Hero 690 boards burning up

scubes · 24 Dec 2021 at 09:15

ASUS ROG Maximus Z690 HERO Motherboards Might Have A Serious Defect, Several Reports of Boards Burning Up

I hope this isn't true .

scubes · 24 Dec 2021 at 10:36

It could be only a couple of boards hopefully .

scubes · 28 Dec 2021 at 17:48

Could it be the board can't cope with faster ram??? Mines has been stellar .

scubes · 29 Dec 2021 at 11:09

I'll check mine when I get home from work ..

scubes · 29 Dec 2021 at 15:48

Checked mine my strips are on the right so I'm good thank god.

scubes · 29 Dec 2021 at 16:49

MartinPrince said:
Yes, yours is on the right so should be OK. Glad you didn't need to go through the hassle of returning it. It will be interesting to see what the fallout of this is and what or if Asus' public statement about it is.

Same as me ..

scubes · 7 Jan 2022 at 13:48

Mines has been great no issues at all thank god. Really enjoying this setup mote future proof than than the 9700k I had.