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[QUOTE="Munyaradzi Mafaro, post: 38353, member: 636"]
A tech YouTuber found issues with certain computer parts working together. Bryan from Tech Yes City tested AMD Ryzen chips on different motherboards after many reports of broken processors. He noticed ASRock brand motherboards handle power differently than other brands. These boards let voltage jump around instead of staying steady. The power sometimes rises higher than what experts consider safe limits.

Other motherboard brands keep the voltage stable around 1.20 volts for these processors. However, ASRock boards often push past 1.25 volts and approach 1.27 volts during regular use, which might damage the chips over time. Almost 200 users reported dead processors when using ASRock boards. The problem seems to happen because both the chip ask for incorrect power amounts and the board supplies it wrongly.

Users with ASRock motherboards can protect their expensive chips through a simple fix. They need to change a setting called Uncore Voltage in their computer setup menu. The company might release a software update to fix this problem automatically. Further testing will help determine if other factors contribute to these processor failures.
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