ROG Maximus XIII Hero 'The worst MB I have had'!

[Lionhart27]

All of my previous Asus MBs have been stable and reliable, no problems. But since upgrading to 11th gen CPU and this XIII MB I have had constant problems and still getting them. This is not a cheap MB, and I certainly never expected all this instability issues. I had to return the system to my PC supplier as the PC kept shutting down and reporting Kernal Power problems! There are USB issues with this MB and its drivers, as some devices are not recognised. No such problems with previous Asus Maximus VIII MB and this was always reliable and stable. And now the MB will not update to the latest BIOS 0902. Correct naming M13H.Cap but EZ Flash says 'Selected file is not a UEFI BIOS'?. I hate this MB, and I feel like ripping it out my system and crushing this XIII MB to pieces! Then return to my faithful VIII MB system, and then look for another 11th gen MB.

 

[Lionhart27]

Thanks for replies. I have fixed the BIOS update, now 0902. My fault, I forget that it has to update on FAT32 memory stick, NOT a NTFS drive folder. Seems to be more stable after Bios update. However, it does not change the fact that I returned the MB Bundle back to my PC Supplier for testing, and was without it for 2 to 3 weeks. In the meantime I re-installed my trusty Maximus VIII Hero and i7-6700K, and this worked fine with the RTX3090 GPU, No problems or shut-downs, and the Oculus Quest 2 Cable Link worked fine. The Quest 2 cable link has never worked with this XIII MB. So because it worked fine with the VIII MB, there has to be a USB driver related issue with the XIII MB?