Not just crumbs in the CPU socket: Over 100 AMD 9800X3D chips are now reported to have gone pop and the most by far have died in ASRock motherboards
To be more specific, at one recent count on Reddit, 98 9800X3Ds are reported to have expired in ASRock motherboards. But ...
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Did you know, there was a CPU socket that accepted both Intel and AMD chips?
Which legacy socket(s) accepted both Intel and AMD CPUs? Released in March 1994 ... time to develop its own motherboard infrastructure (Slot A) after losing licensing of Intel's sockets, which ...
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Can a CPU be upgraded?
You can’t just pick the latest and greatest processor and slot it into your machine. Each device’s motherboard has a specific socket type that is compatible only with specific CPU models.
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The Essential Guide to Installing a CPU and Heatsink: Avoid These Common Mistakes
Locate the processor socket on the motherboard and open the processor slot by lifting the lever on the side to the open ...
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ASRock Blames Dead AMD Ryzen 9800X3D CPUs on Socket Debris
ASRock claims that the reason some owners of its 800-series motherboards have found their new PCs unable to boot, or even damaging their CPUs, is because of debris in the socket. Reportedly ...
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Intel Launches 3rd-Gen Xeon Scalable CPUs: For 4, 8 Sockets Only
Certainly in the segments that we compete in, it's really, really niche,' one Intel partner says of four- and eight-socket servers ... has kept the heat on its CPU rival AMD.