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Old 08-09-2013, 06:58 PM   #425
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Originally Posted by moffattm View Post
I'm with Helen on this one, software most definitely can damage hardware. Software can control hardware and tell it what to do, including telling it to do things that might not be too healthy for it.
I had one CRT monitor that was destroyed when a software update on the computer changed the refresh rate to one that it could not support. Blew the power supply in the attempt. The semiconductors sacrificed themselves to save the fuse.

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