Shane Hathaway wrote: > For this purpose, a CPU is a lot like a light bulb. I have a lamp with > a warning sticker that says "100 watts max". If I install a 150 watt > light bulb in the lamp, it will certainly work, but the risk of > overheating would be high. > > So the new BIOS now has a big warning sticker. If you're unlucky, > you'll fry a capacitor or chip. Thanks for the explanation. However, it's a little bit more of a warning sticker. It's a warning sticker that then proceeds to power my system down in 5 seconds immediately after POST, without exception. I did have a lower wattage CPU of the same socket type in another comp, so at least I can have a working computer until I buy a new processor. The corollary is that I *did* use that higher wattage CPU on that mobo for over a year with heavy uses (games, movies, etc).
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