Re: Can a computer virus kill the CPU?

"w_tom" <w_tom1@xxxxxxx> writes:
Sebastian Gottschalk wrote:

And again, it seems like you've never been in the hardware business. One
has even seen PCB boards being enflamed.

Amazing how observation alone is sufficient for a fact.

A single observation is sufficient to disprove YOUR theory that a
virus can't kill hardware.

Well the
hardware failed internally. Then a resulting short caused heat and a
fire. For your statement to be true, then this scenario could never
happen.

Meanwhile, long before they put a hole there is where I bought my
first transistor. The hole?

Must be the hole you're digging for yourself.

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