Probable user error: two faulty Ryzen 7 9800X3Ds are not a serial issue 393 comments
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The AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D (test) is the high-end gaming CPU of the moment, but many interested parties are leaving empty-handed so far. So it’s no wonder that images of faulty 9800X3D processors in burned AM5 sockets are making waves in this context. But there are many signs of user error right now.
In both cases, the base frame is also affected
Both on Reddit and on Quasar Zone (Korea), images are circulating of Ryzen 7 9800X3D processors whose underside is scorched; the associated AM5 socket also has severe contact damage due to excessive temperatures.
But there is another similarity: in both cases, according to the photos, the plastic frame of the AM5 base is also damaged. This indicates that the processors were not installed correctly before the ironing system was closed.
There is another technical similarity with the MSI MAG X870 Tomahawk WiFi. However, since the bases are purchased and not manufactured by the board partners themselves and the Tomahawk series is traditionally very popular, a coincidence is all but impossible.
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
Techtip will continue to monitor the issue, but currently does not assume that issues like the early ones with Ryzen 7000 will repeat.
Updated November 15, 2024 at 1:20 p.m.
Techtip continues to assume that the error is caused by the processors not being properly docked in the socket. Looking at Reddit, the affected user also assumes that the CPU was not properly seated in the frame before the socket lock was closed, without the user being aware of an error at that time. It doesn’t completely rule out the possibility that something was wrong with the base.
True to the motto “it’s better to react as soon as possible”, MSI has already announced that it will get to the bottom of the problem and contact GamersNexus for this purpose – the YouTube channel purchased the processor and motherboard from the user of Reddit.
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