So turns out, paying the extra shipping didn't make anything go faster. This will be pushing back my estimate of when I get my motherboard back, and thus when I look over the sounds for an update.

Friday (08/02) I got an email that service on my motherboard had started. I got this message after my motherboard sat around for 4 days in their warehouse, 2 hours drive from US customs, which was 3 days by itself. If you care, don't buy Gigabyte.