Series can be very bad, and some of them are also extremely harmful. One of them burned down an AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor. The owner doesn’t say which series he watched.
Afterwards the first reports of burnt Ryzen 7 9800X3D no other cases have been heard of, but now a Reddit user has encountered a more mysterious case. According to message t0pli, his brand new system that he had assembled 20 days ago, suddenly stopped working. The processor and motherboard were damaged. At the time of the incident, the computer didn’t seem to be under heavy load — the owner was watching a TV series.
The affected build had a Ryzen 7 9800X3D on an ASRock Nova X870E motherboard with no overclocking except for the use of AMD EXPO memory profiles. The system ran without any problems or overheating for over two weeks. The system was updated to the latest BIOS version available at the time of build (BIOS 3.16). However, ASRock later released a newer version.
«I just wanted to tell you that I’m a little sad. Today, while watching a TV show, my computer just shut down. It didn’t take me long to find the culprit. It’s a 9800x3d and a Nova x870e. All bought and assembled within the last month. Everything worked without fail, no high temperatures were ever registered. I usually keep HWMonitor open, especially with new builds. Now I’m concerned if I’ll have to cover the costs myself, I’m not even sure what caused this, both devices were purchased separately from two different local stores. I’ve been building my own computers for two decades now and nothing like this has ever happened to me, never».
In one of the previous cases, the user admitted that he may have forcefully inserted the processor into the socket. However, in this case, the system was not overclocked, had been running for a long time, and was not used too intensively.
Processor Ryzen 7 9800X3D continues to be in short supply for months now, as AMD says it takes time to release new batches. The company also does not expect that new Ryzen 9 9950X3D and 9900X3D chips will cover this shortfall. Against the backdrop of high demand and low supply in the market counterfeits are actively distributed. It’s unlikely that there are any common problems with the chip — it’s probably user errors, bad instances, or problems on the part of motherboards.
Source: VideoCardz
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