TL;DR: A Reddit user reported a burned AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor and AM5 socket, likely due to installation error. The user experienced "00" postcodes, and ...

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If you recently upgraded or changed your CPU, and your Windows 11/10 computer is not booting up, then this post will help you fix the problem. Before we start, let’s look at the possible reasons for ...

However, when counting the pins, you will realize that the 2011, 2011-1 and 2011-3 actually have different pin counts. As far as I understand, all these sockets fit physically with the CPUs, i.e. you ...