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AMD's New Threadripper Chips Have a Hidden Fuse That Blows When Overclocking Is Enabled (www.extremetech.com)
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[โ€“] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Not a new thing, some motherboards even do this.

[โ€“] merthyr1831@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

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