Those improbable new Ryzen 7000X3D chips and their accompanying AM5 motherboards have had some teething troubles with burning {hardware}, as Gamers Nexus lined in a series of scathing investigations. Not sufficient to set off a full recall, however sufficient for Asus and different producers to problem firmware putting additional restrictions on overclocking.

The approach Asus dealt with the problem earned explicit ire, with PC fans taking the corporate to process after Gamers Nexus printed a video titled “Scumbag Asus: Overvolting CPUs & Screwing the Customer.” The GN report additionally prompted high-profile YouTuber JayzTwoCents to publicly end his Asus sponsorship deal.

Now the corporate is doing injury management. To ease the minds of potential clients, Asus now says its AM5 motherboard guarantee protection now extends to all beta BIOS updates (that are wanted to repair the underlying points with burning chips) and all user-accessible reminiscence overclocking configurations, like Intel XMP and AMD Expo. Previously within the saga, Asus indicated that utilizing these essential beta BIOSes or activating reminiscence overclocking would void your guarantee, as lined within the lengthy, however thorough Gamers Nexus video above.

Yesterday Asus posted an replace to its official news site (noticed by PC Gamer) with the next message:

We want to reassure our clients that each beta and totally validated BIOS updates for ASUS AM5 motherboards are lined by the unique producer’s guarantee. We would additionally like to verify the next factors: The ASUS AM5 motherboard guarantee additionally covers all AMD EXPO, Intel XMP, and DOCP reminiscence configurations. All latest BIOS updates comply with the newest AMD voltage pointers for AMD Ryzen 7000 sequence processors.

Translation: so long as you’re not making an attempt to load customized motherboard firmware (which ought to be all but impossible) or break the BIOS/UEFI configuration software to entry voltage settings past what’s obtainable to customers, your guarantee remains to be legitimate. Which means Asus will exchange your dear AM5 board (although not essentially your processor) if it, only for an instance, catches fireplace.

So yeah, when you’ve got an Asus AM5 motherboard, and particularly when you’ve got a brand new 7000X3D processor, get your updates in.