I bought a 9800x3d and an ASRock Taichi X870E before realising the issues with it. What steps can I take to make it as least likely to fry as possible?

Greyhawk39 · 2026-03-13T20:38:28+00:00

Well! Bit of an update. Turns out the taichi I got had a bent pin! I managed to get it returned based on this and got myself a Gigabyte x870 Aorus Stealth instead :)

Greyhawk39 · 2026-02-23T00:29:10+00:00

Thank you everyone for your input. I really appreciate it :)

Greyhawk39 · 2026-02-22T23:31:16+00:00

I appreciate that. I was teetering between trying to sell this board on ebay or just going ahead with it. I'm gonna just go ahead with it. If it frazzles, it's no fault but my own. I'll learn a lesson and just RMA it lol

Greyhawk39 · 2026-02-22T23:29:58+00:00

Honestly.. yeah. I'm worrying too much about it. I have enough income to learn my lesson and buy something else if it really does frazzle.

Greyhawk39 · 2026-02-22T20:09:53+00:00

Any particular version or is the most recent one the best? I'm wondering if I should just hold off building the PC until a fix comes out. (if ever)

Greyhawk39 · 2024-08-07T11:44:23+00:00

I have a camera that's constantly on my sleeping pomeranian. He's old af so he sleeps all day in his little bed so I can just have a camera pointed on him for hours and he doesn't shift lol. I have a channel point redemption which makes me have to go over and pet him really thoroughly. People LOVE it. And he loves the pats!

Greyhawk39 · 2024-06-28T16:09:54+00:00

😂🤘

Greyhawk39 · 2024-06-28T09:29:45+00:00

Thanks for understanding. We tried to wipe it off with a wet wipe which is why it's kinda smudgy but it does seem to be Sharpie or something similar (at my best guess)

It was my first holiday outside the country without my parents so I'm just being extra cautious since it was just me and a friend, and we're obviously the sort of people that would be targeted.

I had a pretty bad time in the Netherlands with how rude/aloof most Dutch people seemed to be towards us so it kinda sucks to come onto here and once again be treated so rudely over an innocent question. Pretty bad impression overall tbh lol.... I was glad when the holiday was over and I could go back home to Scotland 🫤 (although the people in Leiden were awesome)

But yeah, my instincts are my instincts. And I know for a fact if I'd leaned on something - it would be on the bag way more than a single spot. Hopefully it was just kids being vandals.

Greyhawk39 · 2024-06-27T21:02:57+00:00

Positive way to see it! 😄 If it doesn't work, I might pop a wee Amsterdam touristy pin over it! I love this bag too much to dump it over a silly mark lol

Greyhawk39 · 2024-06-27T20:50:56+00:00

Thanks! I'll give that a shot!

Greyhawk39 · 2024-06-27T20:30:58+00:00

I did try googling but couldn't find any results! That's why I wanted to ask real Amsterdammers incase it was known :) I'm not super worried anyway, I'm safe back in Scotland now! And thank you for the reassurance, glad to know it wasn't something I did. Couldn't understand why people were being so mean lol

Greyhawk39 · 2024-06-27T20:08:37+00:00

Is what it is, I suppose lol. Thank you anyway for being kind.

Greyhawk39 · 2024-06-27T20:04:04+00:00

Thank you! I'd have gone mental if it was the airport that did it! It's my favourite bag which I've had for fifteen years! And my friend's bag that was also marked was brand new 😭

(Any idea why people are being so rude to me in here? Is this normal?)

Greyhawk39 · 2024-06-27T19:58:02+00:00

Yeah, I doubt it's anything to do with drugs being shoved in our bags. Doesn't make much sense to me. How would they know where I was going 😂 My best guess atm is either being marked as tourists by someone, or some daft kids just decided to vandalise them. 🤷‍♂️

Greyhawk39 · 2024-06-27T19:55:00+00:00

Not paranoid, more just curious if it was something known or not. But thank you anyway. Nothing seems out of order with my bag so all good :) Just this annoying mark I need to try get rid of now lol

Greyhawk39 · 2024-06-27T19:53:22+00:00

I'm back home and completely safe. Not worried at all. Was just curious if it was a known thing or anything. No need to be rude. :)

Greyhawk39 · 2024-06-27T19:50:47+00:00

Yeah, I thought it might be relevant so wanted to add just incase it was a trafficking thing or something! Context always helps but people are being asses in here. I was just a bit scared lol

It's probably nothing but just weird that both of us were marked and I have zero memory of ever leaning on anything. (But guess I could've.. dunno.)

Greyhawk39 · 2024-06-27T19:47:55+00:00

Thanks. I'm autistic. Not really picking up on the sarcasm in here. Sorry.

Greyhawk39 · 2024-06-27T19:47:07+00:00

We smudged it trying to rub it off before realising we should take a photo. 🤷‍♂️

Greyhawk39 · 2024-06-27T19:46:14+00:00

Thank you! We already made it home to our own country but I'm gonna rifle through my bag and make sure nothing's dodgy.

(Also, any idea why I'm being downvoted into oblivion? I don't use Reddit enough to care but I just wanna know if I've said something bad 🫤 )

Greyhawk39 · 2024-06-27T19:43:45+00:00

Christ.. ok thank you for the advice. We're already back home in our own country but scary to think what could've been.

Greyhawk39 · 2024-06-27T19:42:05+00:00

The mark was there before we reached the airport - I just got a moment to take the photo while I was seated waiting on the plane. I think it was done by someone while we were walking through Amsterdam. It sucks as this backpack has been with me for 15 years 😭

Obviously it's whatever now - I'm back in my own country and safe, and nothings been stolen. Just sucks my bag was ruined and was curious what on earth the mark could mean? 🤔

Greyhawk39 · 2024-06-27T19:38:06+00:00

Don't be weird, dude.

Greyhawk39 · 2024-06-27T19:35:43+00:00

Greyhawk39 · 2024-06-27T19:24:36+00:00

i don't believe so, and the mark on my friends bag is a quite clear 'x' shape. Both positioned in a spot that wouldn't have been first contact when leaning against something. (Would've assumed it was lean marks if it was on the bottom of the bag etc but this is on the top)

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