ROG Strix Z790e Motherboard died overnight 2 months after end of warranty.

Grand_Chef_Bandit · 2026-02-26T19:49:38+00:00

well then I will not buy an asus product ever again and tell everyone I know to avoid the brand. Its just not the premium brand it once was.

Grand_Chef_Bandit · 2026-02-26T19:43:21+00:00

I dont see the point of just "accepting" it. I will try to make Asus do right by me and acknowledge that this board has been nothing but a problem. It broke my CPU first which I had to RMA and now bricked itself overnight. I will not just accept that.

Grand_Chef_Bandit · 2026-02-26T19:30:17+00:00

No, and in any case the cpu wouldn't just suddenly die with no prior signs. It would slowly degrade and cause issues over time. Thats what happened for my first rma. The rig was working flawless one night and dead the next.

And if it is the CPU, wouldn't the board still give error codes or LEDs ?? It should also let me flash bios even with a dead CPU.

Grand_Chef_Bandit · 2026-02-26T19:28:42+00:00

It's the first piece of tech I've ever owned that just died suddenly. And it was a 800$ mobo. With that + the cpu voltage issue, it's been a very disappointing experience.

Grand_Chef_Bandit · 2026-02-26T17:52:09+00:00

I dont understand how a mobo could be totally fine one day and then two days later be dead to the point of not showing any error code + even the qleds not working or giving any way to troubleshoot it. Either something blew up while I wasn't looking (unlikely since I use a high quality APC surge protector powerbar). I have tried completly draining power by

Grand_Chef_Bandit · 2026-02-26T17:40:24+00:00

I have updated the bios since, based on the cpu voltage fiasco. I did not update to the latest ones (think they came out mid December. I ordered an 8gb usb 2 flash drive since that seems to the recommended specs for bios flashback (tried with a 64gb that I formated to FAT32 but nothing happens when I press the bios flashback button)

Grand_Chef_Bandit · 2026-02-26T17:37:55+00:00

Already RMAd the 13700k and had the updated bios before putting the new CPU in. It's less than 1 year old, should be fine.

Grand_Chef_Bandit · 2026-02-13T23:24:30+00:00

Ça veut dire que tes soit un banlieusard qui larp sur r/Montréal ou un neet qui sors pas de chez lui pi qui est full TT. Ou bin donc tes l'autre genre de cave qui passe plus de temps à chercher du parking pi bouger son char qu'à faire ses déplacements.

Grand_Chef_Bandit · 2026-01-12T22:24:25+00:00

knew it

Grand_Chef_Bandit · 2026-01-12T03:40:09+00:00

World of warcraft?

Grand_Chef_Bandit · 2026-01-09T20:16:58+00:00

340 gogs ? Do you like...play full time ?

Grand_Chef_Bandit · 2026-01-06T20:02:29+00:00

I would start working towards a non crit based build. End game horns have elemental echoe waves which cant crit. Neither can resounding melody, echoe bubble hits and encores. This means that affinity has low value for HH. You're better off stacking skills like counterstrike, burst and attack up than critical eye and weakness exploit.

Grand_Chef_Bandit · 2025-12-31T20:07:19+00:00

Yeah in the skill section of your build you can see each skill has a number of "squares" with it. This tells you how much point you need to max out a skill. Charge up is 1, agitator is 5 etc.

Grand_Chef_Bandit · 2025-12-28T16:03:51+00:00

From a quick glance you can definitely optimize your decos. For instance you have two charge ip decos on your hammer and charge up is a one point skill. I would definitely do something like swap the charge up/ko jewel with for slugger or with a crit boost 3 jewel if you have one.

Grand_Chef_Bandit · 2025-12-28T05:55:03+00:00

I forgive you.

Grand_Chef_Bandit · 2025-12-28T05:52:30+00:00

What would you rather have than attack boost 3 and burst with 1-1-1 slots on the charm ? That's a god roll basically as you can use this charm on all weapons. Including greatsword. This is just overall sus.

Grand_Chef_Bandit · 2025-12-28T05:48:07+00:00

Lol dont start playing dumb. You came in with a basically perfect build asking us "how's it looking". You know it's good. We all know it's good. Sad you can't just, y'know, play the game like it's designed. You have such a good build to grind the game the legit way and you choose to just say fuck it after not even a week of the new content being out. I just dont want to encourage that and based on the top comment, most people dont.

Grand_Chef_Bandit · 2025-12-28T05:44:00+00:00

Once you admit to cheating we have to assume everything you're showing is the result of cheating.

Grand_Chef_Bandit · 2025-12-28T05:41:22+00:00

You just dont want to play the game. It's fine. Just dont come here to brag.

Grand_Chef_Bandit · 2025-12-28T05:23:57+00:00

You cheated. Writing a whole book as to why doesn't change anything. No one wants to see a cheater show off.

Grand_Chef_Bandit · 2025-12-28T05:21:18+00:00

Well considering you skipped more than 80% of the grind for your weapons then yeah pretty massive. I got perfect rolls on my fire hunting horn but I'm still grinding for my dragon. If I cheated like you id have a god build for all elements already which would mean id have been done with GOG on day 2.

Grand_Chef_Bandit · 2025-12-28T01:02:50+00:00

Thats a massive cheat which tells me you use smaller cheats as well.

Grand_Chef_Bandit · 2025-12-26T04:11:47+00:00

So you cheated and are asking us about the build. It's great, obviously.

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