Not just crumbs in the CPU socket: Over 100 AMD 9800X3D chips are now reported to have gone pop and the most by far have died in ASRock motherboards
To be more specific, at one recent count on Reddit, 98 9800X3Ds are reported to have expired in ASRock motherboards. But ...
Some Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPUs are dying unexpectedly, mostly on Asrock motherboards – is user error to blame?
Reddit user natty_overlord compiled a list of all 108 Reddit posts involving a Ryzen 7 9800X3D that died. The chips passed ...
Some of AMD’s best CPUs are breaking down, and there’s one common problem
A Reddit user experienced a concerning problem with AMD's best CPU, the Ryzen 9 9950X3D. The chip seems fried, and the PC won ...
Burned AMD Ryzen 9800X3D motherboard just needed a clean, says ASRock
ASRock says it's taking incidents of broken 9800X3D systems seriously, and has issued new BIOS updates for its Socket AM5 ...
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Now AMD Ryzen 9950X3D CPUs Are Failing in ASRock Motherboards
For the past few months, more and more cases of AMD Ryzen 9800X3D CPUs failing in odd ways have appeared. Some have simply ...
Got a Ryzen 9000 CPU in your gaming PC? You might need to watch out for this chip-killing bug
Despite being one of the best processors on the market for PC gamers, AMD's Ryzen 7 9800X3D has been having a rough time ...
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ASRock Blames Dead AMD Ryzen 9800X3D CPUs on Socket Debris
ASRock claims that the reason some owners of its 800-series motherboards have found their new PCs unable to boot, or even ...
ASRock Investigation Hints At User Error For Burned Ryzen 7 9800X3D
ASRock says it was able to completely restore functionality of a seemingly damaged X870E motherboard that burned several ...
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ASRock denies causing damage to Ryzen 9000 CPUs, but fixes boot issues
Addressing recent technical concerns, ASRock has released a detailed statement regarding boot failures on systems utilizing ...
AMD’s Ryzen 7 9800X3D chips are tapping out too soon
AMD just announced over a dozen new laptop CPUs, which will appear in over 150 new laptops being announced at CES 2025 and later this year, including a new 3D V-Cache chip for gaming laptops and some ...
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ASRock claims to fix 'burned out' AM5 motherboard by cleaning the socket
ASRock cleaned up and removed debris from a customer's failed ASRock AM5 motherboard. Despite clear signs of socket damage, ...
Crumbs: ASRock finds 'debris' in X870 motherboard accused of toasting AMD Ryzen CPU
It seems one of the problematic X870 motherboards from the Reddit post we mentioned last time around has made its way back to ...