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AMD’s Ryzen 7 9800X3D chips are tapping out too soon

Numerous reports have surfaced in the last two months regarding failures of the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPUs, with users reporting physically damaged or silently dying chips, often discovered on Reddit.
These CPU failures follow past issues with Intel's 13th and 14th generation Core i7 and i9 chips and earlier Ryzen 7000X3D overheating problems, raising concerns about potential compatibility issues or manufacturing defects.
The failures manifest as physically burnt CPUs or CPUs that die without visible damage, sometimes occurring within minutes or hours of use, even without overclocking, and occasionally requiring users to undergo the RMA process multiple times.
A Reddit user, natty_overlord, compiled a list of over 100 cases, with data showing that 98 failures occurred on ASRock motherboards, specifically 49 on X870 chipsets, 36 on B850 chipsets, 16 on B650 chipsets and 7 on X670 chipsets, prompting Tom's Hardware to note a February firmware update from AMD addressing boot issues.
The situation has led to calls for investigations from AMD and ASRock, with ASRock Japan attributing the issue to memory problems, and ASRock itself finding debris in one AM5 socket, while users are advised to update their BIOS and avoid excessive voltage settings, though the exact cause of the failures and their relation to boot issues remain unclear.

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