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Like Intel before it, AMD blames motherboard makers for burnt-out CPUs
Users of X3D CPUs in ASRock motherboards seem to be at particularly high risk.
Some manufacturers have historically shipped their AMD and Intel motherboards with elevated default power settings in the interest of squeezing a bit more performance out of the chips—but those adjustments can also cause problems in some cases, especially for higher-end CPUs. McAfee and Kirsch recommend installing your motherboard maker's latest BIOS updates as they're released, to pick up new default settings as AMD and its partners change them. Andrew is a Senior Technology Reporter at Ars Technica, with a focus on consumer tech including computer hardware and in-depth reviews of operating systems like Windows and macOS.
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