9800x3d + x870E Nova – error "00" does not boot

Update 2025-01-29: Got my hands on another 9800x3d and the system booted just fine. Looks like some of these CPU's are defective somehow. No visible damage on the unit. Already in the process of sending to AMD for RMA. Hopefully they get me a replacement with no complaints.

I updated my bios to 3.18 the other day. Everything went fine, was booted into Windows and playing games on it for hours. System booted 3 or 4 times since the bios update no crashes or apparent instability.

Last night before I went to bed the system hard froze I had to flip the PSU off. When I tried to boot I just get 00 code. Attempted to flashback to 3.10 (original bios) which seemed to be successful, but still 00 code.

I'm assuming my CPU is dead from similar reports here. Will be trying to order another to put in and confirm the issue...