Tom's Hardware reported last week that some PC builders are noticing that their Asus boards are heating up and catching fire in rare cases, as if the global chip shortage hasn't been unkind enough to PC builders.
The boards, which are a high-end model that retails for $600, appear to have a backwards capacitor that may be causing neighboring transistors to burn out, according to a recent video.
In the worst case, the mix up caused two transistors to emit smoke, as one user pointed out in a post last month.
Up in the fire.
According to Ars Technica, the systems shut down before their PCs burst into flames.
The issue was publicly acknowledged by the company last week. Users can check if they own a faulty board by visiting the company's website.
Tom's Hardware received incident reports regarding the ROG Maximus Z690 Hero board. We have identified a potential reversed memory capacitor issue in the production process that may cause error code 53, no post, or motherboard components damage.
There may be some hope for affected users after the company works with government agencies on a replacement program.
There is a recall program for the Fiery Z690 Motherboard.
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