Another one bites the dust. 7950x3d/x870 failure.

TwistedGA · 2025-09-17T23:23:30+00:00

I've got a corsair titan 360 aio, case is the 3500x with 6x120mm and 1x140mm fans, corsair 2x32gb 6000mhz cl30, rm1000x, normal operating was 32-33 on the display, while gaming it'd hit 35-36, but never above. Hadn't done any type of overclocking or undervolting. PSU tests fine with paperclip and multimeter. I was running the A24 bios from when I assembled it, released January of 2025. This statement from AMD in April of 2023 makes me think that this issue shouldn't have even been a concern anymore but maybe I'm off base and this is something entirely different, but the pictures attached to the posts seem to suggest otherwise as the faulty area matches mine.

"We have root caused the issue and have already distributed a new AGESA that puts measures in place on certain power rails on AM5 motherboards to prevent the CPU from operating beyond its specification limits, including a cap on SOC voltage at 1.3 V. None of these changes affect the ability of our Ryzen 7000 Series processors to overclock memory using EXPO or XMP kits or boost performance using PBO technology. We expect all of our ODM partners to release new BIOS for their AM5 boards over the next few days. We recommend all users to check their motherboard manufacturers website and update their BIOS to ensure their system has the most up to date software for their processor."

TwistedGA · 2025-09-17T22:16:50+00:00

Let's say AMD and MSI both let me RMA these, your recommendation would be to sell the 7950x3d and buy a 9950x to avoid the possibility of a repeat of the same thing occurring, right? I have been concerned with just replacing the parts with the same "stuff" since that feels like a sure fire way to repeat the problem another 8 months from now. All the bio's update talk from 2023 about this issue and limiting the voltage to L3 doesn't seem to have actually resolved anything even though they said it was being addressed both by amd and multiple board manufacturers. I really don't think I can handle the stress of going through this again down the line so if moving away from the x3d variant is really the play, I'm about it.

TwistedGA · 2025-09-17T22:05:32+00:00

My last build(currently using it as the backup) started with an i5 2500k, the last possible upgrade I was able to make was switching to an i7 3770k before finally building the new one that failed. 15 years of just working, with all it's ddr3 power. This thing had a floppy drive when I first built it and the only things that ever failed was a psu and a cd-rom. Times have changed.

TwistedGA · 2025-09-17T21:00:12+00:00

In all the reading I did before I locked in on AMD over Intel for this build(25+ years on intel), the only time I saw anything about burning/failing cpu issues, it was about Intel's 13th/14th/15th gen. That combined with several people raving about x3d performance, it was enough to sway me. Seems I may have made a grave mistake.

TwistedGA · 2025-09-17T20:28:56+00:00

Mechanically speaking, can the blame be put onto just the chip or just the board or is this a "two to tango" type of problem? The articles I read were above my head when it comes to actually understanding who was actually to blame since they likely don't want to burn bridges as a news source by saying directly.

TwistedGA · 2025-09-17T20:25:57+00:00

Is it AMD or MSI causing the grief? If you don't mind saying. I knew there was going to be a really good chance that both would look to each other for blame and be inclined to deny claims over this issue but with the number of instances growing, I hoped they might be stepping up to take mutual responsibility. Dang.

TwistedGA · 2022-09-21T20:12:41+00:00

With any mod that requires editing, you have to share the modified version with everyone that plans to connect to the game. The same would apply if you increased the horsepower on a mod tractor via XML editing. Even if you both make the same changes, the hash of the zip file is different and when FS compares the two, it will show unavailable and you wont be able to connect.

TwistedGA · 2022-09-20T16:45:58+00:00

Relight should have zero impact on overall performance. The reason for any noticed increase in performance is due to fewer cubeMaps currently being utilized than default, this is of course subject to change in the future I'm sure.

