Looks like ASUS in china is offering 200CNY compensation AND free replacement to mobo w/ new PCIe Q-Release Slim socket. And they'll also help IF there's any damage caused to the display card.
Just contacted ASUS HK and they will give $200 steam credit but WILL NOT replace motherboard w/ newer socket! I don't care that much about the steam credit but I'm not comfortable knowing that the socket on my motherboard will likely fail in the future!