One unlucky PC builder in South Korea has managed to lose three Ryzen 7 9700X CPUs to the same ASRock B850 Pro RS motherboard — and none of it involved overclocking.

TL;DR: AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU failures have been linked to aggressive Precision Boost Overdrive settings and outdated BIOSes on ASRock motherboards. AMD urges users to update BIOS and highlights the ...

Even the most seasoned PC builders can fall into the trap of believing that their CPU's BIOS defaults are safe, sensible, and tuned for stability. After all, out-of-the-box settings provided by ...

A $5,000 Corsair pre-built gaming PC has been accused of “frying” multiple Intel CPUs after the company failed to release a crucial BIOS update. The report comes from Matthew Wieland, a YouTuber and ...

A PC builder company revealed that AMD Ryzen 5000 X570 motherboards and Zen 3 desktop CPUs are currently suffering from high failure rates. The Zen 3 core architecture and the respective X570 ...

I recently upgraded to a Ryzen 2700X with a B450 motherboard to match (Asrock Fatal1ty AB350 Gaming-ITX/ac). Since I want my devices encrypted, I turned on the CPU's fTPM from UEFI, enabled Secure ...

Somethings wrong with my computer. Every once in a while a siren will go off and the DualCoreCenter program (a utility that came on a CD with the MSI P6N SLI-Fi motherboard) will come up and have a ...

Your computer checks all installed components when you attempt to boot, and it offers a code when it detects a problem. This code could be a series of beeps or LED ...

This setup is becoming obsolete and can cause issues with newer technology. If this is the case with your machine, you should opt for an external power source for your monitor to prevent overburdening ...