How a motherboard is made: Inside the Gigabyte factory in Taiwan 

High respect for the workers who produce these quality components. Seeing such skilled and hard working people build this hardware, I feel pretty lucky to play video games for a living.

This is a kind of job that after working hours, you really want to go home, eat, and sleep.. nothing else. Respect to these workers!

Huge respect for small country like tiwan.... High technology skilled labours.... Running such a big mother board company.... And we people are just watching it

I wonder if younger staff work on the daughterboards?

We think we cool building gaming PCs, but these people are making them from legit nothing. They the real MVPs making our pc builds a lot easier to build. Huuuge respect to them

it surprises me to realize how these boards comes without faulty, respect for these hard workers Edit: OMG thank u for so many likes

I worked in a computer store for 3 years lol always wonderd how motherboards are made.. very interesting.. great video .

I used to be an engineer in a factory like this 25 years ago. Surprisingly not much have changed.

imagine being Linus and dropping all those motherboards.

Mothers are making Motherboards. Thats why its is this much accurate. Nothing goes off through a mother's eye. *Edit:* I never thought my comment will make a huge tech debate in comments... I was reading all the comments & now my brain is running in TENET formation 😵

I am a Gigabyte user since 5 years and really it's an excellent made.

As a student I had an internship in a small factory, doing most of these duties myself - from feeding "Pick and place" machines to populating boards with THT components by hand. Traditionally women are doing the latter job and now I can see why - they inherently can multitask far better, placing components properly AND chatting with each other! They were even able to spot my mistakes down the assembly line and corrected my mistakes, like placing polarized capacitors wrong way around. I just hope these workers are not exposed to dangerous chemicals like I was. These days I'd pay more for a product made in a safe environment, after my short internship.

*Now that's how i met your motherboard.*

I've got a Gigabyte motherboard and works really well. Congrats to these people for the awesome work.

My mum used to work there doing QC check on the motherboard. You really need to be fast and good eye sight!

much respect to all of the employees in that factory

Sending my Respects to the workers that give life to PC enthusiasts.

Gigabyte motherboards are my favorite, I’m not surprised some of the work is done manually... Great quality ✅

This is something I always wondered, if someone places those tiny capacitors and transistors, I'm totally amazed. Thank you for this video.

My very first Gigabyte mainboard was Giga 915 with Pentium 4 processor and 1gb ddram bus 400. Over 12 years ago and that first PC was quite a real treasure for a little boy at that time :)

and here we are taking it for granted..respect to those people :)

so much hard work done by people which we never see... never take anything for granted...

I'm always perplexed by the complexities of these factories and how one would even start going about making it all come together.

Pretty cool quick overview. A longer in-depth visit would be super cool. Would've liked to see how they make the PCB itself; saw the one lady doing continuity testing on a bed of nails there at the beginning with a mostly blank board after the fab was done for it.

You got to love company’s like this making computer parts. Awesome.

wow must be horrible when you wanna pee and the motherboards don't stop coming!!

0:39 I worked for a big company in the past that also build all kind of OEM electronics including motherboards, and I remember that one employee was able to feed the machine with the components in the wrong position (he probably mixed some resistors and capacitors that has different values), and it result in couple hundreds of units with wrong components that was later captured by the ICT (In-ciurcuit test) ... that was a big mess!

Just bought a gigbyte board. Love the board. Didn't come with a manual but the build went great anyway.

Thank you ladies at Gigabyte! Love you wonderful women!

400,000 motherboards a month. "Four hundred thousand motherboards a month" Holy shit!

I have used Gigabyte motherboards in all of my builds for 7 years now and, touch wood, I have never had a failure!

A brand represented by its people, something to be proud!!

I am so grateful to those ladies and men that work hard to deliver us such a good and crucial piece of hardware

Notice Guy wasn’t sweating at the Beginning, and at the end He’s Soaked!.

the way electronics work will never cease to amaze me.

This is my favorite motherboard brand. The best ratio of quality vs price. So cool to see the actual manufacturing process.

I love the machine around @2:32 that puts the blue packing wrap around the box.

these workers deserve much more respect and appreciation than they get.... they are SO IMPORTANT! these are essential workers~

My desktop PC is my best friend :) Thank you to all the people building these devices the way they should be built :)

Nice to see our mums doing very important job to make us even more happy 😁

I always wondered how stuff like this was made, great video.

