AMD Ryzen CPU failures: what’s happened and what it means for you
The Ryzen 9800X3D and 9950X3D are burning out in alarming numbers, and motherboard firmware could be the root cause.
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 ...
AMD responds to reports of 9800X3D CPU issues
Despite being one of the best processors on the market for PC gamers, AMD's Ryzen 7 9800X3D has been having a rough time ...
AMD responds to Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU failures, blames memory compatibility issues
This week saw a Redditor compile a list of 108 Reddit posts involving a Ryzen 7 9800X3D that died, along with 12 other Ryzen ...
AMD says the problem with Ryzen 7 9800X3D chips failing to boot is down to memory compatibility issues and not actually dead CPUs
Day 97 (or something like that), the saga of the imploding AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPUs continues. Yesterday, we reported on a ...
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Over 100 AMD Ryzen 9800X3D User Reported CPU Death, Most With ASRock Motherboards
More than 100 AMD Ryzen 9 9800X3D CPU deaths were reported last month, with the majority of deaths occurring on ASRock ...
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AMD Ryzen 9800X3D drives 8-core CPU adoption past 6-core chips
Telemetry results from CPU-Z for April 1 show that eight-core processors are finally more popular than six-core chips.
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 ...
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AMD pins Ryzen 9000 'failures' on compatibility issues — BIOS update recommended to avoid boot problems
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D issues on ASRock motherboards have been caused by a BIOS issue, which has since been rectified.
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AMD torches Chipzilla in CPU sales again
Ryzen 9800X3D flies off shelves as Core Ultra 200S faceplants AMD’s Ryzen army continues to stomp on Troubled Chipzilla’s ...
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Ryzen 7 9800X3D bricking fixed
BIOS update sorts it AMD claims to have fixed a bricking problem with its Ryzen 7 9800X3D with a bios update. As we reported earlier, stories have been circling since February, with different ...
AMD blames failing Ryzen 9000 chips on memory issues
After over 100 reports of damaged CPUs, AMD and ASRock blame memory timing and claim it's been fixed in BIOS. Dead CPUs say ...