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TLDR New AI "accidently" hacks website Looks like I'm gonna need a new hobby...................Hack the Planet! https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-10/ai-assistant-hacks-gym-website-aus-cyber-attack/107007986

Here's a crazy odd problem for ya courtesy of Asrock.... So remember that Asrock board that refused to boot with the $237.50 combo with the 7500X3D from MC? On the last return day to MC, I decided to roll the dice and keep it and see if it or even potentially the 7500X3D was truly defective or some other issue. I considered it a sub $250 fun project plus I didn't want to have to burn another $15-20 in gas.... I had ordered the B850i Phantom ITX from Asrock (<== major clue) and it wouldn't boot either. Swapped three different CPUs (9800X3D, 8400f, 7500X3D) and four different kits of memory. Same no post issues. Odds of two faulty motherboards is slim to none. Common denominator was Asrock. Had that HP Omen 35L HP sent me a few months back on the shelf (8400f, 5060, 16GB Rage memory, 500w PSU....such power) so I decided to open it up to use as a test bed in this "why won't Asrock work?" fiasco and of course everything works in there. 9800X3D? Sure. 8400f? Yep. 7500X3D? You betcha. KingBank memory? Boots right up no problem right along with all my other sticks. Did some googlin' and..... Issue turned out to be my KingBank 2x24GB sticks which I found out are known to have timing issues with Asrock boards even at Jedec. But wait, there's more. Testing those sticks first every time would load in the problematic timings and basically somehow wreck all the subsequent sticks I would test to the point I couldn't even blind flash the bios update on the B850i. Everything had to be completely reset/reseat and you could not start with the KingBank sticks or the same vicious "doesn't matter what sticks you put in here now, I'm not working" cycle would start again....even a single stick wouldn't boot. If I start with a known, working stick of memory and boot but then power down and install the KingBank sticks it won't work but I can at least go back to another set of sticks and they will eventually boot. It is only when I install a new/different CPU and start first with the KingBank sticks that everything goes to poo. This is with both boards running the newest 4.43 bios from Asrock.... Here is one chap with the problem, others who knew about it and Asrock offering a beta bios to fix the issue at least for his Nova board: I'm still testing and retesting to lock it down but either way, I won't be using the KingBank sticks in the Asrock boards. I'm going to swap out my TG 2x24GB 8200 sticks in my main rig and put the KingBanks in there even if they are overall inferior. If I can really lock this down and have total confidence in the MC combo for my C26 portable build, I'll send back the B850i, but we'll see as testing continues.....

Editing the attached P5200 vBIOS with v1.34 of your tool isn't getting me an overclock. If I overclock vram, the 1.5V speed bin gets ignored and it runs at the 6ghz 1.35V speed bin. Raising the core limit over 1708 is also ignored. Currently I'm trying to set 8GHz on the ram. I am using the #2 memory strap setting on the card instead of #0 like every other P5200 in existence. idk if that matters for vbios vram overclocks. p5200_dell.rom p5200_8000_2.bin

No one helps where I live. They say they only repair certified brands, like what the heck. I hope it's a CPU issue. An "ebay" repair job is like 300-400€ lol and we aren't sure if they can repair. I'll try and see if one of my connections knows someone for repairs

I think you should have it checked by a specialist who can repair motherboards; you might not need to replace the motherboard after all.

Here is a few pics of the 4k 120hz screen in my Area51m!! https://imgur.com/a/rZglacU

@zerokool How did you menage to push your 18 Screen to 120hz?

@Mr. Fox @electrosoft New Asus BIOS out with "Pure" ME and updated Microcodes to 122. I'm not jumping in just yet, will wait and see any reports. I like the way my rig is running now TBH. https://rog.asus.com/motherboards/rog-maximus/rog-maximus-z890-apex/helpdesk_bios/

Very nice! Chip looks to be a banger! When running on that edge, those little segues into instability from what was previously stable are frustrating. If I can't do at least 8000 I would stick with 6000 super tight (or as close as I could get to 2200/6600) but that's just me. 🙂 I keep a 140mm fan on my memory too but even with that at 8000+, temps are an issue in my AC cooled room hence contemplating a CPU/MEM loop. I know I would be paranoid about water dripping on my GPU and would most likely get a vertical riser kit so if water were to suddenly leak it would miss the GPU... Hey, at least the 12vfail is running nicely!

I'll test the RTX 4090 MXM on the Clevo X170 when I'll get the heatsink for it. The 4090 works great on the Clevo P775TM1 with the custom heatsink. Great temps with my backlight mod v2

I'll buy an i7 10700K since it's an 8 cores CPU. If dual channel doesn't work then the motherboard is dead. I hope it's not the case. The motherboard costs more than the I9. Dead motherboard: It means that the ram traces are probably broken or a faulty PCH. I didn't see any suspicious liquid damage on the board CPU: It means the DRAM controller is dead.

