Now AMD Ryzen 9950X3D CPUs Are Failing in ASRock Motherboards

Another day and another AMD Ryzen 9000 X3D CPU has died in an ASRock motherboard. But this time, it wasn't the 9800X3D, which has quite a few instances of this issue occurring, but the brand new 9950X3D. The new chip failed after nine days of operation, which should discount ASRock's recent claims that the problems were caused by socket debris. The user was running the latest BIOS, though, so they should have a clear path to a refund or replacement.

For the past few months, more and more cases of AMD Ryzen 9800X3D CPUs failing in odd ways have appeared. Some have simply failed to boot from the get-go, while others have seemingly died after days or weeks of operation. In some niche cases, users have found burn marks in the CPU socket and on the backside of the processor itself. Although these instances have happened with a ...