On April 25th, select AMD Ryzen 7000 CPUs burn out suddenly It damages the processor itself and possibly the motherboard to which it is attached.
Thankfully, AMD quickly figured out what was causing the problem and issued a timely AGESA firmware update for their 600-series AM5 motherboards that support their next-gen CPUs, limiting the voltage to the chip to 1.3V. In a statement, AMD said it expects its board partner to release his BIOS update with new firmware in the next few days.
As I reported earlier, unsafe overvoltages were the culprit for thermal problems, as voltages above 1.35V seemed to damage the chip’s thermal safety measures and allow it to reach unsafe temperatures. was suspected.
If you do not want to overclock any of your components, please close this article. Because this kind of overvoltage was only happening when the user was manually overclocking his CPU (or using a specific overclocking profile in his BIOS). This issue affected both Ryzen 7000 and 7000X3D chips. Ryzen 9 7950X3D .
Penalty for overclocking? If you’re still reading, you’re no doubt aware that component overclocking is a common practice among PC gamers and tech enthusiasts. This is done by using pre-loaded profiles in the motherboard BIOS or by manually increasing the target operating frequency and supply voltage to the PC components.We have a guide on how to overclock Here if you kept reading out of curiosity!
This new firmware looks like a lot of Ryzen 7000 chips, so it might give overclockers a shot. can In fact, you can safely overclock above 1.3V. In my last article, I said that 1.35V looks “safe”, but judging by the small number of reported cases, some Ryzen 7000 products are using proper CPU cooling solutions to make it possible. We can assume that it can handle more than that.
On the bright side, AMD assured users in a statement that “these changes will not affect the ability of Ryzen 7000 series processors to overclock their memory.” A voltage cap fix was suggested. AMD’s Precision Boost feature, a type of automatic “smart overclocking” mode, is also unaffected.
Still, serious overclockers will definitely be disappointed. The competitive overclocking scene relies on arcane liquid nitrogen cooling to push CPUs to incredibly high frequencies and voltages to extract valuable extra performance. The tight voltage cap on all Ryzen 7000 processors basically shuts everything down.
It’s also unclear at this time if AMD intends to refund damaged chips. In that statement, “Anyone whose CPU may have been affected by this issue should be contacted. AMD Customer Support ”, but please note that this may be for data collection purposes only.Damage caused by manual hardware overclocking is explicitly no Included in your Ryzen product warranty.
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