Overview

• Over 100 cases of AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D failures have been documented, primarily on ASRock 800 series motherboards, with additional reports on MSI, ASUS, and Gigabyte boards.
• At least two Ryzen 9 9950X3D CPUs have failed, including one on an ASRock Pro RS X870 motherboard and another on an ASUS X870E Crosshair, both without visible damage or overheating signs.
• Failures vary from silent deaths with no physical damage to cases showing burn marks, suggesting potential links to overvoltage, debris, or BIOS settings, though no definitive cause has been identified.
• ASRock released BIOS updates in February 2025 in an effort to address compatibility and boot issues, but failures have continued to emerge, raising concerns about the reliability of these high-performance CPUs.
• Users and analysts are calling for deeper investigations by AMD and motherboard manufacturers to determine the root cause and prevent further incidents.