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 put the whole rig together and it wouldnt boot just kept power cycling. After several minutes of troubleshooting I determined it couldnt detect RAM. I found next to the RAM slots a missing chip and splattered solder.

This mother board is physically compatible with 13th gen CPU’s but doesn’t have a bios flashback feature so you have to have access to a 12th gen cpu to update the bios to work with a 13th gen cpu.

I wanted to do quick upgrade but did not notice the DDR5 on the box. The cost of the RAM is not worth it!

This motherboard will not post with the 13th gen intel CPU. The only option is to use a 12th gen CPU to upgrade the bios so that it will function. Itll cost me another $100 to get this done locally.

Horrible board… just horrible.

installed i7 13 Gen processor and ddr5 & Board would not post. found out that it has an old bios that doesnt support 13 gen cpus, so you would need to buy a 12 gen CPU to be able to run your 13th gen CPU cuz you have to update the BIOS with the 12th in first for the 13th gen to work. Found that out after paying 200 bucks at geek squad

DDR5 bios still pretty new. Don’t expect DDR5 speeds without a lot of tweaking.

Plenty of M.2 slots, Pcie, Pump & Fan connections. Good hardware to support High end cpus. I benchmarked my computer with this Mobo and it ranked 99% in the world against other computers.

Seems to be a great product so far however my only complaint so far is I cant turn off the RGB lights on the motherboard even when the PC is off. I tried selecting the option in the bios but it doesnt work.

After 10 years of having the same computer build, it was time for an upgrade. I was hesitant to get this board because of a few reviews where people said that you should update the BIOS right away before you do anything else. I didnt do that. I just built my new gaming computer, pressed the power button, and hoped for the best. This board didnt disappoint. It took a moment longer than I expected to boot to the BIOS but when it finally did, I was so happy. I installed Windows 10 Home and then updated that. I updated my GPU driver to the most recent driver. Some minor tweaks and now everything is running better than I expected.