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How common is the Linux segfault problem on Ryzen now? Just reading about the horrible RMA procedure puts me off AMD unless they can clean up their terrible han
by xioxox 9y ago
How common is the Linux segfault problem on Ryzen now? Just reading about the horrible RMA procedure puts me off AMD unless they can clean up their terrible handling of this problem.
- paulmd 9y agoIt's still out there. To be clear, virtually no chips before Week 25 pass the segfault test, a large number of chips afterwards pass the segfault test. AMD clearly either upped their production standards or is binning out the worst chips. But there is still a baseline of chips failing. Some reported instances: https://community.amd.com/thread/215773?start=1635&tstart=0 https://community.amd.com/thread/215773?start=1635&tstart=0 (user jcoiner, 1726PGT) https://community.amd.com/thread/215773?start=1725&tstart=0 https://community.amd.com/thread/215773?start=1725&tstart=0 (user scorpio810, 2x 1728SUS) https://community.amd.com/thread/215773?start=1770&tstart=0 https://community.amd.com/thread/215773?start=1770&tstart=0 (user ryzlin, 1733PGT) https://community.amd.com/thread/215773?start=1785&tstart=0 https://community.amd.com/thread/215773?start=1785&tstart=0 (user flyinryzen1700, 1737SUS) https://community.amd.com/thread/215773?start=1830&tstart=0 https://community.amd.com/thread/215773?start=1830&tstart=0 (user skimba 1725PGT, user xtronom 1728PGT) https://community.amd.com/thread/215773?start=1860&tstart=0 https://community.amd.com/thread/215773?start=1860&tstart=0 (user jc_yang, 1742SUS) https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/76q7ne/got_a_defective_ryzen_7_1700_on_rma_process/dofye3u/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/76q7ne/got_a_defective... (user grosbof 1733SUS) https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/7ar15o/psa_amazon_is_still_selling_preweek_25_ryzens/dpc5iue/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/7ar15o/psa_amazon_is_s... (user triplesal, 1733PGS) https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/7ar15o/psa_amazon_is_still_selling_preweek_25_ryzens/dpcrkv0/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/7ar15o/psa_amazon_is_s... (user istockporno, 1726PGT) Presumably this is something that will be fixed in the Zen+ stepping/Pinnacle Ridge (Ryzen 2 - not to be confused with Zen2, which will release in 2019?, likely as the Ryzen 3 series). But for the meantime, be aware that you are absolutely buying silicon with known issues and that you should test it and RMA if necessary, and that there is fixed silicon coming within a couple months here that will probably run significantly faster due to process improvements.