A redditor by the name of “TrumpPooPoosPants” has shared an image of an AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor and MSI MAG X870 TOMAHAWK WIFI motherboard that they recently ruined. Some believe that this was simply a case of user error, while others are blaming MSI for what they say could have been a defect in the socket. Gamers Nexus’ Steve Burke has offered to buy the CPU so he can launch an investigation into what caused the damage to the $479 chip with 3D V-Cache.
It looks like what happened was that when locking the ILM, it sprung back on the first try and caused the CPU to shift ever so slightly in the socket, pictured is the evidence of that. The person didn’t notice that fact, and tried locking the ILM a second time, by force, which crushed the socket’s bottom key and parts of the frame, and slightly damaged the bottom of the CPU’s interposer. After locking it this way by force, the PC was turned on, shorting the power pins in the middle of the socket with things they shouldn’t touch and… the rest is history 🙂