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I Broke This CPU on Purpose... Let me Explain - Lenovo ThinkCenter Locked-down CPU

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We got a Lenovo ThinkCenter that will lock down any CPU installed in it.. we think. The information is very poor so we need to try it for ourselves.

Watch ServeTheHome's video on PSB: https://youtu.be/KAVlHy05XzM

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CHAPTERS
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0:00 Intro
1:07 SmartDeploy
1:20 Bent Pin Repair
1:53 Is our Ryzen 5 5650G locked down?
3:35 Do only Pro CPUs get locked down?
4:50 What is PSB?
7:00 Will our Ryzen 5 5600G get locked?
8:11 Is there a way to reverse PSB?
9:56 Why we're mad at Lenovo
11:38 Graphus
12:12 Outro

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