Fortunately, the American company was not too long in finding a solution to the problems raised by some users.
For a few days, the controversy has been growing. Several users of Ryzen 7000X3D - the latest range of AMD processors - were confronted with a problem of "burning". To put it simply, the processors in question simply went out of order and it was possible to see burn marks on the back of the processor, at the contact points with the AMD AM5 socket. A sign that did not deceive the experts at Igor's Lab or Tom's Hardware: everything suggested that the voltage distributed to the processor was beyond AMD's specifications, which logically led to its shutdown.
Even if it was too late for the users concerned, AMD had the good taste not to bury its head in the sand and the reaction of the American company was as quick as it was decisive. In two days, AMD has spoken twice, first to confirm the problem and then to reassure its customers and investors: the engineering teams have isolated the problem and found a solution so that things are now safe... hopefully!
Reddit post of a "small" burn-in problem on a Ryzen 7000X3D
" We have found the cause of the problem and have already distributed a new AGESA that implements measures on some AM5 motherboard power rails to prevent the processor from operating beyond its specification limits, including a SOC voltage cap at 1.3V. None of these changes affect the ability of our Ryzen 7000 series processors to overclock memory using EXPO or XMP profiles or to improve performance using PBO technology. We expect all of our ODM partners to release a new BIOS for their AM5 boards in the next few days. We recommend that all users visit their motherboard manufacturer's website and update their BIOS to ensure their system has the latest software for their processor ."
If you own an AMD Ryzen 7000X3D processor, it is therefore urgent to update your motherboard's BIOS first, since all AMD partners have normally released new BIOSes based on AGESA 1.0.7.0 to correct the problem. For the sake of awareness and unless you really need it, we also advise you to disable the overclocking assistance system. It is indeed this feature that to get the best out of the processor could have tended to push the operating voltages a little too far. It's a shame, as they say.