Maybe you make test

So the motherboard is dead?

I have the 170cm model as well. It’s equipped with an i9-10900K CPU, 32GB of RAM, and an RTX 3080 GPU. I haven't encountered an issue like this. The latest XMG BIOS version is installed. Your RAM slots might be faulty; either slot 3 or 4—or both—could be the problem.

you win some, you lose some: GPU cable keeping steady, still at +/-10% max. current imbalance, roughly equating to 1-1.3A, very happy with that. but now suddenly my machine kept crashing during RE9 Requiem gameplay, sudden black screen followed by a reboot, not BSOD, no warning, no freezing, nothing, just instant reboot. had a hunch so i ran TM5 and voila: the RAM started getting unstable! currently retuning the timings while keeping the speed at 7600. not sure if this is silicon degradation or rather the current heatwave. ambient temps are reaching 28-30C in my little gaming corner in the living room, thus pushing the RAM to the upper 50s during gameplay (remember: this is with RGB switched off and a 140mm fan pointing directly towards them). in any case, back to RAM tuning ugh....altho not much in the mood, crazily enjoying my gaming phase 😄 ill just do it on the side, one timing a day i guess.... 😛 at least i found the culprit quickly and can go back to stable gaming without reboots 🙂

So single channel works in slot 1 and 2. When I try single channel for slot 3 or 4. It doesn't boot. CPU socket pins, everything looks clean. Nothing is broken or missing. Used an air blower and a brush to clean the socket, still the dual channel doesn't work. Is that a motherboard issue or a CPU issue?

Hello. I'll try with another CPU. Like the 10100F. I have a none bent socket. Found one CPU locally for 35 after taxes

The processor's memory controller might be faulty, or there could be an issue with one of the RAM slots.

Can you send me a link to your backlight mod v.2 please ? I believe this Is your concept , Yes?

OK... The decapitation was painless and the thermal improvement was even greater than my other 270K Plus (which was about 15°C). Using the same BIOS settings, more than 20°C cooler in Cinebench R23 versus stock solder and IHS. The IPC uplift with 270K Plus over 14th Gen Intel and AMD's finest is pretty insane. (Captured in the CPU-Z benchmark.)

Thanks! How to run this in SG (Optimus)?

I try this with 2 slots (1 and 2) in single: 1x8GB (2666MHz) works at 2133Mhz, boots to OS 2x8GB (2666MHz) works at 2133MHz, boots to OS 16GB (3200MHz) + 8GB (2666MHz) works at 2133MHz, boots to OS 2x16GB (3200MHz) doesn't work, no boot. 1x16 (3200MHz), doesn't work, no boot. Anything in dual channel, no boot. All the RAM sticks get hot in the touch, so they are getting powered. Is that a CPU problem?

forgot to mention i had to elongate a bit on the holes on the delta to able to screw in the bolt near the fan connector.

I tryout a experiment 4 years ago with a dell m6700 cpu first avc fan then delta fan for my m6600 but i forgot to do the "see the different temps after sacrificing the m6600 cpu fan connector" before do this mod😅, what i remember at that time the fan able to go 100% fan speed at time of how high the fans can go. it able to turn on and off normally. now currently the fan hasn't gone up 100% as I now I'm using a different thermal paste gc-extreme and not the mx 4, and put thermal pad to send some of the heat from cpu to the palm rest. i haven't post about this mod cause i didn't have proper test results and its currently using optimus with p4000 cause the amd m6100 gave up so temp are different vs the time i was testing it. the cpu is i7-2760qm. if possible if the fan can fit and the holes align on your m4600 if u want to trying out the experiment on m4600 but there risk if not done right. as i wasn't using m6600 as my main laptop. i was able to solder the cables to the position where the delta fans old cables suppose to as the delta cables had color marking nearing the solder pads for which cables go to where. If u do try it make sure the fan can turn on n off/lower the fan rpm as my first test on the delta fan i had to go adjust the solder of the cable to able to turn off/sends commands to lower the rpm properly when the temps goes down enough.

You're absolutely right CO can definitely trash your memory OC but we also had this to a lesser degree even back to 6th gen Intel I can recall experiencing having to adjust my memory OC to reflect core OC. Had to strike that synergy between memory and cores but back then I focused on clock OC then would shape my memory OC around it. Since the advent of AM5 and especially AL, I tune memory first and lock it down then lock down a D2D core OC shaped around that. As for curve optimizing, I tend to test static OCs first to try and get an idea of what can be done fixed then work with CO around that. I started doing that when testing 5800x chips and found static and CO all tended to lead to the same place but CO gives you better per core dynamic performance and you can have your cake (all core OC) and eat it too (even higher per core boosting).