Over the past several months, the number of users reporting problems with their AMD Ryzen 9000 Series processors while paired ASRock motherboards has continued to grow. The issue has become so prevalent that the topic now dominates the board partner’s subreddit via multiple posts. Thankfully, it seems that a few tweaks courtesy of BIOS updates should put this dilemma to rest.
Examining the problems in more detail, it seems that Ryzen 9000 Series processors are perishing while running in ASRock motherboards. Users detail their systems are unable to boot, reporting ’00’ error codes from their board’s LED display which denotes abnormalities with the CPU. While it’s easy to point the blame at the processor, the common denominator in this case is the motherboard.
Word of a solution comes from YouTuber Tech Yes City, who allegedly spoke to ASRock during Computex 2025. Highlighting these problems to the company, it explained their root causes and confidently described them as fixed.
According to Tech Yes City, the reason ASRock motherboards and Ryzen 9000 Series CPUs weren’t playing nice comes down to Precision Boot Overdrive (PBO). More specifically, the settings for PBO were too aggressive and beyond what the processors could handle.
The company highlights that this issue was only prevalent on higher-end chipsets, such as X870E. It explains that motherboards rocking A620 or other lower-end options naturally have less intense PBO configurations and so aren’t prone to this problem.
ASRock has now published BIOS version 3.25, which aims to “optimize PBO settings.” With this patch applied, motherboards such as X870E Taichi Lite and more should run Ryzen 9000 Series chips without any risk to the processor’s health.
Curiously, there are reports of users still experiencing problems despite upgrading to this new BIOS. Posts on the ASRock subreddit primarily concern Ryzen 7 9800X3D, but there are some stories from owners of other CPUs such as Ryzen 9 9950X3D.
It’s important to note that ASRock hasn’t officially commented on this problem. I have contacted the company and will update this piece with any statements it provides in due course.
If you are unfortunate enough to experience similar issues, make sure to contact ASRock and/or AMD and exercise your warranty accordingly. In the meantime, the best course of action you can take is to update your motherboard’s BIOS. To kickstart the process, visit the support page of your model on ASRock’s website.
Make sure to follow Club386 on Google News to follow the latest developments on this story and all things tech.
