Allen
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Joined: Oct 1999
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Ohio USA
Pretty much what I wrote just above -- no motherboards for all of us with Ryzen CPUs on our workbench.
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Channel Check: Ryzen CPU Supply Holding Strong – AM4 Motherboards Facing Severe Supply Shortage
..Enthusiasts around the world, however, will have to wait a bit as it would seem that while AMD had correctly anticipated the high demand, Add-In-Board partners weren’t able to provide a big enough initial production volume to meet initial demand...
..At the time of writing this report, Ryzen sales are being severely bottle-necked by an almost complete blackout of AM4 motherboards. AMD AM4 motherboards are produced by Add-in-Board partners and not only did they err-ed on the side of caution and underestimate demand, there are reports of problematic bios plaguing the early samples...