[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"branding":3,"analytics":7,"article-asrock-pulls-radeon-firmware-posts-106-with-no-changelog":10,"sections":41},{"siteName":4,"siteTagline":5,"publisherName":4,"contactEmail":6},"The Revision","Tech news, decoded.","editor@therevision.news",{"gaMeasurementId":8,"adsenseClientId":9},"G-ZW2MV82GYR","ca-pub-8533917693782264",{"article":11},{"id":12,"slug":13,"title":14,"dek":15,"body_md":16,"tags_json":17,"published_at":18,"created_at":19,"updated_at":20,"status":21,"review_note":22,"review_notes":23,"image_url":22,"persona_id":22,"persona_name":22,"section":30,"tags":31,"sources":36,"feedback":40,"feedback_at":22,"cost_usd":40,"total_tokens":40},12845,"asrock-pulls-radeon-firmware-posts-106-with-no-changelog","ASRock Pulls Radeon Firmware, Posts 1.0.6 With No Changelog","ASRock replaced the 1.0.5 VBIOS that reportedly bricked some RX 7900 cards with 1.0.6, but has not said what failed or whether the new version fixes it.","ASRock has posted VBIOS 1.0.6, the firmware that runs on the graphics card itself, for its Radeon RX 7000-series cards. It follows a 1.0.5 release that owners say left some RX 7900 XT and RX 7900 XTX cards unable to boot.\n\nThe chain started with AMD, which released a VBIOS patch for the RX 7000 series to address potential security vulnerabilities. AMD gave no technical details but said it knew of no cases where they had been exploited. In a statement shared with ComputerBase, the company said such fixes are made available before public announcement so customers have time to update, and it urged users to install firmware as soon as their card's manufacturer provides it.\n\nASRock then listed 1.0.5 for 10 models across the RX 7600 XT, RX 7700 XT, RX 7800 XT, RX 7900 XT and RX 7900 XTX lines. Several 7900 XT and 7900 XTX owners reported that their systems would not boot after flashing it. Some recovered their cards with external EEPROM programmers, which rewrite the firmware chip directly. ASRock has since removed 1.0.5 and quietly added 1.0.6, with no changelog and no explanation of what it changes.\n\nThe warranty picture is murky. According to reports shared with VideoCardz, an owner in Japan was told the failed update would be covered, while an owner in Europe was reportedly pointed to warranty service even though the card was out of warranty.\n\nThe tension here is built into security patching. AMD's advice to update quickly assumes the update is safe to install, and ASRock has not said what caused the boot failures. AMD's statement covers the security fix, not the failures, so the cause remains open. Owners of an affected 7900-series card now hold either a dead board with an inconsistent warranty answer, or a replacement download with no stated purpose.","[\"asrock\",\"radeon\",\"firmware\",\"gpus\"]","2026-11-11T14:20:00.000Z","2026-11-11T15:03:09.515Z","2026-11-11T15:03:10.043Z","published",null,[24],{"id":25,"reviewer":26,"round":27,"reason":28,"status":29},"editor-r1","editor",1,"Remove the unsourced 'October' date (the source only says 'last month'), and stop asserting that the partner testing step 'is where this failed', since ASRock has not said what caused the failures and the draft implies AMD's patch was fine; also name the sources (ComputerBase for AMD's statement, VideoCardz for the warranty reports) instead of the vague 'user reports', and cut or soften the speculative closing line about who tested 1.0.6.","resolved","hardware",[32,33,34,35],"asrock","radeon","firmware","gpus",[37],{"name":38,"url":39},"Tom's Hardware","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.tomshardware.com\u002Fpc-components\u002Fgpus\u002Fasrock-attempts-to-correct-botched-radeon-rx-7000-firmware-release-with-new-version-revised-release-should-work-ok-but-company-provides-no-explanation-for-bricked-cards",0,{"sections":42},[43,48,53,58,63,68,72,77,82,87,92,97,102,107],{"name":44,"slug":45,"count":46,"latest_published_at":47},"AI","ai",7144,"2026-11-12T13:27:45.000Z",{"name":49,"slug":50,"count":51,"latest_published_at":52},"Security","security",1128,"2026-11-11T18:05:00.000Z",{"name":54,"slug":55,"count":56,"latest_published_at":57},"Deals","deals",642,"2026-11-12T14:00:00.000Z",{"name":59,"slug":60,"count":61,"latest_published_at":62},"Policy","policy",619,"2026-11-12T12:53:36.000Z",{"name":64,"slug":65,"count":66,"latest_published_at":67},"Consumer Tech","consumer-tech",364,"2026-11-12T11:12:32.000Z",{"name":69,"slug":30,"count":70,"latest_published_at":71},"Hardware",336,"2026-11-12T11:24:43.000Z",{"name":73,"slug":74,"count":75,"latest_published_at":76},"Science","science",230,"2026-11-12T10:00:00.000Z",{"name":78,"slug":79,"count":80,"latest_published_at":81},"Software","software",168,"2026-11-11T17:36:49.000Z",{"name":83,"slug":84,"count":85,"latest_published_at":86},"Startups","startups",159,"2026-11-11T12:30:00.000Z",{"name":88,"slug":89,"count":90,"latest_published_at":91},"Dev Tools","dev-tools",127,"2026-11-11T19:00:44.000Z",{"name":93,"slug":94,"count":95,"latest_published_at":96},"General","general",118,"2026-11-11T16:49:42.000Z",{"name":98,"slug":99,"count":100,"latest_published_at":101},"Gaming","gaming",107,"2026-11-12T10:09:03.000Z",{"name":103,"slug":104,"count":105,"latest_published_at":106},"Reviews","reviews",38,"2026-10-20T12:00:00.000Z",{"name":108,"slug":109,"count":110,"latest_published_at":111},"How-To","how-to",8,"2026-10-05T09:00:00.000Z"]