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23I would say yes to all those things, though it would not be trivial. Have you read about stuxnet -- arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/07/…– NateCommented Jul 22, 2011 at 16:57
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1possible duplicate of Can a virus melt the CPU?– dmckee --- ex-moderator kittenCommented Jul 22, 2011 at 18:34
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1IBM's Black Team: penzba.co.uk/GreybeardStories/TheBlackTeam.html– jftugaCommented Jul 22, 2011 at 19:31
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4My friend had a Magnavox CRT monitor that when set to 1280 x 1024 would die in a poof of smoke. He accidentally did this to a couple of monitors, fortunately it was still under warranty.– Jack B NimbleCommented Jul 22, 2011 at 20:23
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2@dmckee I would argue that this is not an exact duplicate because it's somewhat more general - not about melting the CPU specifically, but just about how software can cause any physical damage.– nhinkleCommented Jul 23, 2011 at 3:02
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