https://forum.asrock.com/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Thu, 01 Oct 2026 15:27:23 +0000 Sat, 26 Sep 2026 17:54:48 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.08 360 https://forum.asrock.com/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=113584 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_images/web_wiz_forums_black.png https://forum.asrock.com/ https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=113584&PID=202074&title=x870e-nova-wifi-00-03-issue#202074 Author: Xaltar
Subject: 113584
Posted: 26 Sep 2026 at 5:54pm

Glad to hear it. You should be just fine ]]> Sat, 26 Sep 2026 17:54:48 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=113584&PID=202074&title=x870e-nova-wifi-00-03-issue#202074 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=113584&PID=202073&title=x870e-nova-wifi-00-03-issue#202073 Author: RinDman
Subject: 113584
Posted: 26 Sep 2026 at 5:27pm

Got my new CPU, batch number CF 2624 PGE ... Hoping those units produced on 2026 will remain stable ]]> Sat, 26 Sep 2026 17:27:39 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=113584&PID=202073&title=x870e-nova-wifi-00-03-issue#202073 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=113584&PID=202048&title=x870e-nova-wifi-00-03-issue#202048 Author: Xaltar
Subject: 113584
Posted: 20 Sep 2026 at 11:14pm

At the end of the day, that is all you can really do, take what precautions you
can and hope for the best. Unfortunately, a good RMA policy doesn't prevent inconvenience.

Best of luck to you and feel free to drop in here any time if you have questions
or just want to contribute to the community ]]> Sun, 20 Sep 2026 23:14:35 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=113584&PID=202048&title=x870e-nova-wifi-00-03-issue#202048 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=113584&PID=202047&title=x870e-nova-wifi-00-03-issue#202047 Author: RinDman
Subject: 113584
Posted: 20 Sep 2026 at 9:27pm

Hey,

Thank you for the answers, I agree that Asrock is not responsible for this sh*t show indeed, saw the same symptoms on other brand forum out of curiosity

Well, I hope AMD keep honoring those RMA and like Intel will keep it even after the legal warranty period ...

I took many precaution as I could : Flashback to 3.40 from the factory 3.25 version (sticker on the board) on day one and updated the uefi asap as the release came out

Unfortunately, nothing of this could prevent a manufacturing defect ...]]> Sun, 20 Sep 2026 21:27:17 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=113584&PID=202047&title=x870e-nova-wifi-00-03-issue#202047 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=113584&PID=202046&title=x870e-nova-wifi-00-03-issue#202046 Author: Xaltar
Subject: 113584
Posted: 20 Sep 2026 at 9:05pm

No one from any manufacturer will answer that question (not AMD, not ASRock, not
ASUS, not MSI etc). Fortunately I don't speak for ASRock or AMD so I can give you
my opinion having watched the AM5 situation from the beginning. If no manufacturer
is answering the question to anyone's satisfaction it's almost always the vendor
that is the cause. In this case that vendor is AMD. The "issue" is nothing more
than a slightly higher failure rate on 9000 series CPUs than has historically been
considered normal. To be perfectly honest, I am not surprised at all. We are really
pushing up against the limits of what is possible with current architectures.
As a result, die complexity, fabrication node size and frequency goals make failed
CPUs far more likely, particularly but not restricted to early batches.

The reason ASRock did not request that you RMA your board is because the board
isn't the issue. Yes, initially ASRock had more failures on their boards than
other brands but that was not due to a quality issue or defect. They had optimized
their boards to extract maximum performance from the 7000 series and some of those
optimizations were problematic with the 9000 series. It took a few rounds of BIOS
updates to locate and address the issue. Things were not helped by the fact that
so many people started to point fingers at ASRock and insist that ASRock had a
major issue with AM5 and the 9000 series. Every possible failure (regardless of
relevancy) was posted on redit by the angry mob. Having watched the r/ASRock
redit from the beginning I saw this trend for myself. User error, people refusing
to admit that they had not updated their BIOS before failure because they didn't
want to be called stupid (I can understand this, redit can be brutal) etc.
At this point failures have more or less normalized across all brands. The 9000
series does not last as long as previous generations because it is pushed much
harder than the 7000 series was on almost the same architecture.

To cut a very long and somewhat speculative story short, AMD has been very good
with accepting RMA requests. I would go ahead and RMA your marginal CPU while
it is still possible to do so. The fact that the "LN2 mode" "fixes" the issue
means your IMC (integrated memory controller) on your CPU is defective, it probably
was from the factory and has only worsened since starting to use it. CPU failures
are not new, they happen with every generation with increasing frequency as CPUs
get more advanced/complicated. RMA exists for this exact reason. Failure rates
are still officially within standard limits last I checked. Around 2.5% which
is on par with intel's latest offerings. 2.5% of millions of CPUs is still a lot
of failures however. That said, the odds are very low that you would receive
a bad replacement CPU. Most often the CPUs sent out from RMA requests have been
better tested than the ones found on store shelves.

I hope this answers your questions and helps ease your mind somewhat.

Good luck with the RMA ]]> Sun, 20 Sep 2026 21:05:36 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=113584&PID=202046&title=x870e-nova-wifi-00-03-issue#202046 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=113584&PID=202043&title=x870e-nova-wifi-00-03-issue#202043 Author: RinDman
Subject: 113584
Posted: 20 Sep 2026 at 7:54pm

Hi, I have issues with my X870E Nova Wifi, I can only bypass cold boot error 03/resume from S3 error 00 with LN2 mode, on both JEDEC (cmos reset) or EXPO

Only LN2 fix everthing ...

Asrock EU support recommended a CPU RMA, but didn't even bother to ask taking my board to be analyzed for RMA, the CPU batch is CF 2510 PGE ... Where is the real problem ? On the CPU ? The board itself ? Or poor AGESA from AMD ?

The support said the problem is unlikely to happen again, but I'm very sceptical about that ...

Regards]]> Sun, 20 Sep 2026 19:54:46 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=113584&PID=202043&title=x870e-nova-wifi-00-03-issue#202043