The same ASRock B850 motherboard kills three Ryzen 7 9700X CPUs worth $1,000 one by one in South Korea — victim used updated BIOS and never overclocked, but still lost all their processors

An ASRock B850 motherboard in South Korea has been reported to have killed three Ryzen 7 9700X CPUs, despite the user having an updated BIOS and never overclocking. The victim purchased the CPUs from different sources, including an official distributor, but all three processors failed consecutively. ASRock has faced multiple complaints regarding its AM5 motherboards and Ryzen 9000 series processors, with over 80% of the issues attributed to ASRock. The company released a BIOS update to address CPU stability concerns, but it seems to have not resolved the problem. ASRock has extended warranties in Japan, but this offer does not apply globally.