This game bricked my computer

[Super Llama]

I started episode 3, got a little bit into the first level, and my PC force restarted.

So I started it back up again, this time with nothing else running just to make sure it had all the resources it needed, started the game up, loaded my last save file, and it happened again.

I go back in one more time, start the game up and notice that the save file doesn't exist anymore. Okay fine, that save file is clearly ♥♥♥♥♥♥ anyway, so I load a different save file, the same thing happened again, only my PC didn't turn on afterwards.

I go in and realize the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ game burnt my CPU AND my motherboard as well as the power cable from the CPU to the motherboard.

If you're playing the game and computer force restarts, cut your losses, uninstall the game and have a good look at your computer to make sure it didn't ♥♥♥♥ anything up. This is a serious bug.

[DasaKamov]

Software absolutely cannot cause hardware damage (outside of military-grade viruses like Stuxnet).

You had a short somewhere in your system, it just so happened that this was the game you were playing when your PC self-destructed.

[Chaos Marine]

Originally posted by DasaKamov:

Software absolutely cannot cause hardware damage (outside of military-grade viruses like Stuxnet).

You had a short somewhere in your system, it just so happened that this was the game you were playing when your PC self-destructed.

This is incorrect. Some games or hardware configurations can play badly with each other resulting in hardware failures. As an example, some games don't have FPS limits in their menus causing GPUs to go nuts and burn out. If I recall, an update to EVE Online bricked multiple people's computers.

Way, way back when I was a teenager, Guild Wars would crash my 6600GT if I played the game in full screen, I could only play it in windowed mode.

[Vesperas]

Originally posted by Chaos Marine:

Originally posted by DasaKamov:

Software absolutely cannot cause hardware damage (outside of military-grade viruses like Stuxnet).

You had a short somewhere in your system, it just so happened that this was the game you were playing when your PC self-destructed.

This is incorrect. Some games or hardware configurations can play badly with each other resulting in hardware failures. As an example, some games don't have FPS limits in their menus causing GPUs to go nuts and burn out. If I recall, an update to EVE Online bricked multiple people's computers.

Way, way back when I was a teenager, Guild Wars would crash my 6600GT if I played the game in full screen, I could only play it in windowed mode.

It's honestly irrelevant, and I'm confident that wasn't the case here. My hardware is far from new and I've completed the game numerous times with zero issues. The belief his problem was caused specifically by this game is laughable, especially given his description of events.

[Chaos Marine]

Originally posted by Vesperas:

Originally posted by Chaos Marine:

This is incorrect. Some games or hardware configurations can play badly with each other resulting in hardware failures. As an example, some games don't have FPS limits in their menus causing GPUs to go nuts and burn out. If I recall, an update to EVE Online bricked multiple people's computers.

Way, way back when I was a teenager, Guild Wars would crash my 6600GT if I played the game in full screen, I could only play it in windowed mode.

It's honestly irrelevant, and I'm confident that wasn't the case here. My hardware is far from new and I've completed the game numerous times with zero issues. The belief his problem was caused specifically by this game is laughable, especially given his description of events.

Okay? Good for you? I don't see how anything you've posted is a worthwhile point against anything or the OP has said.

[DasaKamov]

Originally posted by Chaos Marine:

Some games or hardware configurations can play badly with each other resulting in hardware failures.

Games and hardware configurations "playing badly" will only lead to a game freeze or crash to the OS. It can not cause physical damage to the hardware.

[Chaos Marine]

Originally posted by DasaKamov:

Originally posted by Chaos Marine:

Some games or hardware configurations can play badly with each other resulting in hardware failures.

Games and hardware configurations "playing badly" will only lead to a game freeze or crash to the OS. It can not cause physical damage to the hardware.

Except it can. Uncapped FPS can cause the GPU to generate FPS as high as possible, resulting in the card damaging itself.

[DasaKamov]

Originally posted by Chaos Marine:

Uncapped FPS can cause the GPU to generate FPS as high as possible, resulting in the card damaging itself.

High FPS does not damage the card. Improper cooling *may* damage your card, but that's not a software issue.

[Vesperas]

Originally posted by Chaos Marine:

Originally posted by DasaKamov:

Games and hardware configurations "playing badly" will only lead to a game freeze or crash to the OS. It can not cause physical damage to the hardware.

Except it can. Uncapped FPS can cause the GPU to generate FPS as high as possible, resulting in the card damaging itself.

I never cap my FPS, ever. My computer has never melted. In fact, I usually set my video card to "prefer maximum performance" and change my V-sync option to fast so it renders unrestrained. When launching games, I commonly see my FPS counter displaying hundreds of FPS. It's fine.

The Eve Online issue was due to an update messing with the Windows boot file. It had nothing to do with the GPU. Your problem with Guild Wars could've been anything--in fact, it could've been due to something as simple as outdated drivers.

Regardless, it's several thousand times more likely he had a catastrophic failure with his CPU cooler, was messing with his voltages, was overclocking, his PC was in a horribly ventilated area, had cat hair clogging his fans, et cetera. Any of these things are far more probable causes for his issue then Forgive Me Father magically deciding to brick his PC halfway through playing the game.

His claim makes no logical sense for numerous reasons.