boem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoAMD's New Threadripper Chips Have a Hidden Fuse That Blows When Overclocking Is Enabledwww.extremetech.comexternal-linkmessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up1182arrow-down112
arrow-up1170arrow-down1external-linkAMD's New Threadripper Chips Have a Hidden Fuse That Blows When Overclocking Is Enabledwww.extremetech.comboem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square27fedilink
minus-squareTheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·8 months agoNot a new thing, some motherboards even do this.
minus-squaremerthyr1831@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 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