Arock board with a 9800x3d??

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is there a list of the boards that have been killing CPU's.
i got an Asrock x870 pro rs off the MM and i have a 9800x3d but i didnt realise it was an Asrock until it got delivered hahaha

the board came with a 7600x that i was going to put in my media canter, but now i dont know what to do
 
Check Reddit to see if anyone else has had the issue and check the history of BIOS updates to see if there are any that fix voltage stability.

Edit; if you can get POP, contact Asrock and ask them if they know your motherboard kills CPUs and give them the serial number and BIOS version.

If you push them on the matter, they may quietly send your a newer revision of motherboard as a replacement but don’t expect it, they aren’t known for their customer support.
 
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Make sure you get the BIOS updated. I think there are some ASRock users on here that applied their own voltage restrictions. It isn't like it automatically means your CPU will die, the chances are still slim.
 
Around 200 claims of failed CPU"s since May 2025, but apparently there was another report stating only around 100 odd were actually verified.

That's out of around 2 million AM5 motherboards sold.
Mostly bios 3.15, and apparently mostly from a specific batch of AMD CPU"s

The list is more of a headcount of Reddit users who claimed an issue, Gamer Nexus regurgitated the figures recently but to add meat to his video he needed to go back over the same old Reddit screenshots from May. From memory the reality was he found one failure in the last four months and it was on bios 3.30.

Asrock themselves state 3.40 was their recommended bios. We are on 3.50 now, he could not replicate any problems, we are no nearer to finding out.

Key things to consider. Many thousands bought Asrock motherboards and 9000 series CPU"s.
Asrock set a bios based on intel from AMD. A separate reviewer on YouTube posted data related to the failures of the CPU's and batches.

So we have no answers.
It cannot fully be an Asrock issue as if it was, thousands of CPU"s would have failed not 0.001%
Itself pointing possibly to a joint problem with bios 3.15 and some early AMD 9000 CPU batches.

All hearsay, but so far Asrock, AMD, and the online professional YouTubbers have failed to find answers and it's mainly been Reddit users making claims.

I think I seen one guy here in the last four months with an issue, his screen shot showed him in bios and it being 3.15, his CPU a 7600x, and nothing was verified as due to the motherboard.


Personally all the Asrock hate, it's tainted my purchase and reduced my confidence in the product, even my lad ended up dismissing Asrock just in case.

And all due to the hype of Reddit.

PS, Kleo Yan I think is the name of the YouTube guy who undervolts the 9800X3D on an Asrock
 
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i ended up not putting the x3d in, i figered better safe than sorry.
i did notice after a buios updatxe when setting EXPO i get a notification says some Voltages have been moved to a fixed value
 
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latest firmware and everything?
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Originally it wasn't on the latest firmware, but it was on v3.50 when it died.
I had a feeling it was nearing some dramatic failure after the system started doing some weird stuff about a month ago, with brief freezes becoming a bit more frequent over time.

Only got it in March, so I'm hopeful it'll be a straightforward warranty replacement job.
 
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It’s a shame as they make some great looking boards but this whole generation has done the brand real damage IMO killing all these chips..
 
Anyone got anything factual regarding just how many AMD CPU's have died in Asrock motherboards to date since this started in May 25?

Last count I seen was Gamer Nexus and around 200 out of two million motherboard sales, none on 3.40 or later.

So can we see the latest images and bios settings of the massive numbers of recent blowing up CPU"s or do we just have yet again more second hand read it on Reddit once news?

Considering all the forum users and YouTube system builders working with Asrock, it's crazy that such a hyped problem is not actually that common and seems to be most prevalent amongst kids trying to overclock when they can't update bios?

Is it possible the real damage is actually misinformation and being encouraged simply to damage Asrock sales?

Overclockers and other UK retailers are selling hundreds of Asrock motherboards a week, yet we have no streaky stream of exploding CPU or bad reviews.

In fact it seems more people who don't have Asrock or even AM5 or a 9000 series CPU are claiming Asrock blows up CPU's than owners or those that have experienced the issue
 
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It’s a shame as they make some great looking boards but this whole generation has done the brand real damage IMO killing all these chips..
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I think you're mostly okay if you flash the latest bios before inserting the cpu, the majority of cases seem to involve having the cpu in on an older version and then updating to the supposedly safer one.
Unfortunately, a lot of us got them before they had identified issues and offered those bios revisions.

I'm likely going to switch to MSI/Gigabyte once I get through AMD's warranty return.
Just had them approve the return, so fingers crossed it'll be a painless process from now on.

Asrock on the other hand are yet to acknowledge my RMA enquiry...
 
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