This is something I did and do not like. Yes, my RIVE came that way too... open box.... open bag. It is tantamount to colluding with unscrupulous retailers who can sell-on returned merchandise. I wish they would change this. My X58 board came in a sealed bag!

Just give the board a thorough inspection.....check solder around mounting holes is smooth and domed to check it has not been mounted in a case before....check socket for bent pins under good light and look for finger prints on back of board....that's all you can do...

Thanks for the quick answers MultiDoc & Arne! I really appreciate it. and thanks for that extra tip on checking the solder around the mount holes to make sure its still domed. The pins look perfect and there isn't any finger prints or fine scratches anywhere that I can see. Everything in the box was still sealed (Q connect, cables, etc). I had ordered the P6TDeluxeV2 a few years back and I received it the same as yours, sealed and in a static bag. They both came from the same e-tailer and I've never had any problem with what I've ordered from them before (but I have read some real good horror stories from others trying to deal with RMAs and receiving old products). I opened the box with the PSU first and geez, that Corsair AX1200 had the box plastic wrapped, inside the psu sat on big chunks of hard foam, I opened that up and found it in some type of cheap velvet bag with a draw string and when I took it out of that, it was wrapped in more plastic! lol THAT impressed me and I felt like I bought a quality product. then I opened the box with the MB and found it to have not even a piece of tape on the top. As long as there's no marks then I guess I should just try it, but it doesn't really sit well with me.

Yeah, if you got it from a good place then all should be fine...but I know what you mean...I went into a cold sweat when I saw the open bag on a premium product! I mean it had to be a second hand board right? Well, half an hour with the magnifying glass out and multiple breath tests showed it was new! But geez ASUS!:confused: That's not the adrenalin rush you want first associated with your boards!

lol yea u got that right! especially after opening that power supply, i just stood there with my mouth open starring at the MB box thinkin WTF is this lol. I just check those mount holes and they still look ok. guess I'll find out tomorrow when the case and memory arrive.

If you screw a board down the eight solder points around the hole get flattened off and dulled immediately...plus handling the board in will show finger prints...it's pretty hard for someone to use a board and return it unmarked without getting all CSI Miami about it.... so I shouldn't worry.

Thanks for bringing back that memory....NOT.....:D LOL

Thanks for posting this. I was wondering the same about my RIVE board. It came the same way and made me wonder. Upon inspection it appears to be fine.

My case n ram got delivered on Thursday and I threw it all together and I'm very happy (relieved) to say that it is working perfectly. First boot all memory was recognized, cpu speeds & temps are good, bios was back on 1005 which appears to be untouched from factory, and I've stress tested the thing to be ok. so far so good. Now I just have to deal with the heat of the SLI 580s for whatever Nvidia releases in the next weeks/months. Thanks again guys for the replies and calming my nerves before the build! lol ROG 4 LIFE

Nice one!!:D