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No two-digit display is listed. The manual never states that it is absent.","onboard_power_button":"Layout contents list only a PWR_BTN header for a case button. No power or start button is listed on the board.","clear_cmos_button":"Layout item 13 is a Clear CMOS header, and the rear panel connectors list no button.","m2_slots":"Chapter 1 item 6 matches the specification page. Chapter 1.5 shows heatsinks over the M.2 slots, held by screws."}},{"url":"https://www.funkykit.com/news/asus-announces-intel-z890-b860-rog-strix-tuf-gaming-and-prime-motherboards/","kind":"press","accessed":"2026-10-15","fields":["announce_date","release_date"],"notes":{"announce_date":"Funky Kit's copy of the ASUS announcement of the B860 series, dated 2025-01-06, describes the TUF Gaming B860-Plus WiFi.","release_date":"The release gives no on-sale date. Mezha's review with a retail sample is dated 2025-01-17. 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It fits the January 2025 launch month.","pcb_layers":"The review says the board uses a 6-layer PCB.","vrm_layout":"The review says 16-phase circuit (12+1+2+1) with DrMOS stages rated up to 80A.","m2_slots":"M.2_1 has its own heatsink above the PCIe x16 slot. The two other M.2 connectors are hidden under a long radiator plate. All three slots take drives with a PCIe interface."}},{"url":"https://www.chip.pl/2025/03/asus-tuf-gaming-b860-plus-wifi-test-recenzja-opinia","kind":"review_site","accessed":"2026-10-15","fields":["ethernet_controllers","wifi_module","audio_codec","m2_slots","rgb_header_count","post_code_display","onboard_power_button","cudimm_support"],"notes":{"ethernet_controllers":"The review names a Realtek RTL8125D 2.5 Gb wired chip. The D suffix is dropped.","wifi_module":"The review names Wi-Fi 7 MediaTek MT7925 with Bluetooth 5.4.","audio_codec":"The review names Realtek ALC897.","m2_slots":"Every M.2 slot sits under a heatsink. The heatsinks use normal screws and the drives are mounted tool-free. ASUS lists no lane sharing between the M.2 slots.","rgb_header_count":"The reviewer writes three ARGB headers and no RGB header.","post_code_display":"The reviewer writes that the board has no buttons and no POST code display, only status LEDs and a CMOS reset header.","onboard_power_button":"The reviewer writes that the board has no buttons.","cudimm_support":"Kingston CUDIMM 8800 MHz CL42 2 x 24 GB ran stable at 8533 MHz in Gear 2 on this board."}},{"url":"https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/z890-vs-b860-vs-h810/","kind":"press","accessed":"2026-10-15","fields":["cpu_overclocking"],"notes":{"cpu_overclocking":"The chipset table lists Overclocking for B860 as RAM only, and the text says the B860 chipset only supports memory overclocking. This is the chip maker's feature as Puget reports it. 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