on the board, but especially on the retail box itself? Is it indicated
>> anywhere on the box what revision it is?
>
> That would make it too easy. Imagine the customers sorting through
> the boxes, leaving the 1.00 release boards behind. To prevent
> "cherry picking", the release is not on the outside of the box.
>
> You might get some idea, however, from the date code on the outside
> of the box. But, unless there was some noteworthy improvement, where
> a bunch of people indicated what date code was on their box, you
> won't be able to figure it out on your own. The first two characters
> of the serial number are year_digit month_char. A board made this
> month would be 53xxxxxxxxx, December of last year 4Cxxxxxxxxxx,
> where the x's are the rest of the digits. AFAIK.
>
> This info is only going to help if you are shopping in person,
> as very few online vendors will help you get the "latest and
> greatest". After all, they have to sell all the boards in
> inventory.

So there's no way to order an A8N-SLI rev.1.02 under any circumstance?
That's kinda depressing.