Can software damage hardware?How?

Question

How software can pull hardware down?I'm curious cuz some softwares drain battery

Answer 1

Ruby Parker Yes its possible but draining of battery has nothing to deal with serious damaging the hardware as battery draining is a common phenomenon but still its a prob....
Yes its possible tht software can damage hardware like high end or heavy softwares or spammy or defected softwares .
For Eg: Coding a virus that instructs your computer to turn off the cooling fans, causing your device to overheat tremendously and eventually damaging its hardware is possible...

But still Lets assume software won't damage the hardware. Think on the Bright side and be cautious .Lol

Answer 2

Constantly running software can overload and overheat the CPU especially when adequate heat sinks or cooling mechanisms are not used. This can damage the CPU, motherboard etc.

Answer 3

Ruby Parker Generally the answer is software cannot damage hardware. ... Software in many cases now has hardware control of devices attached to it therefore malfunctioning software can cause damage to the physical hardware.

Source: https://superuser.com/questions/313850/can-some-software-physically-damage-hardware#:~:text=Generally%20the%20answer%20is%20software%20cannot%20damage%20hardware.&text=Software%20in%20many%20cases%20now,damage%20to%20the%20physical%20hardware.

Answer 4

For software to damage hardware there has to be a compatibility problem
Or
The software itself has been specifically engineered or manipulated to damage the hardware

Answer 5

Yes it possible because they control the hardware

Answer 6

Yes it can be all the softwares are run on hardware thats why there are lot of possibilities like if any command spammed or any software in background it can make your device really heated or sometimes it lags a lot or gets slow.

Answer 7

Easily

Disclaimer - Don't try this at home

Just write an infinite loop in any language. This will heat up your pc and finally burst it.

Answer 8

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9286425/is-it-possible-to-permanently-damage-the-hardware-by-software

Answer 9

Heavy software apps can cause overload on CPU, running a while or for loop without stating the break point might cause damage to your PC

Answer 10

Yes, but rarely

Answer 11

Thomas 😆 Have u tried reprogramming an eeprom of a laptop with newer firmware and it worked. I think that qualifies under compatibility

Answer 12

If the life of your hardware depends on the cycles, it can also be damaged by running out of cycles

Answer 13

Of course it can, in many ways.
Think, for example, of a virus that makes a device unresponsive, not too much, just at the right point. The owner will develop rage and eventually blow off with the device, causing hardware damage.

Answer 14

IzaiaH KaY I dont think firmware really counts as software... and also its pretty hard for firmware to actually damage hardware.

Answer 15

IzaiaH KaY Where did you get the notion that a compatibility problem can damage hardware? The idea seems almost laughable...