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5 worst mistakes to make when installing a new CPU
F or some, installing a CPU is one of the easiest parts of building a new PC. For others, it can be nerve-wracking, ...
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 tally of well over 100 reports of dead Ryzen 7 9800 X3Ds on Reddit, most of ...
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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
It’s worth noting that a failure to POST can be caused by a range of factors and does not necessarily indicate a non-functional CPU. We recommend users start by updating their BIOS to the latest ...
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ASRock Blames Dead AMD Ryzen 9800X3D CPUs on Socket Debris
After carefully cleaning the CPU socket and removing foreign objects ... As WCCFTech highlights, ASRock has also released a BIOS update to help fix this problem. That would suggest the issue ...
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BIOS Flashing Journey Writeup Puts Tutorials To Shame
he adds series resistors to make sure there’s no chance of the programmer damaging the BIOS chip with its hardwired pinout. This is just an example of the insights in [Doug]’s article ...
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Now AMD Ryzen 9950X3D CPUs Are Failing in ASRock Motherboards
The new chip failed after nine days of operation, which should discount ASRock's recent claims that the problems were caused by socket debris. The user was running the latest BIOS, though ...