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1.0 out of 5 starsSingle most frustrating build- I blame this board
Reviewed in the United States on November 6, 2020
First off, there could have been some thoughtful parts included. This board is for mining, and I feel like including a pre-wired system panel connector; with pwr and hdd lights, a power and restart buttons, and a speaker. Many cases don't include speakers anymore, and if you read below you'll understand why having one would be so helpful. They didn't include the 20/5 front panel header connector that's usually typical for Asus and is even referenced in the manual. The board does not include a jumper for the RTC Pins. I was disappointed to see in the manual they just say to short the pins with something metal. Maybe the additional parts are the responsibility of the case manufacturer to provide, but my case is a glorified metal frame. This is a board for mining, and frankly the board is so finicky and unstable that providing some diagnostic lighting and sound in the box would should have been an ethical mandate if they insisted on producing and selling this product.
I have QVL'd CPU and RAM, all correctly installed. Everything is seated well. I have the CPU and ATX_1 Power Connected. With no discrete GPU installed, no drive... just a wired keyboard + mouse, monitor, memory, and CPU... The board will not POST. It did at first, but as soon as I setup BIOS Options the first time and restarted the trouble began. I haven't even been able to select a boot device and try to install an OS. I didn't have any errors that first successful POST and BIOS Load, and the CPU was 21c with the board itself 19c. There are no lights on the board, so the only indication of there being power is the PSU and CPU Fans spinning. My keyboard and mouse don't receive power anymore- I tried all the USB Ports (2.0 vs 3.1). I have turned off and unplugged the system and shorted the RTC Pins, and even left the CMOS Battery out overnight. Nothing worked. I'm inclined to consider this DOA and will return/RMA. This is ridiculously frustrating and I can't imagine everything going well as I go from iGPU to iGPU + 6+ GPUs I intend to tune. Returning, and getting an ASROCK Mining Board instead.
Asus should be ashamed of themselves for bringing such a shoddy product to market. I haven't been this disappointed in Asus since I was stuck RMAing a A8N32-SLI Deluxe over and over back in the day.
