Mickey: Can a faulty CPU kill a motherboard?

Discussion in 'AMD / ATI' started by JohnnyBhoy, Jan 14, 2022.

  1. JohnnyBhoy

    JohnnyBhoy Guest

    I recently had a new 12900K build decide not to boot anymore (with a 00 Q-code and CPU led lit up on mb) and other strange behaviour (no it's not the Hero).

    I suspected it was most likely a motherboard problem, and I'm expecting a replacement soon. However I also ordered another 12900K just in case.

    Only thing is my current 12900K is an SP86, and if this new one is worse I'll be tempted to swap it out for my old one. Nervous about testing the old one though but I want to know if it works...

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