After looking around a bit, it seems Bill@ASUS responds with his template and then never replies to the person again, either in the thread or via PM.
Very strange.
Well, I'll be replying to this thread every day until I get my motherboard back. This is to inform you about the quality and speed of Asus repair. Which at this point seems really, really bad.
So if you don't see my daily post, you can assume the thread was deleted, which could also be useful information for you.