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ASRock acknowledges AMD is not at fault for recent CPU failures and recommends updating the BIOS now, though we still don't know if problems have actually been fixed
ASRock claims there are three types of cases where CPUs failed in its motherboards.
In an interview with Gamers Nexus, Chris Lee, the VP of motherboards at ASRock, explained the three central cases they found when analysing the problem. (Image credit: Future)This was explained a few days ago as a PBO (Precision Booster Overdrive) issue, as the two currents are linked to that mode, but it wasn't made clear which company was actually responsible. In the interview, Lee claims that ASRock did manage to get its hands on a CPU with scorch marks (indicating faults due to voltage shortage), and it has been sent off to AMD, but analysis has not yet come back.
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