my power port broke, the adapter ate the center pin.

[reiyu]

any solutions aside from sending it to asus?

[Chastity@ASUS]

You'll need to have it RMA's for a new mobo.

[Jack Brown]

That is exactly the problem my G53 just had... and it is currently in Milpitas for repair.

Really? This fix requires replacing the motherboard? Is this is a known issue?

[jt128]

See my post here:
http://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread...ll=1#post97118