User Regrets Choosing ASRock Motherboard After Ryzen 7 9800X3D Overheats Twice

In a concerning trend, a second user has reported experiencing CPU damage with the Ryzen 9800X3D, marking yet another incident involving the ASRock motherboard. This time, the culprit appears to be the ASRock X870 RS Pro WiFi, which has a troubling reputation for failing to protect its components.

ASRock X870 RS Pro WiFi Claims Another Ryzen 9800X3D

It seems that ASRock’s “Murderboards”continue their streak of malfunctioning, particularly with the Ryzen 9800X3D and other Ryzen 9000 series processors. Users have long reported issues with ASRock motherboards, especially among the 800-series range, but now it’s becoming increasingly common for the same CPU model to fail twice on different occasions. A few weeks ago, we featured a case of a user whose Ryzen 9800X3D perished twice on the same motherboard, and now another user has come forward with a similar story.

In this instance, user u/ShendonZ recounted purchasing both the Ryzen 7 9800X3D and the ASRock X870 RS Pro WiFi early in the year. After just two and a half months of operation, his processor met its untimely end. Fortunately, he received a replacement CPU from AMD through the RMA process. However, disaster struck again: after the same duration, the second chip also failed, leaving him without a functioning CPU once more.

User report on Reddit discussing a second Ryzen 9800X3D demise and motherboard issues.

Expressing regret, the user wishes he had opted for a different motherboard, as the ASRock unit seems to be at fault based on evidence from previous incidents. The complex nature of the problem has left experts baffled, and even independent reviewers like Gamers Nexus have been unable to definitively diagnose the issue. Happily, it seems that Steve from Gamers Nexus has stepped in, offering to purchase the faulty CPUs and motherboard from the user.

ASRock BIOS version 3.40 update details including memory compatibility improvements.

Notably, despite the user operating with a recent BIOS update (version 3.25 from May), the CPUs were still unable to endure. Intriguingly, ASRock suggested this BIOS version as a fix for what they identified as the root cause—a PBO-related issue. Although the user was aware of newer BIOS versions (3.30 and 3.40), he refrained from updating due to reports of ongoing issues with these releases.

In a troubling turn of events, ASRock maintains that the problems are not rooted in their motherboards and claims to have remedied the issues with their latest BIOS updates. This assertion is questionable, as ASRock motherboards still dominate the list of known failures affecting Ryzen 9800X3D CPUs.

For more details, you can refer to the original post on Reddit.

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