ASRock Addresses AMD Ryzen 9000 Series CPU Boot Issues with New 3.20 Beta BIOS for AM5 Series Motherboards

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Users can download and install the BIOS from the official ASRock website or use the BIOS Flashback function on their motherboard for a quick update. ASRock also promises to continue enhancing the compatibility of its products.

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I was really looking at the 870e taichi... maybe I should go msi this round.
 
Grimlakin said:
I was really looking at the 870e taichi... maybe I should go msi this round.
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They've seen this issue, same as the shorting issue we saw with the 7800X3D (and higher), with other board manufacturers. Highly suspected the culprit to be excessive SoC voltage, again. Might be related to specific Expo profiles.

I haven't put my 9800X3D / Nova build together yet, but I'm feeling better about it now, lol.
 
I have a friend with a 670e taichi board (prebuilt system) he is pretty happy with it.

I would be using one now except I couldn't find any in stock (and I didnt want to keep waiting) so went with current Asus board. Come to think of it not the first time this has happened to me.

Then again ASRock used to be part of ASUS, and is now owned by Asus as a separate company. Both companies, from my perspective, are very quick to fix things and get BIOS patches out when needed. Maybe at some point when upgrading an ASROCK board will be in stock and I'll try one out.

The 1 time I went MSI (which is a good brand) was an adventure. I had bought a pair of very new to market sata hard drives (long before nvme) and the board would just not recognize them no matter what. RMA's it and the second board did the same. Put my old system back together got online and after several days of digging though web pages found the new HD's had some sort of tech (I forget now what specifically) that made for compatibility issues. ASUS already had a bios update out and MSI (and every other manufacturer I researched) didnt even acknowledge the issue. Second RMA got me an ASUS board (before ASROCK).

I guess my wandering, garrulous, pedantic, point is that these compatibility issues happen and will happen (though not all cause actual hardware damage). How the companies react to the issues that come up is even more important to me than them having had one.
 
Elf_Boy said:
How the companies react to the issues that come up is even more important to me than them having had one.
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ASRock seems to have been pretty engaged over the last few weeks. I'm sure they don't want a repeat of well... what happened every other time when one of these companies has ignored customer issues.
 
And that's a reason I need to go buy a GN mousepad/Deskpad now that you mention it.... unless there is a FPSreview one?
 
Grimlakin said:
And that's a reason I need to go buy a GN mousepad/Deskpad now that you mention it.
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A few years ago I replaced an old damaged anti-static mat I got from CompUSA in the 2000s with one of GN's modmats, and I've been pretty happy with it. Except for the extreeeeme smell of rubber that hasn't gone away in years, and which gives me a headache. Aside from that though, that sucka is huge and durable and looks pretty cool. It was expensive though. But since I need it for work I felt justified in buying it.

I loved [H]'s RatPadz mouse pad series (which Kyle has been working on bringing back). I would definitely be down with buying thefpsreview stuff!
 
I've tried multiple different mouse pads... and none compare to the RatPadz I've had forever. Would buy a FPSReview in a heart beat.
 
Endgame said:
I've tried multiple different mouse pads... and none compare to the RatPadz I've had forever.
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My first one was a RatPadz GS, and then I got a RatPadz XT that I still use to this day. I still think the optical sensors of mice track the best on a RatPadz. Something about the pattern that's printed on the surface. I also have a fUnc Archtype 1030 that I've been using a lot since the mid 2000s, but the RatPadz series have been without a doubt the best mousing surfaces I have ever used in my life.
 
I must the only one that didn't care for either ratpad I owned. The GS wore out and the XT never stayed flat.

Since switching to a glass pad I'll never use anything else.
 
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