It seems that they have not taken long to realize the serious problem and finally ASUS will replace the faulty ROG Z690 Hero boards.
A few days ago we informed you that some ASUS ROG Z690 Hero motherboards suffered from sudden death Due to a manufacturing problem, an official statement was published today explaining that ASUS will replace the defective ROG Z690 Hero boards.
The problem was due to an improperly installed capacitor around the memory. This is the reason why some users may see a mysterious code 53.
For our valued ASUS customers, the company is committed to producing the highest quality products and we take every incident report from our valued customers very seriously.
We have recently received incident reports related to the ROG Maximus Z690 Hero motherboard. In our ongoing investigation, we have preliminarily identified a possible reverse memory capacitor problem in the production process of one of the production lines.
The issue potentially affects drives manufactured in 2021 with the number 90MB18E0-MVAAY0 and the serial number that begins with MA, MB, or MC.
You can identify your part number by referring to the product packaging:
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