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AMD says overclocking blows a hidden fuse on Ryzen Threadripper 7000 to show if you've overclocked the chip, but it doesn't automatically void your CPU's warranty (www.tomshardware.com)
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AMD says overclocking blows a hidden fuse on Ryzen Threadripper 7000 to show if you've overclocked the chip, but it doesn't automatically void your CPU's warranty::AMD explains the hidden fuses behind Ryzen Threadripper 7000 processors and how it will handle warranty claims.

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[–] realharo@lemm.ee 40 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

It's just like a car having an odometer. This would come in handy when buying second-hand, remember all the uncertainty about the condition of used GPUs?

(That is assuming they make the state user-readable though.)

[–] Rubanski@lemm.ee 14 points 11 months ago

That's actually a nice idea, if it's, as you said, user readable in eg. CPU-Z

[–] MaxVoltage@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

this should be industry norm there is way too many bad users