BEWARE: Latest Gigabyte X370 Motherboard BIOS Can Permanently Damage AMD Ryzen CPUs, Sets Voltage Up To 1.7V
http://wccftech.com/amd-ryzen-cpu-gigabyte-x370-damage-burning-bios-update/
AMD and their partners are issuing new software and BIOS updates to fine tune Ryzen CPUs and X370 motherboards on weekly basis. The new updates provide performance increases and overall stability for the platform however one such update from Gigabyte may cause permanent damage to your Ryzen CPU.
Gigabyte posted a new BIOS on their support page for the X370 Gaming K7 and X370 Gaming K5. The specific BIOS versions are F5 for the Gaming K7 and F7 for the Gaming K5. Now according to Gigabyte themselves, the BIOS should deliver optimal performance but that’s not the case at all.