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    tommo1982 replied to the thread News Google may be forced to sell its Chrome browser due to monopoly complaints — potential $20 billion sale if approved by a judge.

    I agree with Google on one thing. Chrome is essential to its ecosystem, the same Safari is for Apple. Separating it from Google is...

    Tuesday at 12:20 PM
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    tommo1982 reacted to YSCCC's post in the thread News Two Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPUs burned out on X870 motherboards — vendor investigates the Ryzen burnout issues with Like.

    I never did that though, as it’s easy just to flip the case for easy working inside. It isn’t fun to try apply thermal paste or use a...

    Tuesday at 10:09 AM
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    tommo1982 reacted to COLGeek's post in the thread News Chinese DDR4 producers are undercutting South Korean rivals' pricing by 50% with Like.

    Since folks can't stay on topic, we'll close this thread. Thank you to those who stayed on topic.

    Tuesday at 10:08 AM
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    tommo1982 replied to the thread News Chinese DDR4 producers are undercutting South Korean rivals' pricing by 50%.

    What? Can you explain it more clerly?

    Monday at 5:46 PM
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    tommo1982 reacted to stuff and nonesense's post in the thread News Two Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPUs burned out on X870 motherboards — vendor investigates the Ryzen burnout issues with Like.

    I have done it with PGA, wouldn’t think of it when the chip isn’t held in on its own.

    Monday at 3:19 PM
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    tommo1982 replied to the thread News Two Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPUs burned out on X870 motherboards — vendor investigates the Ryzen burnout issues.

    Odd way of installing CPU. I always place the case on its side, simply to have good access, even if it's inconvenient. Too many things...

    Monday at 10:06 AM
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    tommo1982 reacted to JasonovichClone's post in the thread News Two Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPUs burned out on X870 motherboards — vendor investigates the Ryzen burnout issues with Like.

    I suspect someone probably made this point already on the thread, if so , apologies. It does seem this is all a nothing burger. The...

    Monday at 10:04 AM
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    tommo1982 replied to the thread News Chinese DDR4 producers are undercutting South Korean rivals' pricing by 50%.

    Plenty DDR4 and SSD's from chinese manufacturers in Poland. I omit those completely searching for parts. There is no such thing as good...

    Monday at 10:02 AM
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    tommo1982 replied to the thread News Two Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPUs burned out on X870 motherboards — vendor investigates the Ryzen burnout issues.

    Check the hinges, they are bent. The pressure plate was damaged during installation.

    Nov 15, 2024
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    tommo1982 reacted to Auxityne's post in the thread News Two Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPUs burned out on X870 motherboards — vendor investigates the Ryzen burnout issues with Like.

    "Could be user error!" Given that one photo shows a bent retention plate, yeah! I'd say so!

    Nov 15, 2024
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    tommo1982 replied to the thread News Two Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPUs burned out on X870 motherboards — vendor investigates the Ryzen burnout issues.

    I've seen pics of the socket from Reddit user and there is a sign of damage to it from improperly seated CPU. Another user noted, the...

    Nov 15, 2024
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    tommo1982 reacted to rluker5's post in the thread News AMD's desktop PC market share skyrockets amid Intel's Raptor Lake crashing scandal — AMD makes biggest leap in recent history with Like.

    At work we use some PCs for the same: MS Office and web based tasks, and a bunch of hardware control terminals that run off of Windows...

    Nov 8, 2024
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    tommo1982 reacted to qwertymac93's post in the thread News AMD's desktop PC market share skyrockets amid Intel's Raptor Lake crashing scandal — AMD makes biggest leap in recent history with Like.

    In what way have Intel's latest server parts leapfrogged AMD's? I think momentum in the enterprise/datacenter is a big deal and it's why...

    Nov 8, 2024
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    tommo1982 reacted to Neilbob's post in the thread News AMD's desktop PC market share skyrockets amid Intel's Raptor Lake crashing scandal — AMD makes biggest leap in recent history with Like.

    It's just Jimbojan. Jimbojan has been Jimbojan'ing almost every quarter for several years now with the exact same or similar...

    Nov 8, 2024
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    tommo1982 reacted to bit_user's post in the thread News Intel might be too big to fail — Washington policymakers are already discussing potential solutions if the chipmaker cannot recover with Like.

    pug_s was the one who originally said it "came back stronger", which is true if you don't stipulate the time period involved. Sure, I...

    Nov 6, 2024

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