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Disclaimer: Reddit only allows up to 6 poll options, one of which I must have as a "show results" so everyone can see how it looks. If I had like 10 options I'd include whatever is missing. If you

Anyway, a lot of people are under the impression that the issue primarily affects X3D CPUs because most of the failures are 9800X3Ds. However, I don't think there's any bias towards X3D with the failures. The 9800X3D sells massively more than all other SKUs combined, so it making up most of the failures is just simple math. Reddit is probably even more biased in that regard. So, let's test the theory and compare the actual rates themselves.

I wanted to expand it beyond ASRock, but I know people will complain if I do. Maybe I'll do this again on another sub depending on the results. Remember that the point is comparing failure rates, not raw numbers.

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Since a lot of people are still posting here about their ASRock motherboards killing their ryzens, can everyone who "survived" post their configuration(s) here and tell us how long they have been running? Also I'm quite interested about the bios versions you are using.

My current pc is about 3 months old:

- Motherboard: ASRock B850 PRO RS (shipped with bios version 3.40, only booted once in the bios to check everything was being recognized and then updated directly to 4.43, so my pc never booted with an operating system with bios 3.40, only with 4.43 for now)

- CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 9900X

- RAM: Patriot Viper Venom ddr5 6000mhz cl30 32GB (2x16GB) with EXPO enabled (config 1)

- OS: Void Linux with kernel 7.2.9 (linux-mainline)

Only EXPO is enabled, everything else in the bios is set to their default values, I never touched them. It is working fine, never had issues during boot or stuff like that

Hello,

my second 9800X3D CPU has now died in an ASRock B850I Lightning WiFi motherboard. The first one died while the board was still running the BIOS version it was shipped with, 3.15. The second one has now died after about three months of use, after I had updated the BIOS to version 4.10.

Both CPUs are now being sent to AMD for RMA. Regarding the motherboard, I have contacted the retailer, who will apparently forward the case to ASRock.

What are my chances of getting a replacement motherboard? I’m asking because the motherboard itself technically still “works.” How did you handle your ASRock RMA in a similar situation?

The retailer also told me that it is unlikely that the motherboard killed the CPUs. He contacted ASRock, and according to him, ASRock claims that they are not aware of any such cases (lol?).

This is simply incredibly frustrating. Even if I were to receive a replacement motherboard, I obviously wouldn’t use it anymore. I simply don’t have any trust in ASRock anymore.

How can an issue like this just be ignored?

I have used Asrock b850 pro rs with Ryzen 9900x for about a year before it died. Ocasionally I had an issue where boot up would take longer to post. Wait for few minutes like it would train on memory. One day it just didn't woke up when displays went to sleep. Didn't react to power and restart button. So I turned it off from power supply button. After that it didn't post at all.

CPU and socket didn't had any burn marks or anything. Looked healthy. Wanted to return motherboard as I was suspecting it. But I was wrong.

I didn't update bios from original one that came by default, I think it was 3.40 version. So now I applied latest bios.

I had spare CPU to test it, and It worked just fine. Returned dead CPU to store for replacement, waiting for results.

Would you suggest to swap motherboard to another brand just to be safe? I previously did not had any problem with Asrock before. Edit: added more info on what happened

Hey all, just figured I’d add my experience of dead 9800x3d to help others out with info.

Built an asrock b850 riptide wifi with an AMD 9800x3d CPU in around February 2025. I kept the original 1.0 BIOS almost the entire time until late August 2026 when my CPU died.

I would get intermittent issues where I’d have to hard shutdown my PC and restart after being in sleep mode so it would POST correctly (it would just stay on red cpu light and orange DRAM), or sometimes a restart wouldn’t POST, etc. Other than that, the pc seemed to run fine for the most part.

Then I eventually got around to wanting to look into why it was doing that, and fix the issue so I updated the AMD chipset drivers in early August and then the next time I turned off my computer, it wouldn’t POST. I cycled power 100 times and did all sorts of diagnostics, including flashing the bios to the newest version, and it started working (or at least I thought). A couple days later, I couldn’t start my PC after a restart. Motherboard would get past the red cpu light and orange DRAM lights, but then go straight to green BOOT light and never get video output. No POST white light. This is when I gave up and RMA’d my CPU, as well as ordered a new motherboard (Gigabyte x870 aorus elite wifi7 for those wondering).

TLDR -

ASRock B850 Riptide killed my 9800x3d. Issue was during boot, motherboard light would go straight to green BOOT light and never progress any further, no video output, etc. RMA took about 1 full week start to finish, I was very quick to respond to emails and I’m located in southeast (they sent replacement from AMD Miami). No lasting issues since new motherboard/cpu, but I turned off sleep mode and will not use that anymore after I got spooked from new motherboard not waking from sleep one time.

Kinda what the title says, I'm very confused as I just purchased a X870E Nova after my old ASUS TUF x870 died on me a couple weeks ago. I am running a 9800x3d so I know there may be issues there. It just confuses me to no end why on a cold boot it gets stuck on the 03 code, but when I hit the restart button on the board, it posts just fine.

Any suggestions on how to fix this so I don't have to constantly do a restart when booting?

Edit: I have updated bios to the latest version 3/4.60 (cannot remember exactly just remember the .60) and im running with 4 sticks of 16gb 6000.

Hey everyone! I’m considering an ASRock motherboard, but I’ve seen some reports about issues and it’s making me hesitant.

Are these issues also a concern with a Ryzen 7 7800X3D? Any specific motherboard you’d recommend for this CPU?
I’m currently looking at:

•	ASRock B850M Pro-A WiFi  
•	MSI PRO B850M-P WiFi  
•	Gigabyte B850M EAGLE WIFI6E

They’re all around the same price where I live.

Thanks!