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    Factory Tours

    Gigabyte Factory Tour
    http://www.hardcoreware.net/reviews/review-217-1.htm

    ECS Factory Tour
    http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.html?i=1891
    http://www.hexus.net/content/item.ph...8&redirect=yes

    ABIT Factory Tour
    http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=2080
    http://techreport.com/etc/2004q2/abit-tour/index.x?pg=1
    http://www.tweaktown.com/articles/6/...our/index.html

    ASUS and AOPEN factory tours
    http://www.digit-life.com/articles/m...ies/index.html

    MSI Factory Tour
    http://www.hardwarezone.com/articles...?cid=1&id=1758
    Last edited by willawake; 01-01-2006, 02:54 PM.
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    #2
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    What about GSC factory?

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      #3
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      its probably more impressive than you think.

      i spent a few hours reading tours like that. what i noted was lots of women working in the factories. apparently women are also used exclusively for quality control because they are better at concentrating? they are also cheaper. Some of the factories have dormitories as well so people come to work like hell for long periods sleeping there and then periodically return to their villages. interesting to see that labour is used more intensively rather than machines where possible because it is cheaper and faster/cheaper to retrain for different product runs.

      the factories are quite impressive. i liked also the machines which make automatic visual checks of the soldering etc.

      regarding capacitors though, they make burn in tests of the products and periodically take samples for more extensive testing. sadly, even the most crappy capacitor can probably pass a 24 hour burn in.
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        i remember some pics of the inside of a chungwha crt plant.
        dirty floors and chickens running about.
        cleanliness is critical with a crt.
        seems samsung is the king of crap crt's.

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          #5
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          seems samsung is the king of crap crt's.
          its funny that...i consider samsung to be the king of TFTs. although we get them made in Slovakia. The king of CRTs must be either Shamrock or Pine. die old crt dammit die........
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            #6
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            I like CRT more - but only the better ones (I have ADI and Iiyama). I really hate craps like AOC, Relisys and Belinea. A 15" monitor from these crap brands often can do max. 1024x768@60Hz which is unusable. I use 1024x768@85Hz on my ADI 15"... I've fixed an older (about 1995) "no-name" 15" monitor (branded TEH GmbH, JEAN on PCBs) and it worked fine at 1024x768@75Hz...

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              #7
              Re: Factory Tours

              when i say crt i mean the tube itself.
              samsung often uses other mfr's tubes in their own branded units.
              oem units like dell,gateway,ect get the crap samsung tubes.
              i think samsung is tied with zenith when it comes to crap tubes.

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                #8
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                I have Dell 21" with Sony FD Trinitron tube, does 1600x1200 at 85Hz but I use 1280x1024 at 85Hz.
                The great capacitor showdown!

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                  Originally posted by willawake
                  its probably more impressive than you think.

                  i spent a few hours reading tours like that. what i noted was lots of women working in the factories. apparently women are also used exclusively for quality control because they are better at concentrating? they are also cheaper. Some of the factories have dormitories as well so people come to work like hell for long periods sleeping there and then periodically return to their villages. interesting to see that labour is used more intensively rather than machines where possible because it is cheaper and faster/cheaper to retrain for different product runs.

                  the factories are quite impressive. i liked also the machines which make automatic visual checks of the soldering etc.

                  regarding capacitors though, they make burn in tests of the products and periodically take samples for more extensive testing. sadly, even the most crappy capacitor can probably pass a 24 hour burn in.
                  Isn't that true that many workers are women in Europe too? (especially Ireland?)
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                    Re: Factory Tours

                    Originally posted by RJARRRPCGP
                    Isn't that true that many workers are women in Europe too? (especially Ireland?)
                    Nopie
                    "The one who says it cannot be done should never interrupt the one who is doing it."

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                      Originally posted by Per Hansson
                      Nopie
                      LOL. I just was wondering, because in Ireland, you even have a woman for a president. I have yet to see that in USA!

                      In fact, I have read about the fact that women had priority over men in Celtic societies.
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                        #12
                        Re: Factory Tours

                        microsoft mac lab tour
                        http://davidweiss.blogspot.com/2006/...s-mac-lab.html
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                          #13
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                          does anyone have links to any more factory tours?
                          i really enjoyed reading these again
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                            I found a couple quotes in the ABit article interesting:
                            "At Rolly, we noticed that if a motherboard failed, it was immediately retested. Occasionally, these boards would fail continually, but after several tries, the components would usually pass inspection. Abit representatives explained to us that this procedure was because Rolly purposely sets inspection tolerances too tight and compensates for the extra manpower to test and retest (and retest again) by relying on its relatively cheap workforce."
                            I'm not sure I understand why they waste time testing at overly tight tolerances, unless they intend to sell some of the boards as "Ultra High-Test" models for more money. As far as I know they don't do that. Maybe it's just useful to have that extra detail when they trace back a QC problem.

                            "Abit's total volume is much less than that of ECS, but at the same time, quality control seemed much higher and more deliberate."
                            This is what bothers me about ABit now having their boards made by ECS. It's like having Ferraris manufactured by Ford. ABit is a smaller, enthusiast oriented brand and so their production requirements are different from a mass volume manufacturer like ECS.

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                              #15
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                              well dont believe everything they tell the journalists. anyway that statement sounds odd. its true about the manpower though. for 100 bucks or so a month it would be difficult to get a machine to work for that money....

                              lol if ferraris were manufactured by ford they would be more reliable.....anyway abit had bad financials what could they do....

                              edit : thinking about it more, are abit boards made in USI factories now, since the merger?
                              Last edited by willawake; 02-13-2007, 06:21 PM.
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                                #16
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                                Fremont NeXT Factory
                                Find Nedry!


                                Check the Vending machines!!

                                <----Computer says I need more beer.

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                                  #17
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                                  Supertalent Factory Tour
                                  Kingmax Factory Tour
                                  Kingston Factory Tour
                                  Corsair Factory Tour
                                  Intel FAB18 Factory Tour
                                  Ferrari Factory Video Tour
                                  Last edited by willawake; 02-14-2007, 06:19 AM.
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