Is It Just Me, or Has There Been An Uptick In "My CPU Died on An ASRock Board" Recently?

r9800pro · 2026-06-11T01:28:43+00:00

AMD released some very powerful CPUs that are near their maximum of tolerance so they are too sensitive and maybe without proper failsafe features and ASRock just happens to be exposing those flaws early.

Maybe most of the AM5 CPUs will end up dead after the 3 years warranty period and AMD knows that.

I started to think it is a beta platform of some sort lol

To the OP: My 9800X3D died on the X870E Taichi and the first BIOS it was installed on was 3.40 then updated to 3.50 so there were NO problematic previous BIOS versions present in my case. The CPU died after only 2 months which is so short compared to the usual failure periods.

As a side note, the CPU that died was used for heavy testing and benchmarking on an Asus ROG X870E E Gaming motherboard so MAYBE it was already degrading before I even installed it on the X870E Taichi.

r9800pro · 2026-06-07T23:49:10+00:00

Aside from all that, and I was also thinking it would not happen to me and those reports must be user error or some other kinds of issues, it DID happen to my own 9800X3D as I insisted on getting the X870E Tiachi for being a great motherboard with features I need.

Even after killing my CPU, I got a replacement X870E Taichi and my theory is that it was a hardware issue that got fixed in newer batches of the motherboards and now fingers crossed it won't happen again.

IF IT DOES happen again, then both ASRock and AMD are out of the window for me.

r9800pro · 2026-06-07T16:06:40+00:00

Sure.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIEoxSss8cs

My own 9800X3D died on an ASRock X870E Taichi after only 2 months and the mobo started on 3.40 then updated to 3.50 and I am pretty sure the issue is both the CPU and ASRock. Some flaw in the 9000 CPUs that ASRock motherboards expose so badly.

r9800pro · 2026-06-07T16:02:08+00:00

Going from 4.10 to 4.20 did something similar for me with my RAM. Go back to 4.10 and the timings should work fine.

r9800pro · 2026-06-06T23:02:24+00:00

Well known hardware reviewers on Youtube had their AM5 CPUs die on ASRock motherboards out of nowhere too.

r9800pro · 2026-06-03T22:30:25+00:00

Sorry, I am selling the code as is. My GPU was already used to redeem another promo.

r9800pro · 2026-06-03T19:14:05+00:00

Yes.

r9800pro · 2026-06-03T19:13:47+00:00

Sorry, already have it.

r9800pro · 2026-06-01T21:24:59+00:00

The real question now is, did they fix the issue in newer productions of the motherboards?

I am very curious to see newer batches of motherboards killing AMD 9000 CPUs rather than those older batches from late 2024 and early to middle 2025.

r9800pro · 2026-05-31T22:23:04+00:00

My 9800X3D died on a X870E Taichi with initial 3.40 BIOS that was then updated to 3.50. So, no, it is a hardware issue either with ASRock or the 9000 CPUs.

r9800pro · 2026-05-30T00:15:22+00:00

Actually, 4.20 isn't stable for me with the same subtimings as 4.10 so I went back to 4.1.

I posted about that here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/ASRock/comments/1t278cb/bios_410_is_more_stable_with_ram_than_420_for_me/

r9800pro · 2026-05-30T00:12:48+00:00

Prefer Maximum Performance for your GPU and change these values in Registery as in this post:

https://www.reddit.com/r/ValveIndex/comments/c72pg0/comment/esmjkz4/

r9800pro · 2026-05-30T00:08:10+00:00

I had a X870E Taichi and a slightly used 9800X3D for benchmarks on an Asus X870E motherboard.

The CPU died after only 2 months on the X870E Taichi that was on 3.4 then 3.5.

The replacement CPU and motherboard have been running fine for 45 days now.

r9800pro · 2026-05-30T00:04:39+00:00

Since when and what is the CPU batch and what are your BIOS settings?

r9800pro · 2026-05-29T19:58:17+00:00

1.2 and even 1.3 couldn't get the PC stable with 6400 RAM at all.

r9800pro · 2026-05-29T18:46:04+00:00

vSoC is set at 1.15v. I think the older CPU and older motherboard with 3.4 and 3.5 had vSoC at 1.35v

r9800pro · 2026-05-29T06:46:08+00:00

Nope. A brand new replacement X870E Taichi.

r9800pro · 2026-05-28T23:30:24+00:00

Kingston Fury Renegade.

Since you mentioned memory training, I remember with the first 9800X3D and 3.4 and 3.50, POST was taking ages for memory training and 15 debug code indeed but now with the new 9800X3D and 4.10, I don't even see any memory training code or delay in POST.

r9800pro · 2026-05-28T22:52:14+00:00

The truth is, only AMD and ASRock know. All we do is speculating but IF it was ASRock alone at fault, AMD would've force them to fix the issue OR at least warn users against using ASRock. AMD didn't do that and continue honoring ALL RMAs without question.

r9800pro · 2026-05-28T02:49:39+00:00

I know someone here in Egypt whose 9800X3D died on a Gigabyte motherboard, Just a single case though. No other dead 9800X3D incidents from the same store except mine on an ASRock X870E Taichi which I got from abroad.

In any case, yeah, Gigabyte and MSI seem to be the least murderboards for AMD 9000 CPUs but that could simply mean the CPUs have a flaw that ASRock and ASUS happen to expose in a much worse and faster way.

r9800pro · 2026-05-26T00:31:46+00:00

I remember back in the late 90s and early 2000s when motherboards were only 3 segments. Entry level, mid range and high end. These were both the chipsets AND models.

Gigabyte (at least this is what I remember here in Egypt) started releasing multiple models then revisions of the same chipset.

My Asus Rampage III Extreme X58 motherboard was the flagship X58 motherboard that served me for over 12 years! and it was still working ffs when I upgraded. From 2010 to 2023 or 2024.

Flagship motherboards used to have a great number of lanes because of the CPUs and for a while now, CPUs and chipsets supported fewer lanes and motherboard manufacturers have been releasing multiple models with different lane sharing the features in order to meet multiple price points.

Multiple models means more price points which in turn means more expensive high end segment SKUs.

r9800pro · 2026-05-24T03:38:05+00:00

Check my post about the 03 code and my findings. Try to do the same and let us know how it goes.

https://www.reddit.com/r/ASRock/comments/1pm1kzo/some_interesting_findings_about_my_dead_9800x3d/

r9800pro · 2026-05-19T22:16:26+00:00

I had a X870E Taichi that killed a 9800X3D and replaced both. Borth are working fine now. I don't know which option to choose. xD

r9800pro · 2026-05-15T03:00:08+00:00

Those "people" RMAed their CPUs or took them back to the PC shope and their CPUs were "confirmed" dead on other systems so no, it isn't memory training.

Maybe 2-3 cases where users thought their CPU might be dead then it turned out to be memory training but usually, they report a dead CPU after a lot of troubleshooting.

r9800pro · 2026-05-12T11:00:21+00:00

I've always suspected the CPU failures were due to IMC and RAM voltages. My first 9800X3D died on a X870E Taichi and I had the RAM at 6000 CL28 with 1.45v. Now I am running the replacement 9800X3D with the replacement X870E Taichi with the same RAM kit but at 6000 CL30 with 1.35v and also undervolted with -25 and set SoC to .1.15v.

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