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
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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?
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?