This is really interesting The speed that they work at is astonishing honestly. It takes a lot of skillful work to run a production like this

This is amazing. I was brought here as I was trying to find out if these boards are supposed to come with factory seals on the boxes. I can confirm that they do NOT have seals on them. It's a shame the manufactures don't give this information to help customers feel reassured their piece of hardware has not been tampered with. I do kind of understand why they don't have seals though. Perhaps they need to updated after they are made.

Props to these employees and even gigabyte, I really like their motherboards.

Im using Gigabyte motherboards for a long time,never had a problem with them.They are truly ultra durable like title on boxes said,high quality components and they can really say proudly designed and made in Taiwan. They last series of Aourus motherboards are all made and design in Taipei,Taiwan,really awsome products.

I have a Gigabyte Gaming motherboard and it’s very well made. Nice to see the production line and the workers doing a good job. 🐤

Very inspirational. We all suffer somehow for others to live. Bless up ladies!

Great respect to all those workers!

Most of Semiconductor factory workers in Taiwan are Filipinos, where they earn better that our local factories in Laguna or other Technoparks around the country. They would rather work in Taiwan. Hope that they have good working conditions and are treated well (of course I hear stories of how they experience working from abroad).

There were so many mothers making motherboards!

haha, i was more amazed the way they close that box @ 2:35 than the entire motherboard process :v

Gigabyte is the only Motherboard I've purchased for the last ten years. I have never had one fail.

thank you TAIWAN! a greatest from ALGERIE!

I use to assemble TI- 81 calculators at Texas Instruments. What a boring summer job freshman year of college!

I have worked in a similar set up back in 90's and I really feel sorry for the line workers who need to work fast and accurate all the time. Sadly, it is very difficult to keep up with the pace and you're lucky if you last. True, even if you wanna pee or rest a bit it would be difficult for you to do so. It is a horrible job.

So these ladies where responsible for years of fun i had? Thank you so much :)

My old gigabyte board(G41) series had an issue with the northbridge failing several times even after reflow. Went to the dealer who offered me an old G31(I wanted to keep the current processor and ram) which is running flawlessly since 5 years. Newer generation boards now come with solid state capacitors which increase the reliability serveral times, plus the dual bios really works when needed.

Thanks to all of you to make this happened : (1) Investors (2) Market teams (3) R&D teams (4) component vendors (5) equipment vendors (6) manufacturing teams (7) Sales teams (8) End users

Seeing the manual labor and all the technology that goes into producing the boards is humbling.

I've been working in many factories just like that factory the work there is very difficult and hard and it's not easy .and I am still working in very difficult Factory . and I have no choice because my country IRAQ is very bad situation there . so when I saw these people I just said God bless you

Shoutout to whoever made my now 7 year old 990fxa. Still going strong.

Pretty cool. Massive respect for these workers

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Fatherboard available ?

I used to dream about being in a factory of Dual CPU motherboards when I was a young man in the 1990's. This is basically where a computer enthusiasts wishes all come true!

I used to buy and sell those SMT machines (those machines that place the micro chips on the PCB) and been to factories such as this. It is really humid in there and evreyone had tight spaces. Everytime I see the workers there I tell myself that I have a better life than them and should be grateful with what I have and also be grateful to these unsung hardworkers who have to endure probably uncomfortable working conditions, doing repetitve work for like average 6 hours or more. It is hard work. Really.

ONE the the best huge company really is GIGABYTE,very high quillity all of products that i assembled and used until now,specially AORUS motherboards,respect very verymuch from IRAN.

Thank you! Taiwan❗️ Thank you! Gigabyte❗️ from Japan😊

So that’s my motherboard doesn’t have a sound card , it must’ve slipped by the worker but it’s ok I forgive them

and not only that. they do a great job at it.

Great!! Now i would like to see how fatherboard is created

Just when you think your monday is shit, imagine going to work and having to do the same thing for 8+ hours 5 or 6 days a week.

Imagine the boss sneaking in the storage room to get a motherboard for his son's gaming pc.

Many many thanks for Scientist, Engineer and involved staff all are lucky to working with World Best full Computer hardware manufacturing company Gigabyte. Proud of New generation Gigabyte company.

