loyal to asus I am no more.

After over a week I got a reply stating my board must have a faulty usb controller.

The controller of course doesnt appear faulty to me but rather the connection to the controller from the usb3 ports.

They said out of warranty so cant help more tough luck bye. A big LOL I think.

So I guess gigabyte for me in future.

My immediate issue is resolved as I have plugged in a renasus pci-e card which of course works, I cant flash the firmware on it tho until station drivers is back online but is working ok at the moment.

Internet reviewers I believe never ever tested the usb3 on this board. It wouldnt surprise me if this fault is across the entire boards produced. Or a bios fault which asus didnt want to investigate.