Ryzen 9600X Deaths on ASRock Boards Spark Fresh Stability Questions
Multiple reports in the past month describe dead Ryzen 5 9600X CPUs on ASRock 600/800-series motherboards, with systems failing to POST and debug LEDs indicating faults, leading to RMAs in some cases; the issue appears part of broader instability affecting several AMD CPUs (including 9800X3D, 9700X, and 9950X/3D) on various boards, prompting questions about BIOS versions and hardware reliability.