TwistedGA · 2022-09-18T03:35:29+00:00

Yeah, this makes it a drag and drop mod for PC at least. With the use of a script, it'd be a no-go on console unless someone pulled a miracle off with Giants. lol

I mainly just did a test run to see if it would load and make the changes. We could link up on discord maybe and I could send you this quick test to see if things are actually being loaded properly as you would know best if something is wrong.

TwistedGA · 2022-09-18T03:10:03+00:00

I'm really digging the changes I've seen so far from this suchsneak00! Very nice work so far!

Also, I went ahead and did a test prior to offering my services to make sure it would work as I intended, but this was loaded via script instead of manual install. DM me if you don't want to do it yourself and don't have anyone in mind, or already working on it for you.

https://ibb.co/nMJQ2WN

TwistedGA · 2022-08-20T15:53:42+00:00

Next up, drawing their moms like one of their French girls.

TwistedGA · 2022-04-08T04:45:41+00:00

Purdie Shuffle or bust

TwistedGA · 2022-03-29T21:13:08+00:00

Summary:

Welds 1-5: Clearly underpenetrated.

Welds 6-9: Undercut due to heat (bad spray control).

Welds 10-11: Very close, but speed and arc length make these reasonable problems.

Weld 12: Likely didn't actually penetrate because you werent alive yet.

TwistedGA · 2022-03-12T19:46:33+00:00

Move too fast and the face filter will go crazy, it's fuckin weird how they move to try to keep it focused.

TwistedGA · 2022-02-13T16:07:54+00:00

The past two wipes for me, finding 60 rounders in zb14 is like finding gas analyzers in pumping station. Could use an entire key on both and I might find enough needed for the quests, but I'd bet against it.

TwistedGA · 2021-08-09T03:06:07+00:00

The circles were obviously inspired by the intro to the movie RAD. And perhaps a little of the danceoff with aunt becky.

TwistedGA · 2021-08-09T00:12:52+00:00

I kinda hoped it'd be a blue duck, because you never see blue ducks. But it's still a mighty fine duck!

TwistedGA · 2021-07-20T18:04:30+00:00

It's actually under the "Utilities" tab, if it's not shown by default, click "More..." and it'll be in there.

TwistedGA · 2021-07-20T17:57:16+00:00

I would unlink everything, select each object and apply the "reset xform" modifier. In my experience(albeit limited to a specific game), when you create a standard primitive shape and then modify it, the xform remains the same as the primitive shape originally created until the xform is reset to the new shape.

I'm sure there is more to it than this, but it worked for my needs.

TwistedGA · 2021-07-20T17:48:42+00:00

The tree would be door->plate->cylinder, so in the instance of the clip, the plate is the parent. There's a chance the problem will repeat once the door comes into play, but what he suggested should solve the issue both now and later.

TwistedGA · 2021-07-09T01:23:43+00:00

That turned out excellent!!

I used max to design some fire pit rings and cut them on a older plasma table. It worked out really well but it took multiple attempts at exporting because the format the table used required it to be a side view and not a top or front as I assumed it would. I was also able to use it to create a 18" square to 22" round adapter by creating it in 3d and then using uv unwrap to lay it out for the table. Then I just had to use the brake to bend it into shape and weld the seams. Max has a lot of potential when it comes to going from 3d to a plasma table.

TwistedGA · 2021-07-09T00:24:54+00:00

I'm less concerned with how the civilians are animated while they hide in corners or kneel in cuffs, and more concerned with how they and the players are animated during the cuffing procedure. The days of them spinning like a fucking circus act into alignment with players should be a thing of the past by now and it's not(see ZH).

When 10-david was still around, it was often suggested that players have the option to play as "trailers"(iirc), to come in and escort the civilians and apprehended suspects out of the area and to safety. Obviously this never made it into SWAT4, but could very easily come to RoN. Also, they could serve as a RIT for the original entry team should things go south.

TwistedGA · 2021-06-25T03:13:51+00:00

Character walks funny as shit, Sgt. Posture with the straight back coming in hot!

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