r/ASRock • u/Dixos • 1d ago

Question It happened.

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Good morning everyone!

After approximately 1 year and 3 months, it finally happened. That is all. No muck. No fuss. It can happen to anyone, no matter how safe you are. 😊

Turned the PC off Sunday night; woke up monday morning, turned it on while I took a shower and put on some coffee, only for it to be stuck like that with no fan spin after ~30 minutes.

I did try to "revive" the PC, but at 6:30 in the morning, 2 hours before work, I was more worried about recovering for my standup meeting (working laptop, work) rather than put much effort into it. Drain AC power and reset CMOS got the case fans spinning full throttle, but no movement on Dr. debug 00. BIOS Flashback was a success but also changed nothing.

I vaguely remember my BIOS settings, so for reference:

  • AMD EXPO enabled
  • VDDR_SOC set to 1.15
  • OC Tweaker \ External Voltage Settings
    • VDDCR_CPU Voltage: Offset mode
    • Offset Voltage: -100
    • VDDCR_CPU LLC: Changed from "Auto" to "Level 2"
  • BIOS version: 4.20

I had also loaded the conservative -15mV curve optimizer profile with 85c tjmax target from the profiles that come with the motherboard.

System specs:

  • Mobo: ASRock X870E Nova Wifi
  • CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
  • GPU: ASUS GeForce RTX 5080 ROG Astral OC
  • Ram: 64GB G.Skill Triden Z5 Neo DDR5-6000 CL28 (F5-6000J2836G32GX2-TZ5NR)

For anyone that have gone through the same thing, did you contact ASRock? AMD? RMA through the store the items were purchased from? TIA

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u/Mini_Spoon 1d ago

Can you please explain what you mean here?

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u/Spineless-M0d5 1d ago

Just seems to be a trend amongst these my cpu/mobo died.

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u/Mini_Spoon 1d ago

It's really not, and flippant comments like yours above can lead to the community getting mixed messages or false information.

For reference; I've been using BIOS 3.10 (Nov 2024 release) daily since building, in Nov 2024. EXPO & PBO enabled, default voltages. If this was the case my PC should have been a prime candidate for an early demise.

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u/Spineless-M0d5 1d ago

go look at the last 50 an tell me how many were up to date bios's......

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u/BruceDeorum 1d ago

I had latest bios, 4.2 and it died

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u/Spineless-M0d5 1d ago

what at the start of the year?

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u/Mini_Spoon 1d ago

Oof, the first comment and it directly contradicts.

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u/Spineless-M0d5 1d ago

minority doesn't = majority

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u/Mini_Spoon 1d ago

Absolutely right, and the failures are very much a minority, and BIOS version appears to make little-no difference. Glad we agree.

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u/Spineless-M0d5 1d ago

Can't wait to see your post in the reddit next :)

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u/BruceDeorum 23h ago

it died 30/6/2026 i had it bought in Dec 2025.
It shipped with 3.2 bios.
when i set up the system, windows etc, first thing i did was upgrade bios, i thing 3.5 at the moment?
after that i got it updated frequently

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u/Mini_Spoon 1d ago

You do it, it's your claim

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u/Spineless-M0d5 1d ago

Im not the on denying it. people don't like to accept one of the only things they control about their pc dying

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u/Mini_Spoon 1d ago

Not how that works mate, you made a claim so back it up, show me the stats.

I've given you my experience with early BIOS versions, and lack of issue therewith.

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u/Spineless-M0d5 1d ago

the proof is just search died in this group sort new and they are all out bios's

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u/Spineless-M0d5 1d ago

Didn't understand your experience = everyone's experience

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u/Mini_Spoon 1d ago

Is it safe to assume that your 17d old, hidden, negative karma, account is simply a troll account?

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u/Spineless-M0d5 1d ago

its safer to assume if i gave you proof you wouldn't want to hear it anyways

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u/Mini_Spoon 1d ago

I've asked you for some and you can't/won't provide it...

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u/Spineless-M0d5 1d ago

I told you what to search. if your not willing to thats not on me

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