A couple of weeks ago a curious thing began taking place to players whose PCs are powered by the ASUS Z690 Hero motherboard– their systems began to ignite.
Reports of smoldering boards began emerging on Reddit and different online forums.
ASUS released a recall on the item, or rather what they call a “replacement program.”
With the web ablaze with reports of malfunctioning ASUS motherboards, a couple of netizens got to deal with discovering the source, and it ended up being an easy production and putting together error instead of a style defect. Netectives kept in mind that a single capacitor was set up in a reverse position triggering reversed polarity, and enough heat for the parts to stop working and ignite.
That’s an easy, however huge, oops.
” In our continuous examination, we have actually preliminarily recognized a possible reversed memory capacitor concern in the production procedure from among the assembly line that might trigger debug mistake code 53, no post, or motherboard elements damage,” stated ASUS in a statement.
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The Taiwanese computer system producer stated the concern just impacts some 2021 systems with part number 90 MB18 E0-MVAAY0 and identification numbers beginning with MA, MB, or MC.
Owners of the motherboard can take a look at the item packaging to see if their hardware is impacted. Asus likewise turned up a website where their clients can key in their identification number and discover.
Or, one can constantly take a look at the motherboard and simply inform on their own. If the favorable end of the capacitor points at the MOSFETs, there’s risk. Youtuber Buildzoid, who is credited with detecting the issue, demonstrates how to find the issue in the video listed below.
Youtube Video.
” I’m thinking they simply put the cap in reverse,” states Buildzoid around eleven minutes in.
Not everybody has actually had the concern, so it appears somebody’s simply screwed up a batch of the boards. The Register connected to ASUS to ask if the problem was brought on by a specialist (possibly a reel of capacitors from a provider was arbitrarily reversed?) or if ASUS itself is to blame.
We’re yet to speak with the business, however it is clear somebody in quality assurance didn’t do their task effectively.
While some clients have actually been pleased with what they feel is sufficient responsibility from ASUS, others are miffed by investing $600 on boards that are not working and might take weeks to change.
Others feel ASUS has actually succeeded. YouTuber JayzTwoCents likewise tracked the event, calling it the “fastest we’ve seen a brand name go from there’s an issue to we’re managing it, that we’ve ever seen.” He caveated “it’s type of unfortunate since that must constantly hold true.”
ASUS technical item marketing supervisor Juan Jose Guerrero III assured members of an informal ASUS PC DIY assistance channel on Facebook that no other ASUS Z690 boards appear most likely to rupture into flames. ®
A couple of weeks ago a curious thing began taking place to players whose PCs are powered by the ASUS Z690 Hero motherboard– their systems began to ignite.
Reports of smoldering boards began emerging on Reddit and different online forums.
ASUS released a recall on the item, or rather what they call a “replacement program.”
With the web ablaze with reports of malfunctioning ASUS motherboards, a couple of netizens got to deal with discovering the source, and it ended up being an easy production and putting together error instead of a style defect. Netectives kept in mind that a single capacitor was set up in a reverse position triggering reversed polarity, and enough heat for the parts to stop working and ignite.
That’s an easy, however huge, oops.
” In our continuous examination, we have actually preliminarily recognized a possible reversed memory capacitor concern in the production procedure from among the assembly line that might trigger debug mistake code 53, no post, or motherboard elements damage,” stated ASUS in a statement.
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The Taiwanese computer system producer stated the concern just impacts some 2021 systems with part number 90 MB18 E0-MVAAY0 and identification numbers beginning with MA, MB, or MC.
Owners of the motherboard can take a look at the item packaging to see if their hardware is impacted. Asus likewise turned up a website where their clients can key in their identification number and discover.
Or, one can constantly take a look at the motherboard and simply inform on their own. If the favorable end of the capacitor points at the MOSFETs, there’s risk. Youtuber Buildzoid, who is credited with detecting the issue, demonstrates how to find the issue in the video listed below.
Youtube Video.
” I’m thinking they simply put the cap in reverse,” states Buildzoid around eleven minutes in.
Not everybody has actually had the concern, so it appears somebody’s simply screwed up a batch of the boards. The Register connected to ASUS to ask if the problem was brought on by a specialist (possibly a reel of capacitors from a provider was arbitrarily reversed?) or if ASUS itself is to blame.
We’re yet to speak with the business, however it is clear somebody in quality assurance didn’t do their task effectively.
While some clients have actually been pleased with what they feel is sufficient responsibility from ASUS, others are miffed by investing $600 on boards that are not working and might take weeks to change.
Others feel ASUS has actually succeeded. YouTuber JayzTwoCents likewise tracked the event, calling it the “fastest we’ve seen a brand name go from there’s an issue to we’re managing it, that we’ve ever seen.” He caveated “it’s type of unfortunate since that must constantly hold true.”
ASUS technical item marketing supervisor Juan Jose Guerrero III assured members of an informal ASUS PC DIY assistance channel on Facebook that no other ASUS Z690 boards appear most likely to rupture into flames. ®
