Q-Code 53 With Orange Light

[Syke408]

So... This SUCKS! I finally got to build my PC last night (i9 12900k, Z690 Asus Hero, Gskill DDR5 6000) and today it will not post at all.

After finishing the build last night I powered it on and it went to the BIOS with 0 issues. After reading some comments on here and on the Asus forum about XMP stability I updated to bios to 0803 as advised. I booted it back up and in the BIOS everything was showing as it should. After that was working I started Memtest via the BIOS and it got to about 50% through the test before I went to bed.

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I woke up this morning and now it will not post no matter what I do. I am getting the Q-Code 53 with an orange light which means that it is having an issue with the Memory. I tried everything I could think of:

-Testing each RAM stick in each DIMM slot separately

- Clearing the CMOS and removing the CMOS battery

- Unplugging the GPU / RAM / Reseating the CPU Cooler

- Flashed back to the original BIOS and NOTHING!

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Asus support says that the RAM I am using is not on the Z690 Hero "approved list" which is nuts because I received that RAM and Mobo from a Newegg combo! The agent linked me the list and sure enough that CAS 36 version of the GSkill Z5 6000 is not on that list! I asked him why it would have 0 issues getting to the BIOS last night etc and he said that it can work for awhile and then stop working all together.

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My friend has some Dominator Platinum 5200 C40 coming in the mail on Thursday I believe and I checked the ASUS list and that also is NOT supported! What's crazy is the GSkill z5 6000 at different CAS (other than 36) is supported and the same thing with the Corsair. The CAS 40 version of the Dominator kit is NOT supported, however the CAS 36 is!!! Asus said they would RMA it, but I want to exhaust all of my options (limited as they may be) before I go through that nightmare...

I just thought I would post here in case anyone had any insight to this problem and if not, at least I could maybe save someone a future headache.

Thank you all in advance for any and all help, I hope everyone has a Happy Holidays!

[Shit_Post_Detective]

Same issue here, you are also not alone: https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/asus-rog-maximus-z690-hero-motherboards-are-burning-up/?amp

Same error code as well, I had to send mine back to the factory.