7800x3D still exploding?

[MistahHaskins]

Per the title; are the 7800x3D chips still melting in ASUS boards? I have bought one from a person on marketplace and I inspected the chip and socket and I don’t see any damage.

 

but did they ever fix the voltage limit on these things in the BIOS?

[porina]

7 minutes ago, MistahHaskins said:

Per the title; are the 7800x3D chips still melting in ASUS boards?

That was a very long time ago. I've been running a 7800X3D on an Asus mobo for about 2 years no problem. Just update to latest BIOS and enjoy.

 

Edit: in a quick search it looks like that problem was 3 years ago, and was resolved with a BIOS update. I'm not aware of further reports since then.

[Spotty]

Should have been fixed with a BIOS update. Since you bought it used it'll be a good idea to check for and apply any BIOS updates - the original owner might not have updated it.

[Hinjima]

8 minutes ago, MistahHaskins said:

Per the title; are the 7800x3D chips still melting in ASUS boards? I have bought one from a person on marketplace and I inspected the chip and socket and I don’t see any damage.

 

but did they ever fix the voltage limit on these things in the BIOS?

Just update the BIOS and you'll be fine.

I run an overclocked 9800X3D in an ASUS TUF B650 PLUS WIFI without any issues.

 

There has been a few incidents with ASRocks motherboards and ASUS B850 motherboards with the 9800X3D.

Its just a very small amount of people that have these issues though, less than 0.1% of all X3D CPU owners.

 

[Dedayog]

22 minutes ago, MistahHaskins said:

Per the title; are the 7800x3D chips still melting in ASUS boards? I have bought one from a person on marketplace and I inspected the chip and socket and I don’t see any damage.

 

but did they ever fix the voltage limit on these things in the BIOS?

Odd to ask this AFTER buying the board.

 

I'd personally have gotten a Gigabyte board.  No explodings, ever.

 

Though I haven't heard of any issues recently with the one you bought either.  So hopefully it's all behind them.

[MistahHaskins]

43 minutes ago, Dedayog said:

Odd to ask this AFTER buying the board.

 

I'd personally have gotten a Gigabyte board.  No explodings, ever.

 

Though I haven't heard of any issues recently with the one you bought either.  So hopefully it's all behind them.

It’s was $275 for both? It’s a deal if it works so I wouldn’t see why not?

[RONOTHAN##]

52 minutes ago, Dedayog said:

I'd personally have gotten a Gigabyte board.  No explodings, ever.

The initial issue of killing 7800X3Ds was with every manufacturer, not just ASUS. ASUS was just the most common because they were the most liberal with the SOC voltage, and they also forgot to enable OCP on their VRM so when it died it was a little more violent. Plus they also screwed up the PR when they were fixing stuff, that didn't help either. 

 

 

Gigabyte boards are still usually what I recommend, as they're usually by far the best value nowadays, but I don't want to portray they undeservedly favorably either. 

 

1 hour ago, MistahHaskins said:

Per the title; are the 7800x3D chips still melting in ASUS boards? I have bought one from a person on marketplace and I inspected the chip and socket and I don’t see any damage.

 

but did they ever fix the voltage limit on these things in the BIOS?

The voltage limit was implemented a couple months after the chips started failing, this hasn't been an issue in over 2 years. All boards implemented the voltage limits when AMD recommended it, you now cannot set it above 1.3V. Just make sure your BIOS was updated at some point and you don't need to worry.

[Hinjima]

8 minutes ago, MistahHaskins said:

It’s was $275 for both? It’s a deal if it works so I wouldn’t see why not?

it will work, just update the BIOS and start gaming  

[Dedayog]

41 minutes ago, MistahHaskins said:

It’s was $275 for both? It’s a deal if it works so I wouldn’t see why not?

Ahh, that make sense.  Hell of a deal then, if no issues since the CPU is that price new.

 

33 minutes ago, RONOTHAN## said:

The initial issue of killing 7800X3Ds was with every manufacturer, not just ASUS. ASUS was just the most common because they were the most liberal with the SOC voltage, and they also forgot to enable OCP on their VRM so when it died it was a little more violent. Plus they also screwed up the PR when they were fixing stuff, that didn't help either. 

 

 

Gigabyte boards are still usually what I recommend, as they're usually by far the best value nowadays, but I don't want to portray they undeservedly favorably either. 

 

The voltage limit was implemented a couple months after the chips started failing, this hasn't been an issue in over 2 years. All boards implemented the voltage limits when AMD recommended it, you now cannot set it above 1.3V. Just make sure your BIOS was updated at some point and you don't need to worry.

Good info, thanks for clarifying.  

[MistahHaskins]

1 hour ago, Dedayog said:

Ahh, that make sense.  Hell of a deal then, if no issues since the CPU is that price new.

 

Good info, thanks for clarifying.  

Worst case scenario is the board and chip are dead. If that’s it; for $275 I didn’t really loose much. I have the RAM and  I will need then is another board and CPU.

 

I can ask if the BIOS was updated to the recent one or *semi* recent. If that’s the case then I might not mess with it