A pattern has been identified in the mass "deaths" of Ryzen 9000

Amid ongoing problems with AMD Ryzen 9000 processors blogger from a YouTube channel Tech YES City published a new video in which he tried to understand the reasons mass failure of chips, especially when used with ASRock X870 series motherboardsDuring the analysis, he put forward the theory about possible manufacturing defects in individual batches of processors.

The blogger's special attention was drawn to processors with OPN code CF2449PGEIt is this party that appears in 28 confirmed cases of breakdown, including Ryzen 9800X3D models. At the same time, there are other batches that were never mentioned in crash reports, which the author believes indicates possible selectivity of the problem.

It is also noted that Most malfunctions occur within the first three months of operation, which may indicate a hidden defect that manifests itself early in the life cycle. Some users who have experienced breakdowns report that after replacing the chip with a different model—for example, from the Ryzen 9800X3D to Ryzen 7950X — the system continues work stably on the same board for more than 9 months.

The blogger brings and own casewhen his Ryzen 9950X burned out on ASRock X870 Steel Legend board, but a similar chip was replaced under warranty works properly, despite being installed on the same motherboard. In addition, external differences between the burned and new specimens suggest that AMD made changes to the design processors without public announcements.