Posted July 20, 2023
Sure, in theory i could send the MB back and switch it out with another board, maybe more luck with it... who knows. As long as they have it in storage, which is nowadays a very lucky condition. If not in storage it will take many months; better a "bad board" than no board at all, i can totally back up this view.
There is still in this case a high possibility the RAM got faulty, the BIOS is crap (because of AMDs policy regarding the 3D-CPUs) or even the CPU (very unlikely, it always was cooled well) got a failure... there is just to many odds involved, so the issue-hunting is difficult here and it can take a long time. And as long as i do not have a backup board, i will not send back anything that is at least.... somehow.... working. So backup is always the key... everywhere, but rarely affordable.
Most likely not a board issue here, i guess other stuff is scewed up; because almost impossible that both boards got EXPO issues... and all of a sudden (it was once working for a half year). I hope i find out soon what is going on here. It better do not have to be AMD, else i show no mercy to this crap.
Generally, the entire AMD CPU lineup makes much more sense to me and is way more "honest" in my mind (with full power cores, not the E-core-crap, no gamer will need any E-core ever) but it helps nothing if stuff does not work properly, at some point.
Again, at least i got all my software and games working now, so, weird enough.... i am happy but only "critically happy"; a paradox.
There is still in this case a high possibility the RAM got faulty, the BIOS is crap (because of AMDs policy regarding the 3D-CPUs) or even the CPU (very unlikely, it always was cooled well) got a failure... there is just to many odds involved, so the issue-hunting is difficult here and it can take a long time. And as long as i do not have a backup board, i will not send back anything that is at least.... somehow.... working. So backup is always the key... everywhere, but rarely affordable.
Most likely not a board issue here, i guess other stuff is scewed up; because almost impossible that both boards got EXPO issues... and all of a sudden (it was once working for a half year). I hope i find out soon what is going on here. It better do not have to be AMD, else i show no mercy to this crap.
Generally, the entire AMD CPU lineup makes much more sense to me and is way more "honest" in my mind (with full power cores, not the E-core-crap, no gamer will need any E-core ever) but it helps nothing if stuff does not work properly, at some point.
Again, at least i got all my software and games working now, so, weird enough.... i am happy but only "critically happy"; a paradox.
Post edited July 20, 2023 by Xeshra