Burned AMD Ryzen 9800X3D motherboard just needed a clean, says ASRock
A motherboard featured in a burned out CPU Reddit thread has been analyzed by its manufacturer, who says that the board has no obvious damage or burn marks, and that it just required a clean-up to get it to boot with a CPU again. The board appeared on Reddit with a damaged AMD Ryzen 9800X3D gaming CPU, and is one of several ASRock boards featured in threads about 9800X3D CPUs that have stopped working. We gave this AMD CPU a score of 9/10 in our 9800X3D review, thanks to its superb gaming performance, landing it the top place on our best gaming CPU guide. However, there is now a disturbing number of reports about 9800X3D systems ceasing to work on ASRock motherboards. Continue reading Burned AMD Ryzen 9800X3D motherboard just needed a clean, says ASRock MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Ryzen 7 9800X3D review, Best gaming CPU, Radeon RX 9070 XT review


A motherboard featured in a burned out CPU Reddit thread has been analyzed by its manufacturer, who says that the board has no obvious damage or burn marks, and that it just required a clean-up to get it to boot with a CPU again. The board appeared on Reddit with a damaged AMD Ryzen 9800X3D gaming CPU, and is one of several ASRock boards featured in threads about 9800X3D CPUs that have stopped working.
We gave this AMD CPU a score of 9/10 in our 9800X3D review, thanks to its superb gaming performance, landing it the top place on our best gaming CPU guide. However, there is now a disturbing number of reports about 9800X3D systems ceasing to work on ASRock motherboards.
MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Ryzen 7 9800X3D review, Best gaming CPU, Radeon RX 9070 XT review