I purchase ASUS products from tier one providers. And I can say without
exception that all ASUS items come with no seals on the boxes. No shrink
wrap either. These are retail packages, not OEM. I would venture to guess
that if you do get ASUS product with a seal, it's either put on by the
warehouse or by the shop you purchased it from.



Dan

Clint wrote:
Some companies may make sure the BIOS is flashed to the latest
version, which is a good thing.

Personally, I think that unless the company has a good reason why your
product isn't sealed, it would be unacceptable to purchase new
equipment that's not. Otherwise you could be getting someone else's
RMA'd product. They should have their own test boards for service
work, and they shouldn't be selling equipment that's been out a
customer's sites already. Considering many companies charge a
restocking fee anyway, you should be getting a price discount for
taking someone else's reject.
Clint

"John Doe" wrote in message
...

Considering the fact a mainboard is a very complex part of a
computer that you would want to know is factory fresh, how come
mainboard boxes are not factory sealed?

If that's because configuring has to be done after the factory, how
come the company that configures the thing does not seal the box?

Thank you.