cragar wrote:
I'm concerned about this too. This after having phantom re-boots and several other issues with the VIII Hero I just purchased and installed. Also, does the new MB now come with two PCI-E slots with 16 lanes each?
Thanks
Well, today they posted the Hero Alpha on their site:
https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/ROG-MAXIMUS-VIII-HERO-ALPHA/So I'm assuming it will come out soon. Drivers look basically identical to the Maximus Hero, so I am assuming problems would persist if the cause is the motherboard.
I've had all my components on other Z170 boards without issues, but this Hero is giving me issues, so I can single it out. Plus, drivers make stuff run weird.
I sometimes get infinite shut down, then on reboot it will spit out Q Code 00, after it reboots itself a couple times. Eventually it runs fine. I'm not even overclocked, and I've been through 3 sets of ram, ALL working. I just wanted to be sure.
I have pop or static when audio drivers are installed, but it's 100% fine with windows drivers. Speakers, GPU, works without a single issue on my old build.
An Asus representative (a supervisor..) is getting back to me tomorrow on the issue. He said he has noticed many people having the issues, audio, reboot, all of it. He said he took it all to the technical team, so we'll see tomorrow.
I would willingly return this board and just wait for the Alpha, hopefully it will have the fixes that the Hero should be receiving.
Z790 Asus Hero Maximus on 0816 BIOS (0914 and 1202 crashes for me on XMP I), Intel 13900k stock clock, Asus 4090 Strix OC edition, FF3D532G720 Teamgroup Ram running XMP I, 16gb x 2, Samsung 980 Pro 2TB x 2, Seasonic VERTEX GX 1200W, Win 11 Pro 64, Deepcool LS720 AIO, NZXT H7 Flow. Comfortably using Armoury Crate for updates/fan xpert.
