boem@lemmy.worldcake to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoAMD's New Threadripper Chips Have a Hidden Fuse That Blows When Overclocking Is Enabledwww.extremetech.comexternal-linkmessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up1180arrow-down111cross-posted to: hackernews@derp.foo
arrow-up1169arrow-down1external-linkAMD's New Threadripper Chips Have a Hidden Fuse That Blows When Overclocking Is Enabledwww.extremetech.comboem@lemmy.worldcake to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square28fedilinkcross-posted to: hackernews@derp.foo
minus-squareTheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·7 months agoNot a new thing, some motherboards even do this.
minus-squaremerthyr1831@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 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
minus-squareTheChargedCreeper864linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoWait, so there’s a finite amount of Switch updates that can be done? How does that work?
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
Wait, so there’s a finite amount of Switch updates that can be done? How does that work?