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The issues may be tied to excess voltage from overclocking.

Some users on AMD's new AM5 platform have started to report that their new Ryzen processors have burnt out. Users across Reddit and other social media sites have shared their stories showing visible damage to both their Ryzen 7000 CPUs and to the motherboard socket. These issues have not been limited to any single motherboard vendor.

The burnout issue seems to be most common on AMD's Ryzen 7000X3D processors,...

Several owners have reported flames coming from their motherboards.

Before Christmas, there were a few scattered reports about failures and random combustion for the Asus ROG Maximum Z690 Hero motherboards. Following the jolly holiday, more and more reports have started to come out from board owners who have had their hardware literally go up in smoke.

Following a rather quick investigation by Asus, the company has pushed out an announcement, issued a recall, and are offering...