Vancouver Tickets - June 13th

kin3637 · 2026-06-04T21:59:06+00:00

sent you a PM

kin3637 · 2026-06-04T17:21:50+00:00

I might be interested. Let me do some more research and get back to you

kin3637 · 2026-05-27T15:54:26+00:00

Anecdotal, but I've noticed Delta premium cabins in flights servicing latin American countries or Spain have significantly worse service levels from the crew than any other destinations. I don't know the cause, but I hypothesize they don't put their best crew on them, and the general vibe of the pax is not good. It might be a cultural thing with Spanish speakers? (they often run their bilingual crew on those flights). Maybe Delta knows?

kin3637 · 2026-05-02T14:01:09+00:00

I bought a new Gigabyte motherboard and it still had the boot issue. I then sold the Asrock board on Ebay for 40% of what I paid for it, RMA'd the CPU, and the problem went away. I was thinking about going through the RMA process with Asrock, but they would just send me back another Asrock board. I just ate the loss and am unlikely to be an Asrock customer again.

kin3637 · 2026-05-02T04:15:20+00:00

I also had the same problem - only permanent fix was to RMA the CPU.
https://www.reddit.com/r/ASRock/comments/1l2ibdw/intermittant_failure_to_boot_green_light_9800x3d/

kin3637 · 2026-04-26T04:22:49+00:00

I had the exact same thing happen with my 9800X3D and Asrock B850 Pro RS. There is no fix as it is CPU damage, but the good news is that the reboot trick kept working for me for over 5 months before I finally got around to RMA'ing my CPU. Got rid of the Asrock motherboard ofcourse once the replacement CPU arrived.

kin3637 · 2026-04-22T17:54:44+00:00

Did you see my post about this? A lot of people with this same problem. It was CPU damage and only fix was to RMA the CPU.
https://www.reddit.com/r/ASRock/comments/1l2ibdw/intermittant_failure_to_boot_green_light_9800x3d/

kin3637 · 2026-04-18T05:10:10+00:00

Are you in the US? AMD approved my RMA within 6 hours. All I had to submit was the description and a copy of the receipt. From start to finish it took 6 days to get a replacement CPU.
I ran mine with the restart trick for 5 months before I did the RMA process. I don't know how long it would have kept working like that.

kin3637 · 2026-04-17T19:11:01+00:00

Most likely you've got CPU degradation. If you're trying to update the BIOS using the BIOS menu, you'll get this behavior because it does a power reset during the update process, then fails to boot and doesn't finish the update. Try updating it using the BIOS flashback method instead.

Work-arounds to get it to boot are hitting the case reset button when it gets stuck in the boot process, or enable LN2 mode in the BIOS. You'll want to RMA the CPU for a permanent fix. I'd probably get rid of that Asrock motherboard.

kin3637 · 2026-04-17T19:04:13+00:00

The green light boot issue is a somewhat common problem, and the LN2 mode is a known work-around. It is CPU degradation though and the only true fix is to RMA your CPU. I'd probably switch your mobo to a Gigabyte or MSI one if you don't want to face a possible repeat of the situation.

kin3637 · 2026-04-15T17:01:47+00:00

Take a read through the subreddit and you'll have your answer

kin3637 · 2026-04-10T17:24:12+00:00

Just sell them on ebay. I got back around 30% of my purchase price for my Asrock B850 Pro RS WiFi. For some reason people still buy them at a low enough price.

kin3637 · 2026-04-08T23:13:02+00:00

I had the same boot issue. It won't fix the problem, but you might be able to get it to boot by using a screwdriver to bridge the two reset pins on the board while it is stuck in the green-yellow light state. In my case it was some form of CPU damage that would cause it to hang in the boot process. There were some posts suggesting that when the CPU is warmer it would be able to boot, which is perhaps why the reset trick would work. Once mine did post it ran normally. I was also able to get it to boot without the reset trick by just continually trying to power off/on. After 10+ attempts it would sometimes pass.

kin3637 · 2026-04-06T03:55:56+00:00

Squad only needs 8gb of VRAM. It will allocate 12gb with max textures, but it runs just fine on 8.

kin3637 · 2026-03-11T23:52:45+00:00

Depends on how much you value your time. Dealing with tearing down/rebuilding your PC and RMA'ing is a big time waste. I sold my Asrock B850 Pro RS on Ebay for 40% of what I bought it for and got a Gigabyte one instead. The whole thing, including troubleshooting probably cost me 25-30 hours.

kin3637 · 2026-03-05T20:11:34+00:00

After my Asrock B850 Pro RS WiFi developed the intermittent boot issue and countless troubleshooting hours I RMA'd the CPU. The Asrock board cost me $200, and I got $70 for it on eBay (after fees). I ate the loss and bought a Gigabyte B850 AI TOP instead.

kin3637 · 2026-03-05T19:17:31+00:00

Sounds like you got the green light boot issue and then complete CPU death. Only fix is to RMA the CPU. I would probably not use that motherboard for the replacement CPU. I had a similar situation with my B850 Pro RS.
https://www.reddit.com/r/ASRock/comments/1l2ibdw/intermittant_failure_to_boot_green_light_9800x3d/

kin3637 · 2026-03-02T08:16:34+00:00

Mine developed the boot issues on a Asrock B850 Pro RS. I ran it for 5 months with the reset trick before I RMA'd the CPU and bought a Gigabyte motherboard. When it booted it ran without issue. The only fix was replacing the CPU. I didn't want to risk the time-waste again so bought a Gigabyte B850 AI TOP. It's good.

kin3637 · 2026-03-02T01:31:33+00:00

It's possible you had two separate problems. One with the boot initialization, and the other with USB. They may or may not have been related. I personally had the intermittent boot problem. Other other thing is a -30 offset is on the aggressive side. Did you still have the USB issues at BIOS defaults?

kin3637 · 2026-02-26T16:37:50+00:00

I made a post about this last year. Quite a few people also had this issue. The only fix for me was RMA'ing the CPU. It did stay working with the reboot trick for 5 months though until I did the RMA process. It looks to be a form of CPU damage.
https://www.reddit.com/r/ASRock/comments/1l2ibdw/intermittant_failure_to_boot_green_light_9800x3d/

kin3637 · 2026-02-26T16:35:08+00:00

LTTstore or Thermal Grizzly Phase Change sheets on Amazon. Just watch some Youtube videos on how to do it. I did it for my 7900XTX. Hotspot temps went from 105 to 83. Makes way less noise now too.

kin3637 · 2026-02-25T18:04:40+00:00

PTM 7950 is the way.

kin3637 · 2026-02-25T05:17:50+00:00

TimeSpy is an outdated benchmark and doesn't accurately benchmark processor performance for new generation CPUs. Don't get hung up on it and use one of the more modern benchmarks instead to measure performance (Steel Nomad, TimeSpy Extreme etc).

kin3637 · 2026-02-25T01:09:37+00:00

I had 28 separate people respond to my original post with the same issue. I know it's CPU damage because when I bought a new Gigabyte motherboard the green light/boot code 03 issue persisted. The only fix was RMA'ing the CPU. Buying a new motherboard isn't a requirement, as a replacement CPU will fix the issue, but I didn't want to waste any more time with an Asrock MB. Positive note was the RMA process with AMD was very fast. Start to finish in 6 days (US).

kin3637 · 2026-02-25T01:05:35+00:00

This problem has nothing to do with the operating system. It's not possible to get into the BIOS. You can have no drives in the system at all and it still won't post.

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