porksmuggler said: There was a new revision, but the VRM change appeared independent of the revision. Supposedly due to supply issues, Asus moved up to the VRM topo from the other boards, then back down once resolved.



You possibly can see the PWM controller, either ASP1400BT or ASP1405I, without removing heatsinks. If not, then the IR3599 doublers will be visible on the back of the board, if its the X Code / Formula design. Click to expand...

Is there a picture handy that shows exactly where to look for the PWM controller on the Max X Hero (wifi)? I have one and I do not get a VRM temp reported. I, and others, posted about this a bunch of times on this forum and on ROG back then, and no one from Asus would ever comment on this. The HWINFO author told me last year that Asus changed the VRM design and that the new design did not report VRM temp. Now that everyone is analyzing every component of the VRM on Z390, the details of the 2 versions of Max X Hero are finally coming out. If I have this right, the "original" Max X Hero VRM design did not report a VRM temp, then when they had a component sourcing issue, they temporarily started using the better VRM design that the higher level ROG boards had (which does report a VRM temp), then went back to the original, inferior design, which does not report a VRM temp. Is this correct?I want to confirm once and for all which version I have, since the rev 1.01 marking on the board does not relate to the VRM design change (per Elmor), I guess the only way to tell (other than no VRM temp reported) is to look at the physical components. I just don't want to pull the heat sink or take the rig apart to look for the doublers on the back of the board. So if I can see the ASP1400BT or ASP1405I with a casual inspection, that is what I want to do. So if someone can post a pic of exactly where to look I would appreciate it.This whole VRM temp reporting issue with the Max X Hero has been bugging me since I realized others were getting a VRM temp reported, and I wasn't, and no one from Asus would comment. Then I noticed the thermometer they used to show over the VRM on the web page for the Max X Hero wifi just disappeared. What I don't get is if the original VRM design did not report a VRM temp, and only the interim boards with the better VRM did, then why did Asus advertise VRM temp monitoring in the first place? Here are the 2 screen shots I took of the Max X Hero wifi Asus web page, with the magically disappearing thermometer over the VRM. I guess if my board is one of the "original" Max X Hero wifi boards, and I am not one of the "lucky ones" that got the temporary better VRMs, I can't complain, other than about being mislead by a deceptive picture showing a thermometer over the VRM. But the fact that no one from Asus would own up to this bugs me. It also bugs me that Asus would change critical components on a motherboard, so they can keep shipping product, and then refuse to admit it. Reviews are meaningless if there is no way to know if the board you got shipped has the same components as the board being reviewed. And now we have a 4-phase VRM design being called a "Twin 8-phase" when its not.I know this is yesterday's news, and most people here couldn't care less since its a Z370 board. It just leaves a bad taste, and now with all this controversy about the Max XI Hero VRM, I am seriously considering making the jump to Gigabyte and hoping I can figure out their BIOS.Thanks