Of course the CPU shouldn’t be able to fry, there are built in functions that should supposedly throttle the CPU if it overheats.
But in the old days we could have the motherboard shut down the computer if the CPU overheated.
IDK why this feature was removed? I always had better than required cooling and the system set to shut down way below the heat tolerance of the CPU.
Anyways it’s weird this happens with a mere 16 core CPU, it could possibly be the motherboard supplying way to much power.
Some motherboards stealthily OC the CPU as default, and some have been revealed to push voltage too, to make their motherboards appear faster in benchmarks. This happened on Asus motherboards, and Asus is absolutely doing exactly what I described.
reports of AM5 socket burnouts can be attributed to hardware partners failing to adhere to recommended specifications.
Absolutely, this is IMO the equivalent to diesel-gate for motherboards. But this is not a specific problem to AM5, it’s done on ALL sockets. But apparently AM5 has lower tolerance.
Anyways AMD is investigating, and I’m sure they will make good on customers if it’s a systemic bug in the CPU.
But with only 2 cases being ½ a year apart, it’s a rare occurrence, and it could prove difficult to track the exact problem.
From the pictures we can see the heat-sink was not optimally mounted, and to me it seems like too much paste was used.
Not bad enough that it should fry the CPU, but it may have contributed.
Of course the CPU shouldn’t be able to fry, there are built in functions that should supposedly throttle the CPU if it overheats.
But in the old days we could have the motherboard shut down the computer if the CPU overheated.
IDK why this feature was removed? I always had better than required cooling and the system set to shut down way below the heat tolerance of the CPU.
Anyways it’s weird this happens with a mere 16 core CPU, it could possibly be the motherboard supplying way to much power.
Some motherboards stealthily OC the CPU as default, and some have been revealed to push voltage too, to make their motherboards appear faster in benchmarks. This happened on Asus motherboards, and Asus is absolutely doing exactly what I described.
Absolutely, this is IMO the equivalent to diesel-gate for motherboards. But this is not a specific problem to AM5, it’s done on ALL sockets. But apparently AM5 has lower tolerance.
Anyways AMD is investigating, and I’m sure they will make good on customers if it’s a systemic bug in the CPU.
But with only 2 cases being ½ a year apart, it’s a rare occurrence, and it could prove difficult to track the exact problem.
From the pictures we can see the heat-sink was not optimally mounted, and to me it seems like too much paste was used.
Not bad enough that it should fry the CPU, but it may have contributed.