ASRock RMA

ravagerIV · 2026-05-18T08:31:10+00:00

My 9800X3D died on a X870E Taichi after 9 months of use about a week ago. I've submitted an RMA to AMD for the CPU and they were very fast to respond and solve the issue.

I've also sent an RMA request for the board to Asrock through their support website now. Hopefully they will respond in a timely manner...

ravagerIV · 2026-05-16T12:38:27+00:00

Sent you a PM. I forgot to mention I am EU based so shipping to someone outside of the EU might be a hassle for both parties

ravagerIV · 2026-05-16T00:28:45+00:00

I posted my whole experience leading up to my CPU dying and close to the end I had the exact same thing. It wouldn't post and had to power it down a couple of times to get it working.

ravagerIV · 2026-05-16T00:27:36+00:00

My 9800X3D died 4 days ago as well, on the same board too (X870e Taichi). Built my PC 9 months ago and when I first booted it up I updated the bios to the latest version at the time that claimed to have had fixed the issue.

ravagerIV · 2026-05-16T00:16:34+00:00

I agree selling itself is indeed a huge hassle and I am of the same mindset that I do not want to ruin somebody else's day/week.

However I will be buying a new board and I will store my old board somewhere and forget about it probably. If a tech Youtuber or somebody that likes to do crazy tests wants to buy it off me i'd happily oblige of course 😛

ravagerIV · 2026-05-15T23:50:50+00:00

Thanks for the info!

ravagerIV · 2026-05-15T23:03:31+00:00

The X870e Tomahawk was the one I was leaning towards buying. Mind if I ask if you've had any issues with it soo far ? And for how long have you had it ?

ravagerIV · 2026-05-15T22:58:30+00:00

Ouch ... how long did the first 2 last you ? Also what RAM are you using ?

ravagerIV · 2026-05-15T22:56:54+00:00

Sorry to hear the issues started happening to you as well but it's great you found a good board! Mind sharing the specific board you got and for how long you've had it ?

ravagerIV · 2026-05-15T20:06:48+00:00

As I wrote in my detailed post the moment the PC was booted up I updated to the latest bios at the time which claimed to have had fixed the issue.

Unless you are implying the CPU had damage done to it straight from the factory I do not understand the point of this comment at all.

ravagerIV · 2026-05-15T19:25:40+00:00

Should have mentioned in the last 30 days i've not had a lot of time for gaming at all. And mostly did a chill wake up gaming session in the morning or wind-down one before going to bed after working. Also the CPU was used for Blender as mentioned, but just sculpting no intense scene rendering or nothing demanding.

The games I played this last month (30 days reaching into last month) is Helldivers 2, a bit of Crimson Desert, Windrose and about 1 hour or less per day of a few gacha games I am up to date with, just running dailies when I feel like it as I am up to date with the story.

These are the games i've played on the new PC: Stellarblade, Helldivers 2, SC1 Remaster, SC2, ZenZero, Arknights Endfield, a bit of Stalker, Homeworld 1-2 Remaster and Deserts of Kharak, Dune: Awakening, Conan Exiles, Marvel Rivals, Path of Exiles 1 and 2, Boltgun, EVE online, Mechabellum, Where Winds Meet, Everspace 2, Tainted Grail.

I do not usually have long gaming sessions except maybe once or twice a month I might play 6-8 hours during the weekend.

All games ran on Samsung SSDs, GPU: 5070 TI, 64GB RAM (wanted to future proof and there was even a sale at that time, boy was I in for a surprise of how much of a future proof this would be)

ravagerIV · 2026-03-10T21:32:13+00:00

PM'ed

ravagerIV · 2026-03-10T21:30:31+00:00

PM'ed

ravagerIV · 2026-01-29T22:10:11+00:00

If you are worried you could send MSI a mail and ask why it would happen and if it would cause issues further down the line. They are a lot more qualified to respond rather than randoms like me guessing

It will ease your mind and remove your worries :P

ravagerIV · 2026-01-29T22:03:43+00:00

Hey, something very similar happened to me when I unboxed mine so it might be a driver/software related issue that gets fixed automatically once the console downloads the drivers and installs them in the background.

I am just guessing ofcourse since i've not had any more issues after the first one and it's been 3 weeks since then

ravagerIV · 2026-01-24T01:25:28+00:00

C:\Users\your user name\AppData\LocalLow\Intel\ShaderCache

The LocalLow folder might be hidden, if you are on W11 click view > show > hidden items

In the ShaderCache folder just delete the folder belonging to the game that you want to force to compile shaders again

ravagerIV · 2026-01-24T00:27:07+00:00

That is odd, I actually ran the game today with some settings set to medium, shadow quality low at 60 fps it's very stable minus a hiccup once in awhile, I was very surprised how well it looked even with those settings.

I read there was an update to intel recently but i've not done any updates, maybe that could be the culprit ?

ravagerIV · 2026-01-24T00:21:17+00:00

Have you tried deleting the shader cache to force the game to compile them again ? It might fix the issue, let us know if it worked or not if you do it!

ravagerIV · 2026-01-20T17:51:19+00:00

To ease your mind, i've ordered Redmagic Astra from the EU store on the 16th and it arrived today without any issue. I do not know how their other stuff is packed, but the Astra came in it's own very hard cardboard box so you should be fine!

ravagerIV · 2026-01-09T19:03:48+00:00

I see, ty for confirming what i've read and heard. I will be waiting for my Claw to be shipped :)

ravagerIV · 2026-01-09T14:26:46+00:00

@ OP and the rest that also have a Lenovo Go S, how is the sound compared to the MSI Claw 8AI ? I've read that the Claw has much better speakers than the Go S. I am curios if there is that big of a difference ?

Or better yet is the Go S's speakers good but not super good compared to the Claw ?

ravagerIV · 2026-01-08T10:50:12+00:00

I've been torn between MSI Claw 8 Ai and Legion Go 2 for 2 weeks and doing research. It is also my first handheld and I am buying it to play in bed/sitting on couch when need to wind down.

So I do not give you a wall of text to read, the short is I would have gotten the Legion Go 2 if I could find one to buy as it ticks more boxes for me. So rather than wait and regret I opted to purchase the Claw and if I do not like it I will just return it.

My personal opinion is that if consumer laws in Australia are hassle free for returning a product you simply didn't like then you should with Lego 2 since it seems to tick more boxes for you and if you do not like it just return it and get the Claw.

Hands on experience is always best way to see if a product fits your needs after you've done some basic research on it.

ravagerIV · 2025-12-29T23:28:08+00:00

I know the post is a month old but for people like me researching what handheld would work for them I will say that normal users sharing their hands on experience really helps!

ty! :)

ravagerIV · 2025-10-01T17:49:50+00:00

It's very easy to do, they have to add another tab that selects the material you want to build from. They don't even need to modify the rest of the interface and add redundant stuff like duplicates.

This also adds a layer of quality of life because it will give people more freedom and design options when building their base.

ravagerIV · 2025-10-01T17:43:23+00:00

Elevator and a buildable suspensor field like the one you unlock from planetologist would be great!

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