It seems that a poorly soldered capacitor is what promises owners with a powder extinguisher.
The life of users who want the new Intel Alder Lake-S processor ASUS ROG Z690 Hero The motherboard was chosen as a companion because many disturbing phenomena have been reported regarding the latest acquisition. volts, To whom The board (with a RAM issue) QCODE 53 with an error code and blinking orange indicating it wasn’t OK, this was strongly supported by a coin-sized burn mark on the printed circuit board, while a burnt MOSF-because- smoke smell He could feel his mechanism shutting down from moment to moment, but there was also one who heard a snap or saw with his own eyes that something was in his device. The fire broke out.
(source: maxrog57 / ASUS ROG Forum) [+]
Of course, ASUS did not leave it there and launched an investigation, and it seems that the goose is there, although the investigation is not over yet; Above the DIMM slot planted below the POST screen, a capacitor (the segment marked “150” circled in the image) was flipped, sending the imposing hardware into permanent bitfields in short order.
(source: www.hothardware.com) [+]
This defect affects 90MB 18E0-MVAAY0 samples that start with a serial number with MA, MB, or MC, and the label on the product box (or by visual inspection of the respective capacitor) will tell anyone if there is cause for concern.
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Needless to say, the Taiwanese giant is preparing an exchange program in cooperation with relevant government agencies, and in her contacts He indicated that if anyone has any questions or comments, feel free to visit them Their product support page or that Online chat, or available on Windows, Android, and iOS MyASUS app Contact them.
