AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU & AM5 Motherboard Socket Burns Out, Both Physically Damaged

AMD’s Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU has witnessed the first case of it burning out along with the AM5 motherboard socket, both completely damaged.

AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU Paired on AM5 Motherboard Socket Sees First Report of Burning Out

The AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D is the fastest gaming CPU available right now, and it’s very popular in terms of demand. However, the CPU has witnessed its first report of burning out on a socket AM5 motherboard.

Redditor, TrumpPooPoosPants, posted a picture of his AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU which he states was paired on an MSI MAG X870 Tomahawk motherboard. The user reported that his PC didn’t post and upon further inspection, it looked like the CPU along with several gold contact pins on the AM5 socket had burnt out. The user also reported that he was getting the “00” postcode, which is also something reported by another user on the MSI forums, though it is unclear if the other user had the same “burning” issue.

This burn on the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU is unlike anything that we have seen so far. Based on what we can tell, it looks like the motherboard may have been the culprit for excessively pushing voltages through the gold contact pads, which is what may have burned out the CPU.

But we should also mention that AMD has had similar issues in the past with its Ryzen 7 7800X3D CPU, another 3D V-Cache part, which was burnt on the ASUS X670 motherboard. This was due to excessive voltages being pushed in through the SoC rails, but that was amended quickly through BIOS updates.