IT House reported on February 15th that AMD R7 9800X3D has another abnormal damage case. This time it appeared on the ASUS TUF Gaming X870-Plus motherboard, and the CPU load when the failure occurred was said to be less than 10%.
A Reddit user (u/seklay) reported that his computer was turned on all night and only ran a few lightweight applications (most of which were running in the background). However, when he got up the next day, he found that it was stuck and the chassis power indicator light was flashing. It was suspected that it had entered sleep or an abnormal power state, but the chassis fan was running at 100% speed.
Later, he forced a restart on the computer, but the system could no longer pass the test. The specific manifestations are: the fan continues to rotate at full speed, the monitor has no signal output, and the DRAM indicator light (orange) of the motherboard's Q-LED is always on.
The user then replaced the 9800X3D with another processor, and the system booted normally, further confirming that the original CPU was damaged. It is said that the user only turned on AMD EXPO and PBO and did not perform manual overclocking. After the CPU was damaged, no obvious signs of burns were found on the appearance of the socket and processor.
In fact, reports of damage to the R7 9800X3D have been common in the past year, with more than 99% of the cases occurring on ASRock and ASUS motherboards.
However, although people often post feedback on this phenomenon, data from the retailer Mindfactory shows that the repair rate of the R7 9800X3D is not higher than that of other Ryzen 9000 series processors. And because this type of damage is often difficult to reproduce, manufacturers still need to conduct detailed investigations into each case to clarify whether it is related to the BIOS, overclocking power supply, or platform firmware. ASUS and ASRock are currently still investigating.
