Timeline for Can some software physically damage hardware?
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| Sep 13, 2017 at 12:58 | answer | added | braindigitalis | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jul 9, 2016 at 20:15 | answer | added | Cygon | timeline score: 0 | |
| May 8, 2016 at 11:56 | comment | added | Suici Doga | When installing Windows 8 or newer on a Sony VAIO VGN-NR120E a small part of the case darkens in color. This happened mine (Windows 10) when switching from Vista and has happened to other ones on Ebay (which are all running Windows 8 or newer). Probably related to heat from the CPU / GPU | |
| Sep 27, 2014 at 16:47 | history | edited | Mokubai♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
formatting and removing damage tag http://meta.superuser.com/questions/8415/nuke-the-damage-tag
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| Mar 5, 2013 at 19:47 | history | protected | Breakthrough | ||
| Mar 5, 2013 at 19:31 | history | edited | wonea |
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| Aug 12, 2011 at 14:21 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackSuper_User/status/102021963316346880 | ||
| Aug 10, 2011 at 19:00 | comment | added | EricR | Or just tell it to halt and catch fire! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halt_and_Catch_Fire | |
| Aug 10, 2011 at 18:47 | answer | added | Daniel R Hicks | timeline score: 2 | |
| Aug 5, 2011 at 2:07 | history | edited | Breakthrough |
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| Jul 28, 2011 at 14:07 | comment | added | DHayes | No need to overwork a system, just turn its fans off. ve3d.ign.com/articles/news/53563/… | |
| Jul 24, 2011 at 20:56 | answer | added | Rufo El Magufo | timeline score: 3 | |
| Jul 24, 2011 at 14:19 | answer | added | vsz | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jul 24, 2011 at 14:12 | answer | added | Colin Pickard | timeline score: 3 | |
| Jul 24, 2011 at 3:57 | answer | added | Typist | timeline score: 3 | |
| Jul 24, 2011 at 1:07 | answer | added | Synetech | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jul 23, 2011 at 22:30 | answer | added | Dmitriy R | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jul 23, 2011 at 3:02 | comment | added | nhinkle | @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. | |
| Jul 23, 2011 at 2:50 | answer | added | Lie Ryan | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jul 23, 2011 at 0:53 | comment | added | nopcorn | Can someone explain the votes to close? | |
| Jul 23, 2011 at 0:27 | comment | added | nopcorn | For me, physical damage is like a cracked/broken/flaming/smoking/sizzled/scratched etc. | |
| Jul 22, 2011 at 23:52 | comment | added | Wuffers | @Tomalak: I'm guessing "faulty hardware" is something that the software didn't do. | |
| Jul 22, 2011 at 23:21 | comment | added | Lightness Races in Orbit | What's the difference between "faulty hardware" and "physical damage"? | |
| Jul 22, 2011 at 22:37 | vote | accept | nopcorn | ||
| Jul 22, 2011 at 22:07 | answer | added | jcline | timeline score: 5 | |
| Jul 22, 2011 at 21:57 | answer | added | bhinesley | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jul 22, 2011 at 20:34 | answer | added | sjbotha | timeline score: 3 | |
| Jul 22, 2011 at 20:32 | answer | added | woliveirajr | timeline score: 6 | |
| Jul 22, 2011 at 20:23 | comment | added | Jack B Nimble | My 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. | |
| Jul 22, 2011 at 19:31 | comment | added | jftuga | IBM's Black Team: penzba.co.uk/GreybeardStories/TheBlackTeam.html | |
| Jul 22, 2011 at 18:34 | comment | added | dmckee --- ex-moderator kitten | possible duplicate of Can a virus melt the CPU? | |
| Jul 22, 2011 at 18:23 | answer | added | BlueRaja - Danny Pflughoeft | timeline score: 8 | |
| Jul 22, 2011 at 17:32 | answer | added | LawrenceC | timeline score: 15 | |
| Jul 22, 2011 at 17:18 | answer | added | user31438 | timeline score: 8 | |
| Jul 22, 2011 at 17:11 | answer | added | mdpc | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jul 22, 2011 at 17:06 | answer | added | music2myear | timeline score: 10 | |
| Jul 22, 2011 at 17:06 | comment | added | nopcorn | Awesome article, reading now | |
| Jul 22, 2011 at 17:04 | answer | added | Breakthrough | timeline score: 62 | |
| Jul 22, 2011 at 16:57 | comment | added | Nate | I 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/… | |
| Jul 22, 2011 at 16:50 | history | asked | nopcorn | CC BY-SA 3.0 |