Despite mitigation efforts by ASRock, we are still reading reports of CPU failures on its motherboards.
Redditor Updates BIOS to Version 4.10 on ASRock X870 Pro RS WiFi, but CPU Reportedly Dies Despite No Overclocking
If you were thinking the latest BIOS updates on AM5 motherboards would magically cure CPU failures, then it's time for a reality check. AMD Ryzen 9000 CPU failures and deaths are quite common on Reddit, even though the failure rates are on par with previous-gen CPUs, as per some reports. Still, motherboard makers worked with AMD to bring new BIOS updates for mitigating these CPU failures.
ASRock motherboards remain the most common in these incidents, and to mitigate the failures, it recently rolled out BIOS version 4.10 for its 600 and 800-series motherboards. The BIOS update supposedly fixed "boot failures" for certain CPUs on its AM5 motherboards, and we did see in one instance how this BIOS brought back a Ryzen 9000 CPU to life. Unfortunately, that doesn't happen in every case, and we are seeing one of the first failure reports with the BIOS version 4.10.
The Redditor u/Less-Wealth-1945 reports that his system was working perfectly fine for a year. His configuration consists of AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D and ASRock X870 Pro RS WiFi, a notorious combination that has seen countless 9800X3D dies. Despite running on older BIOSes, the user didn't see any CPU failures, but as soon as he updated to the latest BIOS version 4.10, his system froze. After some troubleshooting steps, he finally gave up and sent the CPU and motherboard for RMA.
As per his statement, no manual overclocking was enabled, and only EXPO was turned on. He says his CPU and DRAM LEDs were continuously on after updating to the latest BIOS, which typically indicates a dead CPU. The user no longer seems interested in using the same motherboard and now hopes that it has also died. Some pics of the CPU pins and socket could have confirmed whether this is just another CPU 'failure' or a real death caused by burning, but in both cases, he still had no choice but to RMA his products.
News Source: Reddit
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