Love that Gigabyte motherboard been using10 years +... Love from India 🇮🇳

Great video! This electronics manufacturing engineer has 3 critiques: 1) The Automated Optical Inspection system is primarily to inspect solder connection quality (and to make sure a part is present too). Part number verification (via OCR) isn't possible with most SMT caps or resistors as they are not marked due to their small size. Orientation (polarity) can also be checked as all parts are marked for that (if polarity matters for that part). 2) The Fuji placement systems give a warning when the reels are running low before they get to the last part, and it is possible to program the setups with redundant parts to prevent stoppages. The operators do need to react to those warnings, but they don't actually track the parts themselves. Running an SMT line is definitely a tough job, because one exhausted part can and does stop the whole line. 3) Poor wave solder (for the through hole parts) didn't make the video. That's the Rodney Dangerfield of board soldering - never gets the respect it deserves! I started on wave as my first assignment after college. It's been "going away" for the last 25 years but still keeps going and going ...

Incredible that these boards work perfectly being done by people working for low salaries, with no motivation at all.

Fantástico! eu sempre quis visitar uma fábrica de placas.

Thank you to all of the people who work at Gigabyte factory I guess without them I wouldn't have the cheap but reliable Gigabyte GA-AB350M Gaming 3 motherboard

2:36 my favourite machine

Good video. However, there is a lot more to this process, that is not covered in this video. The motherboard has tracings that allow data between components. These tracings are numerous, and are everywhere. How did they get there? This video briefly mentions how various components are placed on the motherboard. But those components do not grow on trees. Even the shipping process would be great to see in more detail. For example, this video simply shows a machine delivering a cardboard box to a worker. How was that cardboard made? The boards are put into anti-static bags. How are those bags made? There is so much more. I understand that this video is on 2:48 long, and can cover only so much in that time. And the most was made of those 168 seconds. But it would be great to see it all, including how a single issue on the assembly line is handled when there is an issue. For example, if a worker falls behind, or needs a bathroom break, or runs out of a component, etc. If the assembly line needs to stop, how is that handled, and by whom? What if the motor or other critical part of the assembly belt and rollers, etc, were to fail? They probably would have someone there within 5 minutes to fix it, and probably have a warehouse 1 minute from there where they have every part under-the-sun available to address any part failures on any equipment. What about fire drills? Does Taiwan have them? How do they empty the building, without notice, and not end up with a complete mess inside the factory? Does the factory run 24/7/365? If yes, how are shift changes handled? How are lunch breaks handled? If no, how does the assembly process begin, especially if someone is late or calls in sick, etc? How do they end the day? I would like to see if they leave the assembly line where it is, or do they let the last motherboard move to the end of the process? I guarantee that they have all of this covered, down to the last detail. And the few people at the top, that coordinate all of this, and ensure that there is never an interruption to the production line, are earning big $$.

Respect to the engineers who designed and built the production and quality control machinery.

Many many years ago I was the first importer of Gigabyte boards into Czechoslovakia. I found their VL-bus motherboards and graphics cards on CeBit and that is how it started. Until then mbs had only the ISA bus. Even today I always choose their productcs. I wonder if Gloria Guh is still with them. Gloria, cheers and Kind Regards to you.

noticed most of the workers are Filipinoes, CHEERS PH!

Thanks. Wish I could have seen the tiny parts actually placed on the board, though.

Good to know. I will be sure to support Taiwan with Gigabyte motherboards for future builds.

Good to watch smart and hard working worker,motherboards company of taiwan.god bless u all.🙏from🇮🇳👌👍✌️

2:00 for a sec i thought it's a pizza box

Thank you Asia for providing for my gaming needs :)

Built many dozens of computers with Gigabyte boards. No failures!

Amazing engineering. Thanks for uploading this informative factory tour.

Mothers are making this They are Bored MotherBoard

That's why I found an additional screw in the bag with my motherboard (this screw is enough to damage the board in shipping)

This country is very small geographically.... But providing the Electronics to whole world... 🇮🇳❤️🇹🇼

Damn, you can't even take a minute break, becasue the line keeps going. Much respect for these workers!

I can see my fellow Filipino's Mabuhay!

Taiwan is not in China... It's a small island near China ( actually near to Hong Kong). Taiwan is the city of electronics , each and every electronics component are made in here. That's why components are very cheap in Taiwan.

Brings back memories. I have been here and many other similar factories in China. Always amazing to see.

I think I saw many Filipino workers there. Salute!

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