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ASRock motherboards have been killing AMD CPUs all year, and in particular, the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPUs. The mystery has been unsolved for 9 months now (and remains unsolved), but ASRock and AMD are both investigating, as are we. In theory, they should find an answer before us -- but for whatever reason, it's been complete silence from both companies beyond some blame-gaming between them. In this video, we do our best to test for internet theories as to the root cause of ASRock's murderboard failures that cause the destruction of X3D CPUs.
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Or check out our GPU Smuggling Documentary here: youtube.com/watch?v=1H3xQaf7BFI
Watch Part 1 of our ASRock motherboard research: youtube.com/watch?v=IDX0l5kaYsc
And watch our in-person interview with ASRock: youtube.com/watch?v=EpEJRa_Rxo0
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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - ASRock Motherboards Still Killing AMD CPUs
03:45 - Setting Expectations
06:05 - TIMELINE Recap
07:42 - Defining EDC, TDC, PPT
09:19 - Test Methodology and Components
11:37 - Test: ASRock's "Fix"
14:23 - Test: CPU PPT Comparison
14:34 - Test: Frequency Comparison
14:58 - Test: TDC, EDC, PPT Limit Changes
17:15 - Test: SOC Voltage Changes
18:33 - Test: BIOS 3.40 VSOC
21:20 - Test: SOC Current in 3.40
22:59 - Logic Analyzer Testing Methodology
26:41 - Methodology: Internal SVI3 TFN vs External Voltage
27:51 - Test: Entering S3 Sleep
29:02 - Test: Wake from S3 Sleep
30:18 - Test: Entering S4 Hibernate
31:08 - Test: S3 to S4
32:26 - Test: CPU Load Cycling
34:11 - ASRock Enterprise Failures
37:50 - ASRock's RMA Failures
38:54 - User Data: Vendor Failure Distribution
40:02 - User Data: Failure by Chipset
40:17 - User Data: Failure by ASRock Board Model
41:21 - User Data: CPU Failure by Batch Number
42:20 - User Data: CPU Batch by Distribution
42:42 - User Data: Motherboard Serial Prefix Distribution
43:13 - User Data: Cooler Correlation with Failure
43:49 - Additional Information and VDDIO_MEM
46:40 - AMD Statement to Other Media
47:38 - Conclusion
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ASRock motherboards have been killing AMD CPUs all year, and in particular, the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPUs. The mystery has been unsolved for 9 months now (and remains unsolved), but ASRock and AMD are both investigating, as are we. In theory, they should find an answer before us -- but for whatever reason, it's been complete silence from both companies beyond some blame-gaming between them. In this video, we do our best to test for internet theories as to the root cause of ASRock's murderboard failures that cause the destruction of X3D CPUs.
We are losing money on this content, but we're able to fund it thanks to the supporters of our AI GPU Smuggling Documentary on YouTube. Please consider buying a Blind Eye T-Shirt to help us further offset the cost on this piece: store.gamersnexus.net/products/blind-eye-t-shirt-black-market
You might also like our e-waste inductor tabletop gaming dice kit! store.gamersnexus.net/products/inductor-full-tabletop-mtg-dnd-premium-dice-set-7-piece-dice-wooden-box-token-card
Or check out our GPU Smuggling Documentary here: youtube.com/watch?v=1H3xQaf7BFI
Watch Part 1 of our ASRock motherboard research: youtube.com/watch?v=IDX0l5kaYsc
And watch our in-person interview with ASRock: youtube.com/watch?v=EpEJRa_Rxo0
Thanks to Buildzoid of Actually Hardcore Overclocking for peer review: youtube.com/c/ActuallyHardcoreOverclocking
The best way to support our work is through our store: store.gamersnexus.net
Like our content? Please consider becoming our Patron to support us: patreon.com/gamersnexus
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - ASRock Motherboards Still Killing AMD CPUs
03:45 - Setting Expectations
06:05 - TIMELINE Recap
07:42 - Defining EDC, TDC, PPT
09:19 - Test Methodology and Components
11:37 - Test: ASRock's "Fix"
14:23 - Test: CPU PPT Comparison
14:34 - Test: Frequency Comparison
14:58 - Test: TDC, EDC, PPT Limit Changes
17:15 - Test: SOC Voltage Changes
18:33 - Test: BIOS 3.40 VSOC
21:20 - Test: SOC Current in 3.40
22:59 - Logic Analyzer Testing Methodology
26:41 - Methodology: Internal SVI3 TFN vs External Voltage
27:51 - Test: Entering S3 Sleep
29:02 - Test: Wake from S3 Sleep
30:18 - Test: Entering S4 Hibernate
31:08 - Test: S3 to S4
32:26 - Test: CPU Load Cycling
34:11 - ASRock Enterprise Failures
37:50 - ASRock's RMA Failures
38:54 - User Data: Vendor Failure Distribution
40:02 - User Data: Failure by Chipset
40:17 - User Data: Failure by ASRock Board Model
41:21 - User Data: CPU Failure by Batch Number
42:20 - User Data: CPU Batch by Distribution
42:42 - User Data: Motherboard Serial Prefix Distribution
43:13 - User Data: Cooler Correlation with Failure
43:49 - Additional Information and VDDIO_MEM
46:40 - AMD Statement to Other Media
47:38 - Conclusion
** Please like, comment, and subscribe for more! **
Links to Amazon and Newegg are typically monetized on our channel (affiliate links) and may return a commission of sales to us from the retailer. This is unrelated to the product manufacturer. Any advertisements or sponsorships are disclosed within the video ("this video is brought to you by") and above the fold in the description. We do not ever produce paid content or "sponsored content" (meaning that the content is our idea and is not funded externally aside from whatever ad placement is in the beginning) and we do not ever charge manufacturers for coverage.
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t: twitter.com/gamersnexus
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w: gamersnexus.net
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Steve Burke: Host, Writing, Editing, Test Lead
Vitalii Makhnovets: Editing, Camera
Tim Phetdara: Editing
Tannen Williams: Writing, Testing
Buildzoid: Peer Review
