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my cousin's build fail...still workin'

Wiff
By Wiff
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lol....My  cousin has built a  pc and first didnt notice that he has put an AM3+ CPU on an AM3 motherboard, but the pc works just fine doe, I dont know what I should say about that doe

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probably becuase the pins that are actually used are the same. i know chips dont often use all their pins and different pins are for different applications.

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Not sure if that's healty on long therm use.

Bye LTT. That was an interesting journey on this board. At least here you see how not to do it. I'll go shaking my head about this place.

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Huh... I didnt think that would work at all. I'm as surprised as you op.

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Huh... I didnt think that would work at all. I'm as surprised as you op.

jup..

 

Not sure if that's healty on long therm use.

he already has that pc for a while and he told me that he hasnt encountered any problems yet

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Impressive but not logical :)

Bye LTT. That was an interesting journey on this board. At least here you see how not to do it. I'll go shaking my head about this place.

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Holy crap! Oh no, if my friend sees this thread he'll believe that any CPU can go with any mobo!

 

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Holy crap! Oh no, if my friend sees this thread he'll believe that any CPU can go with any mobo!

I think FM2+ on am1 could work doe :)

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He is a strong, independent cousin, and he don't need no land ground array telling him what he can and can't do.

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He is a strong, independent cousin, and he don't need no land ground array telling him what he can and can't do.

jup

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