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AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D

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I think mine is heading to the big CPU graveyard in the sky.

PC idling, nothing happening, PC decides to power off for no apparent reason.

After a lot of disambly and testing I've narrowed it down to either a fried CPU or fried Motherboard. Running everything at stock, BIOS up to date, Asus X870E motherboard. No visible marking on either the CPU or the socket that I see, but somethings cooked.

Seems to be a fair bit of this going around at the moment if posts on reddit are to be believed, have a ticket in with OCUK as still within warranty period.

Sad times.
 
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Rids said:
I think mine is heading to the big CPU graveyard in the sky.

PC idling, nothing happening, PC decides to power off for no apparent reason.

After a lot of disambly and testing I've narrowed it down to either a fried CPU or fried Motherboard. Running everything at stock, BIOS up to date, Asus X870E motherboard. No visible marking on either the CPU or the socket that I see, but somethings cooked.

Seems to be a fair bit of this going around at the moment if posts on reddit are to be believed, have a ticket in with OCUK as still within warranty period.

Sad times.
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Might be similar to this issue.
 
I think its more serious than that one, this is a completely toast CPU (or motherboard) as the PC won't power on at all if the CPU is inserted, not even the on-board RGB crap.

If I take the CPU out, at least the RGB crap lights up.
 
I’m really scared right now because of those broken Ryzen CPU cases. I’m currently putting together an AM5 setup and I’ve already received the B650E-F Strix ASUS motherboard. Now I’m waiting for my second-hand 9950X, which I bought from someone who I’ve since found out was using an ASRock Taichi Lite with this CPU.
The CPU is 2 years old and has been used. I still have 2 years of warranty left on it. I honestly have no idea what I should do now.
 
Pannalicour said:
I’m really scared right now because of those broken Ryzen CPU cases. I’m currently putting together an AM5 setup and I’ve already received the B650E-F Strix ASUS motherboard. Now I’m waiting for my second-hand 9950X, which I bought from someone who I’ve since found out was using an ASRock Taichi Lite with this CPU.
The CPU is 2 years old and has been used. I still have 2 years of warranty left on it. I honestly have no idea what I should do now.
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tbh I have 7700 and I might just keep on using it till the next platform, too risky getting a X3D CPU. Asrock board
 
You'd have to be incredibly unlucky as things stand to have a 9950X die even on an ASRock board - the numbers which have died in this manner vs the number sold is very small. But not sure what is going on with the 9800X3D chips there seems to be an increasing number dying after a few months and now starting to see non-negligible numbers on Asus boards as well as the more prominent failures on ASRock. Asus have acknowledged it is happening but seem unable to root cause it.
 
Maybe it would be smart to return the ASUS motherboard and get an MSI or Gigabyte board instead?

Or maybe should I heavily stress the system for two years so that, if something happens, I can get a replacement within the warranty period?
 
Obviously it is popular RAM but scanning through some failure reports it is interesting that a very large percentage of failing 9000 series CPUs are using G.Skill Ripjaws or Trident RAM, though there are a fair few on Corsair and Kingston, etc. as well but the weighting towards G.Skill is curious albeit may be nothing more than a curiosity.

Asking AI interestingly it said "there is no single dominant brand of RAM identified as the sole culprit" but then also says G.Skills was the most commonly associated brand with failures in the break down.
 
For anyone that likes to undervolt, what soc voltage have you got down to while still being stable? I'm at 1.15v and wondering whether going much lower requires a golden chip?
 
ChocAndGray said:
For anyone that likes to undervolt, what soc voltage have you got down to while still being stable? I'm at 1.15v and wondering whether going much lower requires a golden chip?
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Might be worth tryouts eco mode. Limits cpu to 65 watts and from a gaming perspective you don’t loose much performance.
 
Lee Charles said:
New Chipset drivers

www.techpowerup.com

Latest AMD Ryzen Chipset Drivers 8.02.18.557 Download

This driver package contains the chipset drivers for AMD Ryzen processors for best performance and energy-efficient operation on Microsoft Windows.
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Slightly broader question. I forget chipset drivers are a thing. I've built two full PCs since Covid and don't update the chipset driver beyond the day 1 driver. Is that foolish?

My approach to this is if my PC works, I don't mess around with it. Granted these have been gaming only PCs and not daily drivers, so less of a concern regarding the latest security fixes, etc.
 
Absolutely Clueless said:
Slightly broader question. I forget chipset drivers are a thing. I've built two full PCs since Covid and don't update the chipset driver beyond the day 1 driver. Is that foolish?

My approach to this is if my PC works, I don't mess around with it. Granted these have been gaming only PCs and not daily drivers, so less of a concern regarding the latest security fixes, etc.
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I tend to update chipset drivers every time a new one releases.

It’s very rare that they cause problems, and often bring improvements.
 
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