The Truth About AMD’s CPU Failures: X-Ray, Electron Microscope, & Ryzen Burns

Sponsor: Warframe - use code DUVIRI-TAL for extra unlocks This is our Failure Analysis report of the AMD Ryzen 7800X3D CPUs that exploded on our test benches -- some as a result of over-current, some as a result of degradation leading to failure. We worked with an external Failure Analysis Lab to evaluate the result of AMD 7800X3D CPUs getting too much voltage (VSOC especially) and likely too much current, especially in scenarios where ASUS OCP fails to do anything useful. This complements our prior Root Cause Analysis we performed in part 1, linked below, and uses a scanning electron microscope, C-mode scanning acoustic microscopy, and more to investigate a burned CPU that came out of an ASUS board. GRAB THE GN 15-YEAR ANNIVERSARY LIMITED EDITION T-SHIRT to support our work directly! That’s what has enabled us to go this failure analysis path over the years! Thank you! WATCH PART ONE: Like our content? Please consider becoming our Patron to support us: RELATED PRODUCTS [Affiliate Links] AMD R7 7800X3D on Amazon: Fire extinguisher on Amazon: APC 1500VA UPS on Amazon: AMD R7 5800X3D on Amazon: Intel i9-13900K on Amazon: Intel i5-13600K on Amazon: TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Failure Tests 01:57 - Root Cause & Failure Analysis 03:28 - Why We Work with a Lab 04:35 - What We Have 05:01 - External Physical Inspection 06:25 - Scanning Acoustic Microscopy 09:20 - X-Ray Analysis: 2D Scan 10:22 - 3D CT Scan 11:36 - High Magnification Microscopy 12:59 - Energy Dispersive X-Ray 14:17 - Cross-Sectioning the CPU 18:01 - CRAZY Scanning Electron Microscope Xsec 20:34 - Conclusion of Failure Cause Correction: 06:59 Should read kV, not KHz ** Please like, comment, and subscribe for more! ** Links to Amazon and Newegg are typically monetized on our channel (affiliate links) and may return a commission of sales to us from the retailer. This is unrelated to the product manufacturer. Any advertisements or sponsorships are disclosed within the video (“this video is brought to you by“) and above the fold in the description. We do not ever produce paid content or “sponsored content“ (meaning that the content is our idea and is not funded externally aside from whatever ad placement is in the beginning) and we do not ever charge manufacturers for coverage. Follow us in these locations for more gaming and hardware updates: t: f: w: Writing, Host: Steve Burke Writing: Patrick Lathan Video: Mike Gaglione Video: Vitalii Makhnovets