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 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 ...
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 ...
Got a Ryzen 9000 CPU in your gaming PC? You might need to watch out for this chip-killing bug
More than 100 reports of dead Ryzen 7 9800X3D chips have spurred concerns, but it's not clear what the culprit is.
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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 ...
Amazon's Top-Selling CPUs: AMD Ryzen Dominates Intel But There Are Caveats
Therein lies an important caveat. As you dive further down the list of Amazon's best-selling CPUs, Intel is more widely ...
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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 CPU Failure Cases Surpass 100 Instances (Updated with AMD statement)
The Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU from AMD has experienced premature failure incidents, with over 100 documented cases based on reports ...
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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 ...