Asus suffered allegations of the GPU-damaging connector design earlier this year, thanks to its claims that its QQ-Rease Slim PCI slot system could potentially scratch GPU pins. Now it appears that Asos has quietly changed the system design, as a mother board has clearly seen in the newly released product images with different slot mechanisms.
As the spot has happened Unico’s hardwareProduct Pictures ASUS ROG APEX X870E The Mother Board shows that QQ-Rease looks like a slim design without a metal frame between electric and data lane, which was thought to have potentially contributed to early clothing (via via Videovards,
About $ 749 NewEGG on the X870E Apex, C10A, Niggs Pre -order, we can see the real Mobo available on the ASUS product page. The release of Q Salem Slot, especially the bracket between PEG and X16, was revised.March 13, 2025
At the time of the claims, ASUS issued a statement that denied that Q-Rease Slim slots created a lot of problem in the card function:
“In the diagnosis of our internal testing and the very low number of cases, we did not receive any damage to the Mother Board or graphics card that could affect the functionality and performance. However, it is important to emphasize that the card will be used to use PCI Aid and wear, if not as a continuous increase, if you do not show up, if wear and wear. Installation and removal are not performed.
“Nevertheless, we have not had any effect on the functionality of a graphics card or a mother board.”
However, ASUS China’s customer support was offered a change of Mother Board for owners of any Asus Mother Board equipped with PCI Qi Release Slot Slot. He noted that it would also review the design.
Asus China “PCIE Q-Rease Slim” Solution 1. 200 JDE cards （~ 200 RMB） 2 compensation. Free change of Mother Boards with better “PCI Qi Release” designFebruary 6, 2025
And now we have a slot design that looks significantly different from the previous repetition. Videovards claim that the first review samples showed the same mother board with an old Q-release design, suggesting that it had long been revised in the release process.
Regardless of this, the claims here have always been about growing clothing in multiple GPU installation and removal cycles, not wide damage, and these claims were not particularly widespread. It is possible that ASUS has easily changed the socket design at the last minute to prevent further allegations of inappropriate clothing, even if it does not find any evidence in its internal testing.
Nevertheless, it seems that Asos has considered this problem regardless of it, so if you plan to buy the ASUS Mother Board in the near future, it is also worth looking.
