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Users report new Ryzen 7 9800X3D failures despite ASRock BIOS

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Re: My 9800X3D died

"TL;DR: An ASRock B850M Pro RS WiFi motherboard reportedly caused three Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU failures within four months, with each CPU dying faster than the last despite BIOS updates. Similar cases suggest motherboard-related CPU damage remains unresolved, and ASRock's fixes have yet to prevent these issues.
Dead CPUs are no longer headline news. While they don't fail every other day, we have seen enough cases to know it's a real issue. In many of those situations, the motherboard is often the prime suspect because of its role in power delivery. That part isn't new. The unusual part would be seeing a single motherboard kill three CPUs, one after another, and that is exactly what this Reddit user claims to have experienced.

Reddit user u/notmemeber posted that their ASRock B850M Pro RS WiFi motherboard has killed three Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPUs over roughly 4 months. The user built the PC in January 2025, with the first CPU dying around November. The next died just a couple of months later, followed by a third going down within a month of the replacement arriving."

Read more: https://www.tweaktown.com/news/1107...killing-three-ryzen-7-9800x3d-cpus/index.html
 
I have never had an AMD CPU die on any Gigabyte motherboard I use or have sold.
 
". The unusual part would be seeing a single motherboard kill three CPUs, one after another, and that is exactly what this Reddit user claims to have experienced."
Why is that unusual? Isn't it more likely that a bad MB is killing CPUs than a good MB has three bad CPUs put in it? Am I missing something?
 
Mazzspeed said:
The fact you've had two DOA tends to indicate the problem is more widespread than assumed. One is just unlucky, two is more than coincidence.
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All three were the same batch number and within roughly 700 in serial number.

I'm of the opinion that it's a double whammy: poor QC from AMD (or relaxed standards due to the massively increased demand), and whatever Asrock has been dealing with.
 
For some reason these AMD/ASRock related failures keep coming up in my Reddit feed, it has to be stated that the AMD CPU's in question aren't just failing on ASRock mobo's...
 
Reminds me of something.......

Listen, lad. I built this kingdom up from nothing. When I started here, all there was was swamp. Other kings said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I built it all the same, just to show 'em. It sank into the swamp. So, I built a second one. That sank into the swamp. So, I built a third one. That burned down, fell over, then sank into the swamp, but the fourth one... stayed up! And that's what you're gonna get, lad: the strongest castle in these islands
 
Mazzspeed said:
For some reason these AMD/ASRock related failures keep coming up in my Reddit feed, it has to be stated that the AMD CPU's in question aren't just failing on ASRock mobo's...
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Could probably be the best excuse for buying a 9950X3D2 since those probably have top binned silicon in them. I do get the feeling though that there's a bad batch of Asrock AM5 boards out there that they don't want to lose money on by recalling. If it was all ASRock boards, there would be a lot more failures. I was going to buy an ASRock board till this happened, bought MSI instead.
 
zehoo said:
Could probably be the best excuse for buying a 9950X3D2 since those probably have top binned silicon in them. I do get the feeling though that there's a bad batch of Asrock AM5 boards out there that they don't want to lose money on by recalling. If it was all ASRock boards, there would be a lot more failures. I was going to buy an ASRock board till this happened, bought MSI instead.
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The problem is, from what I've seen, these CPU's are burning contact pads on the bottom of the substrate like they're drawing too much power. Considering the 200w TDP of the 9950X3D2, the burning of contact pads could become more of a problem over the 9800X3D.
 
I brought my AsRock X870E Nova out of storage recently and put a 7800X3D in it running the latest bios. Only reason I did this is because the board would be almost impossible to sell at this point given the failures and for what I paid for it I hate for it just to sit around. From what I've read here and other places it's a 9000 series only issue, so hopefully my cpu will be fine. If anything does happen I will report back. I was running a 9800X3D in the the same motherboard without issue, but switched it out to be on the safe side. That cpu is running fine in an MSI board now. It's a shame that this is still an ongoing issue that AsRock and AMD haven't found a final solution for given the time frame.
 
I have been using a Gigabyte X670E that I purchased for ~100 USD OB from MC with my 9800X3D, about a year ago now. Zero issues.

The second I had a 9800X3D fail in any system, I would have immediately scrapped the motherboard and/or sent it back to Asrock and/or chargeback. Crazy to think that the same thing might not happen again. I can't remember the last time I had a defective CPU, as opposed to MB weirdness.
 
arestavo said:
All three were the same batch number and within roughly 700 in serial number.

I'm of the opinion that it's a double whammy: poor QC from AMD (or relaxed standards due to the massively increased demand), and whatever Asrock has been dealing with.
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Possible, but to check have you even considered doing something different i.e. different MB or non 9000 series CPU?
 
Apparently ASUS is having similar issues that started more recently as compared to Asrock. I built my system with a 9800x3d and Asrock b850i lightning back in September and so far so good. I know they are not ALL dying, but my luck is generally bad so I am expecting a failure at some point.
 
Still using my 9950x3d in my ASrock board (specs in sig) since I put it together a year ago. No issues.
 
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if you're gonna buy a high end processor i hope you're gonna buy a motherboard/chipset to suit it, you know, high end?

i already learned my lesson with assrock. they may do ok in a budget builds, but i got suckered in to one buying of their 990fx boards and the vrm on it was sh*t. suppose to support the full amd fx line up. the thing popped one night while i was gaming and that was all she wrote. didn't even last a year. the asus sabertooth that replaced it still works to this day. the board also weighs at least twice as much, actually built to handle an overclock, i guess from the extra copper and layers they use helps with heat dissipation.

if i would have just spent the extra $30 or whatever it was to begin with it would have saved me a lot of time, anger and headaches, but i guess you live and learn. how's the saying go? all that shines is not gold.
 
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d3athf1sh said:
if you're gonna buy a high end processor i hope you're gonna buy a motherboard/chipset to suit it, you know, high end?

i already learned my lesson with assrock. they may do ok in a budget builds, but i got suckered in to one buying of their 990fx boards and the vrm on it was sh*t. suppose to support the full amd fx line up. the thing popped one night while i was gaming and that was all she wrote. didn't even last a year. the asus sabertooth that replaced it still works to this day. the board also weighs at least twice as much, actually built to handle an overclock, i guess from the extra copper and layers they use helps with heat dissipation.

if i would have just spent the extra $30 or whatever it was to begin with it would have saved me a lot of time, anger and headaches, but i guess you live and learn. how's the saying go? all that shines is not gold.
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i bought an asus tuf gaming x670e from my local best buy in order to save a few bucks

paired with a 9800x3d (that died once on this same board)
 
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