Released in March 1994, Socket 5 was primarily designed for second-gen Intel P5 Pentium processors. However, it was also ...

Install the CPU onto the motherboard carefully to prevent bending pins and irreparable damage. Look for a triangle indicator on the CPU and socket to align them properly for a correct installation.

Crumbs in the socket, nothing to see here. So, said ASRock last week in a blog post addressing reports of dead AMD Ryzen 9000 ...

So why are motherboards so technically irksome? It’s because as far as hardware goes there’s a lot riding on them. They have ...

A Reddit user experienced a concerning problem with AMD's best CPU, the Ryzen 9 9950X3D. The chip seems fried, and the PC won ...

Building a PC is a rewarding and fulfilling process for many tech enthusiasts and gamers, but it's important to keep tabs on all of your rig's components.

Realizing that the motherboard has the ability to have an external voltage regulator board, [Necroware] made one so that the Socket 7 board could supply more than a single voltage to the CPU- the ...

After carefully cleaning the CPU socket and removing foreign objects, the motherboard was successfully powered on without any repairs." It went on to suggest that the CPU and motherboard survived ...

This week saw a Redditor compile a list of 108 Reddit posts involving a Ryzen 7 9800X3D that died, along with 12 other Ryzen ...

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