The next 875P bios... _what_ is taking so long?

Question

The MSI flagship mobo for enthusiasts, the 875P Series, has not received a bios update since 2003-6-26!
An important feature Intel sata raid 1, as well as numerous errors have yet to be implemented/resolved, which makes it very hard to understand why MSI has not worked hard to remedy issues with their 875P - their flagship.
This forum as well as many other respected external forums speaks what everybody involved in the MSI 875P nightmare is thinking.
We are highly unsatisfied with MSI's lack of involvement in the development of their flagship motherboard products bios and it is hurting MSIs credibility.
Unfortunately the return period for purchased items (where I live) is only 14 days, which leaves little time to discover if your motherboard manufacturer can be trusted to update the bios of your product when needed or not.
I bought the 875P, based on very good reviews from hardware websites I used to trust and crossed my fingers that MSI would in time remedy the baby-problems that seemed, at first, to be common to all mobos with the 875 chipset.
MSI, you have violated my trust in you and your products by not committing yourself to improving your product after it has left the shop.
You have little or no time left to save your skin. This motherboard is making your trustworthiness bleed as long as it does not receive your, highly needed, support.
Tell us what is going on - that would be a start. We have been waiting for a new bios for over a month now and have heard nothing from you.
A beta bios seem to circulate but, according to beta users, it remedies only few of the many errors we have with your flagship motherboard product.
Your moderators have stopped commenting on when the next bios will come out. A bit less than a month ago they told me that it would take "a few days" for a bios with intel sata raid 1 to come out.
Last bios for the MSI 875P was on 2003-6-26... _what_ is taking so long?!
-Andreas

Answer 1

Well I for one think that MSI has really dropped the ball on this one. Asus, Giga-byte, Abit etc all have released Bios for thier 875P chipset mobo's that now fully support RAID 1 on the Intel SATA. I liked the 875P Neo because of its feature rich design. When I looked at all the available offerings from the competitors at the time MSI seemed the best. If the only problem with this board were the lack of RAID 1 support I would still be a little miffed at how long the new Bios fixes are taking and how little improvement there has been to the most serious memory, fan, stability, and automatic OC related issues.
 Remember people that these Mobos have a very limited time span before they begin to go obsolete. Technology moves fast and if MSI can not provide these fixes as fast as the other mobo makers then it is all over for them. How do you think you are going to feel come September when the NEW chipset mobos are being sold and the MSI bios issues have still not been sorted out? We are talking like 2 months here. No, I say where stability and performance are concerned with Motherboard technology time is of the essence, to little to late is not good enough. I would rather not feel like I should have waited till September and bought the next chipset for the same money I spent on this one.
 Reputable companies support their products in a timely fasion. MSI has failed miserably at this. I will certainly be going back to Asus , Gigabyte, Abit, or Intel for my next purchase. The little money I saved on the 875P Neo and the extra features gained were simply not worth the crappy bios fixes which are well behind the above mentioned companies in both release time and quality.
Sorry this is just the way I see it. I will not be coming back to MSI in the future. They quite simply do not deserve my money.
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