In the past 3 years I have built/repaired several hundred systems and have only ran into one bad CPU(a K62 with a failed fan). Not including the obvious cracked cores or fried from bad installation, ...

Crumbs in the socket, nothing to see here. So, said ASRock last week in a blog post addressing reports of dead AMD Ryzen 9000 chips in its motherboards. But does that really fly in the context of ...

If you own an AMD Ryzen 7000 series CPU, especially a high-performance 3D V Cache model like the Ryzen 7 7800X3D, there’s a devastating, wallet-burning problem you need to know about. You might ...

TL;DR: AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D users reported CPU failures, particularly with ASRock motherboards. In response, ASRock released new BIOS updates for AM5 motherboards to address boot issues and improve ...

it's a powermac dual 1.25, combo and super drives, with no extra hardware hooked up (other than kb/mouse). and, thanks for reminding me, i did run techtool deluxe and found no cpu/cache/ram ...

Dominik Bošnjak is a freelance writer from Croatia. He has been writing about games for as long as he can remember and began doing so professionally circa 2010. If he was forced to pick a favorite ...

With proper care, a CPU can comfortably last between eight to twelve years before showing signs of failure, and many will outlast this timeframe without any issues. However, this isn't a guaranteed ...