ASUS Prime Z690-A LGA 1700(Intel 12th) ATX Motherboard (16+1 DrMOS,PCIe 5.0,DDR5,4X M.2, Intel 2.5 Gb LAN,USB 3.2 Gen 2 Front Panel Type-C,Thunderbolt™ 4,Aura Sync RGB Lighting)

I dont understand why a new motherboard doesnt come with its fully updated BIOS

There is not a bios flashback feature on this board. You need the current bios version before you can use 13th gen i9 13900k. The only way to get the bios update is by installing a 12th gen cpu and updating the bios then install the 13th gen cpu. Z790 ddr5 boards are hard to find and cost around 630 dollars. If your stuck at a dram yellow error light like me, buy a cheap cpu for 100 bucks and update bios.

12th gen ready. Oc abilities. What more do you need? Always check ram compatibility when purchasing a motherboard. Picked my ddr5 right off their specific list. Golden.

This will be a bit of a lengthy review. I received this board for a new PC build and got to work. The board looks very nice aesthetically. Unfortunately my board was defective, and it took me several hours to realize that the issue was with the motherboard. The issue I was having was that the mouse pointer would be stuck on the screen, rapidly shaking back and forth. These are the steps I took to narrow it down to a defective motherboard:

Thing finished my build nicely

If your looking for something that doesnt send signals why you are using Lan this is where its at.

MB quickly assembled and worked well without issue but for trouble in getting a reasonable memory score with the new DDR5.

La MB esta excelente, la uso desde agosto del año 2022 y va de maravilla el único detalle es que me venia con un pin muy doblado, se nota que se golpeo durante su empaque en la fabrica, afortunadamente no uso ese pin y lo pude reparar con mucho cuidado. Sin embargo creo que debería haber mas control con esas cosas.

Works great after a couple of days troubleshooting.

Unreal. Still shipping with outdated bios in Feb 2023. Ridiculous.