I use a Gameboy emulator called VisualBoyAdvance. When you press space, it speeds up the emulator very fast, which makes using the game so much easier. However, that puts a lot of strain on my CPU, and therefore my fan. I want to know if overuse of this function may result in damaging my hardware.
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Jump to Postover use of anything, will cause it damage eventually .just ask Deep Throat
Jump to Postit could who know for sure ,it good die tomorrow for all i know ,what cpu are you running
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over use of anything, will cause it damage eventually .just ask Deep Throat
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But, will this cause damage in a low amount of time? Like, in the next month or whatever? It drives my CPU usage to like 80% or so and makes my fan spin very loudly.
caperjack
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it could who know for sure ,it good die tomorrow for all i know ,what cpu are you running
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Intel Centrino. It's about a year old. I'm just asking if intense fan usage will cause the system to die or age faster.
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Intel Centrino ,so its a laptop ,my answer is still the same .intense usage ,yes in my opinion ,especially if the fan stop working ,then the cpu will quickly overheat
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