That’s not good. I’ve seen it earlier today and it is concerning. I’m getting a 7800x3d and an Asus ROG motherboard next month, but now I’m rethinking my decision about the motherboard.
I heard about this vaguely. Is it confirmed to be an Asus-only issue?
Thanks for the headsup, just updated BIOS yesterday, going to ckeck now if this is already the newest version
EDIT: ■■■■, the version i installed yesterday is indeed gone, updating again right now. Thanks mate!
It’s not just Asus apparently. On the thread I posted yesterday, someone is complaining about a busted AM5 chip on an Asrock motherboard.
Edit: AM5 7700X - Album on Imgur video was pulled or expired.
It showed a 7700X damaged on an ASROCK B650 PG LIGHTING, Bios v1.18 as reported here.
I’ve heard strange things are going on with the Asus site, bios’s being deleted ect… considering the MSI hack id hold off.
Not trying to be hyperbolic just cautious
Fair enough, I just wouldn’t recommend others do the same.
Also that sounds like a bit of a stretch compared to the 5 mins you claimed 
TBD for now, but I’m a bit concerned and I will keep an eye on that.
Asrock is the Asus low cost line, so I wouldn’t completely say it’s an issue with all brands.
Asrock started as a spin off of Asustek 20+ years ago, nowadays it is a separate company, with distinct shareholders. They are no longer a subsidiary or managed in common. Their firmware are different from that of Asus. The Asrock Taichi line of products is pretty good, by the way, better than the equivalent high end Asus products in some respects.
Globally Asus has the largest market share, yet in a very competitive market like Japan, Asrock does better than Asus. Interestingly the Japanese market is very sensitive to quality and customer service.
Now there are common bits between the firmware of different companies for the same generation MBs, some base code as well as components. One of the common bits is the AGESA firmware provided by AMD.
At this moment we don’t know where the issue lies exactly. All we know is issues appeared in the past few days with Asus boards, we don’t know with certainty whether or not the Asrock complaint is related, or that it has the same root cause 
AFAIK they are all under ASUSTEK. And yeah they have pretty good products, but still Asus has the top of the line ones, like the maximus and crosshair (asrock doesn’t have anything equivalent). Also, my point is they might have something in common (not bios related) that might be problematic for both like same supplier.
Anyways, so far it seems restricted to the ASUTEK brands. It could be a coincidence yes. I will wait and see how this develops. Like the “4090 burning issu” it could be limited to faulty hardware, but limited to just a few pieces.
it would seem at best ASUS F’d
They deleted there whole bios line up to latest
Asus has been so consistently bad and now of course this, its a company that “USED” to create good products but now they just create the bare minimum to get the job done, and as everyone has seen sometimes that is not enough.
Asrock have the Taichi boards as mentionned earlier, to compete in that segment. The AM5 Taichi have a very beefy 24+2 power design (more so than the Asus Rog Crosshair Extreme 20+2) and their UEFI firmware allows for very detailed tuning.
Much appreciated in the overclocking community.
Also the Taichi boards support ECC memory, not Asus.
Asrock is not an Asus brand. It was 20 years ago, but now it is a completely separate company and has been for many years.
7800X3D max temp is 89, so you’re close.
What kind of board do you have?
I know the Taichi segment. They don’t compete with the Crosshairs and Maximus segment. They are on par with the lower tier ROG ones. I’m just talking abouts phases, mosfets etc. I’m talking about features and price points too.
About ASUSTeK, they own Asrock. They might have different managers, but still under the same umbrella. Anyways. It’s getting really off-topic. If we want to keep this subject, we should open another thread. 
My whole point was I’m thinking about changing brands. But of course not my final decision, I will keep my eyes on this until next month when I will probably get my new pc.
For the third time this is factually incorrect. While this was true 21 years ago this is NOT the case today.
I have provided a link to that effect, please read it or take a look at their Wikipedia article.
As to the Taichi line to each his own, some features are clearly better (# SATA ports, USB 3.2gen1, Power design, ECC memory) some are not (the Extreme has 2 Lans for example, the Hero has 1 more PCie x4 slot). From a quality standpoint it is up there, as shown by their market share in some markets such as Japan. It comes down to actual needs rather than market positioning. Their pricing is lower than some of the Asus ones, that’s for sure, but quality wise, they’re up there.
Back to the subject: aside from the recent issue that surfaced, the Taichi boards just like the Crosshair line are designed to let you squeeze the most performance from your 7800X3D CPU as shown here and here.
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For the last 20 odd years I’ve exclusively used MSI boards and assuming I’m still around (doubtful), for the next 20 too. I have yet to have one go bad on either me or the several I have built/repaired systems for. I cannot say the same for any other brands.
It’s the B650i Aorus ultra, it’s a mini board in the NRP200 sff case.
Was just shocked to see a game reach higher temps then cinebench r23.
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MSI make quality boards, and I love afterburner.