ASRock says it was able to completely restore functionality of a seemingly damaged Phantom Gaming X870E Nova WiFi motherboard (the same model we reviewed in our X870E motherboard mashup) that burned several contact points on a Ryzen 7 9800X3D, simply by removing debris from the AM5 socket area. The insinuation is that user error is ultimately
ASRock cleaned up and removed debris from a customer’s failed ASRock AM5 motherboard. Despite clear signs of socket damage, the board booted up on its original BIOS, passing “long-term stress tests.”
We cover the biggest news from Nvidia’s annual GTC event, along with the latest news from the Intel shakeup and a slew of new storage devices tailored for AI.
It’s been six months (yes, really) since we were first introduced to the Zen 5 CPU architecture with the Ryzen 9000 series desktop CPUs, and it’s been nearly a year and a half since AMD unveiled the Threadripper Pro 7000 series processors. Isn’t it about time for a new Threadripper generation? Apparently so, because those parts are seemingly
Multiple reports suggest a potential manufacturing flaw in Gigabyte’s premium X870E Aorus Xtreme AI TOP motherboard, leading to uneven contact between the chipset and the heatsink.