What seemed like an isolated problem of users “going around” with their hardware is turning into a serious case in a highly sought after model from ASUS. And is that when there are so many users reporting cases of explosions and burned components … Something is happening. This is what is happening to the Maximus Z690 Hero, but what is the cause of the problem?
The worst thing that can happen to you when buying a new component or outright a new PC is that something inside it suddenly ends up exploding and leaves a more than substantial burning smell in the room. If you have spent good money on top of it … The feeling can turn from disappointment to good anger, so better be careful with components like the ones we name today, because apparently it is a design flaw.
ASUS ROG Maximus Z690 Hero has a serious problem
If there is something DDR5 has, it is that it has changed the current performance parameters and logically, as we saw at the time, also the electrical ones thanks to its PMIC. This has made the needs of motherboards change and that with it design errors can occur that give certain problems to users if they are not detected by beta testers and engineers.
What exactly happens to the ASUS ROG Maximus Z690 Hero? Well, although there is no official explanation as such, everything points to an electronic circuit derived from the power phases that are destined to the DDR5 RAM.
The most common error is simply a code 53 in the QCode on the board after a reboot or freeze of the operating system. This error is described as a RAM problem, usually the inability to read your JEDEC or XMP profile.
Fires, explosions and breaks
The worst thing about this is not that the motherboard in question dies suddenly, but that on specific occasions it has caused capacitor and SMD explosions as well as fires of the same, which is really a safety problem if by chance a cable or several pass over, be it fans, PSU or custom AIO / RL.
Fortunately, users are not reporting on breakage of attached components such as the RAM or the CPU itself, since the motherboards are simply dying while the other components remain intact.
At the moment, the specific problem has not been found, since it does not influence the speed of the RAM, the CPU used, GPU or PSU, it seems a totally random error that is not even produced by stress, since many users report the problems browsing the Internet.
In any case, right now this motherboard seems to leave the factory with design problems and as ASUS has not given notice or a solution, those of you who have it in your system stay tuned to the PC in case it ends up failing, especially for not seeing your PC literally on fire.
