AMD Explains Why Motherboard Makers Are At Fault For Burnt AM5 Chips

There have been many reports on AMD CPUs dying, with burnt pins on the socket. It's not frequent or particularly widespread, but naturally it caused concern, particularly among gamers, as the CPUs in question were often Ryzen 7 7800X3D and 9800X3D models. Today, an AMD representative issued a fairly clear statement on that matter.

The quote comes from an interview given by AMD to Korean tech outlet Quasar Zone, and it's fairly clear: "This issue arises because some ODM BIOSes do not adhere to AMD's recommended values [for voltage and current limits]." The term "ODM BIOS" here is referring to motherboard BIOSes. As far as we can tell, AMD's generally right with its statement, but there could be a little more to the story.

As a recap, the situation started with 7800X3D chips occasionally dying, an issue that was eventually tracked to a voltage setting that ...