ASUS Advises Users of AMD 800-Series Motherboards to Update BIOS as It Investigates Reports of Burnt Ryzen 7 9800X3D Processors

[Peter_Brosdahl]

A new statement from ASUS is directing users to update their BIOS while it works with AMD to investigate reports of damaged CPUs.

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[igor_kavinski]

At least they seem to be taking it more seriously than ASROCK.

 

[LazyGamer]

At least they seem to be taking it more seriously than ASROCK.

ASRock has had... well, a lot of updates since the issue first surfaced like ten months ago.

 

[Peter_Brosdahl]

I've got one of the boards mentioned, https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DPLQQ7VJ/?tag=thefpsreview-20, and now a little concerned. I knew I was taking a chance given ASUS's reputation with CPU voltages, but the specs and design for this one were exactly what I was looking for.

I've got some fairly extensive cooling thanks to this AIO (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DLWFCVSD/?tag=thefpsreview-20, thanks for the recommendation @DrezKill ), along with a case fan in that area, and CPU temps are usually ridiculously low. That and the fact that I don't OC this have me not overly worried, but still something I'm concerned about now.

While researching this morning, I did see mention that ASUS had some similar reports ~10-12 months ago, but things got quiet, for them after that until now.

 

[igor_kavinski]

I've got one of the boards mentioned, https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DPLQQ7VJ/?tag=thefpsreview-20, and now a little concerned. I knew I was taking a chance given ASUS's reputation with CPU voltages, but the specs and design for this one were exactly what I was looking for.

You should be fine if you have your CPU temp cutoff at 85C. I think the boosting and hitting 95C constantly in low threaded workloads takes a toll on the CPU eventually because higher frequency needs excess voltage for stability. That's why many people reported losing their CPUs while browsing or watching movies, of all things.