boem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoAMD's New Threadripper Chips Have a Hidden Fuse That Blows When Overclocking Is Enabledwww.extremetech.comexternal-linkmessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up1180arrow-down112cross-posted to: hackernews@derp.foo
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minus-squareTheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·11 months agoNot a new thing, some motherboards even do this.
minus-squaremerthyr1831@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoThe Nintendo switch and probably other consoles also use fuses to stop you from downgrading major firmware versions. There’s just a massive bank of fuses on the mainboard that blow when you upgrade
Not a new thing, some motherboards even do this.
The Nintendo switch and probably other consoles also use fuses to stop you from downgrading major firmware versions. There’s just a massive bank of fuses on the mainboard that blow when you upgrade