I built a gaming PC for my son, and it kept having issues where it wouldn't boot. The solution each time was to remove and reinstall the CPU, it would then work for a while - weeks to months - and ...

ASRock claims that the reason some owners of its 800-series motherboards have found their new PCs unable to boot, or even damaging their CPUs, is because of debris in the socket. Reportedly, after ...

TL;DR: A Reddit user reported a burned AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor and AM5 socket, likely due to installation error. The user experienced "00" postcodes, and ...

Leaked plans for Intel’s upcoming LGA1700 socket show a radical departure from the design the company has used for the past several generations. The new V0 socket design isn’t compatible with ...

In case you haven't heard, extreme overclockers have found frustration with Intel's latest LGA socket and it's ILM (Integrated Loading Mechanism) because it bends the CPUs ever-so-slightly, creating ...