Not the first and certainly not the last CPU to get burnt on an ASRock motherboard. However, this user didn't install the latest firmware.
User Shows Bloated Ryzen 7800X3D CPU on X870 Riptide; Was Rocking a Year-Old BIOS Version
ASRock 800 series motherboards continue to kill even Zen 4 CPUs, but this one shows quite significant damage on the CPU as well as the socket. User u/Ultracheese3 posted pics of his burnt Ryzen 7 7800X3D CPU and the ASRock X870 Riptide socket, which clearly showed how bad the damage was. Unlike other cases, here the CPU was bulged noticeably, and this also affected the socket in such a way that a significant portion was clearly discolored due to burning.
The user says that he has been rocking the BIOS version 3.06, which was released last year in August. So, a 1+ year old BIOS, which didn't have the latest patches for mitigating the issue. It's not that the more recent updates would have saved his CPU from burning, but the chances would have probably been fewer. At the moment, we have the BIOS version 3.50 for the Riptide motherboard, and both AMD and ASRock have been recommending the latest BIOS updates to mitigate the issue.
The exact cause of such incidents is still under investigation. It could be a single factor or a combination of several factors. ASRock's official website lists that the BIOS 3.40 version "Enhance CPU operating stability", and some previous updates also brought optimized PBO settings, which ASRock previously assumed to be problematic.
Despite not having installed the latest BIOS version, seeing such incidents is still concerning, because this isn't a normal behavior. The user might have applied for RMA for both the CPU and the motherboard, but many have started recommending motherboards from different vendors to ensure proper and reliable operation. It's baffling that it has been over a year and we are still here without any proper fix for this issue. Even though these cases do happen on non-ASRock motherboards, ASRock models remain the number one killer of Ryzen 7000 and 9000 series.
News Sources: Reddit, via eTeknix
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