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Re:Modern CPUs have a backstage cast by sebazzz on Tuesday May 30, 2023 @03:42PM (#36129588)
And also born out necessity, given that many Intel and AMD boards can't be booted with a too new CPU if the BIOS doesn't know about it - not even for flashing a new BIOS - so you needed to borrow an old CPU just for the sake of upgrading the BIOS.
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Re:Modern CPUs have a backstage cast by ls612 on Tuesday May 30, 2023 @04:50PM (#36130563)
It was originally to solve the issue where if you lost power flashing your bios you’d brick the system irrevocably. Now even if the bios is corrupt and the system won’t boot you can reflash a known good firmware with stock settings to get back up and running.
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