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AMD responds to Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU failures, blames memory compatibility issues (www.techspot.com)
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AMD has responded to reports of 108 Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPUs unexpectedly dying in users' machines, with most of the incidents happening on Asrock motherboards. Team Red blames memory compatibility issues for the processors "failing to complete POST," even though the affected chips reportedly did pass POST and worked for anything from half an hour to several months before dying, with many cases showing physical damage.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Asrock responded to the reports last week. The company said that it had inspected a motherboard from a system where the CPU showed burn damage. It claimed there was no burn damage around the mobo or VRM area. After "cleaning and removing debris" from the CPU socket, the motherboard booted up successfully with the original BIOS and passed long-term stress tests.

Removing debris?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I myself like to put a little bit of pocket lint into the CPU socket for good luck. Maybe offer it a few crumbs of what I've been eating in case it was hungry. That's totally normal right?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I just cut up a paper clip. I heard that it speeds up office programs.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

I can't believe you sacrificed clippy!?