Quote Originally Posted by 'zanthor',index.php?page=Thread&postID=132112#post 132112
Wait a damn second here...

To all those who said yes it can...

BULLSHIT.

Driving a car on the freeway can cause your car stereo to fail.

The fact is that ANY video card under a big load can get thermal damage and fail. Multiboxing puts a big load on your system, but if you keep your system maintained, clean and FUNCTIONAL fans, clean airflow, dry conditions, etc, and the system isn't flawed by design (shitty heatsync, etc) then multiboxing wont break shit.
I'll use your example to explain how it's possible.

If you were to drive down the freeway with the windows up every day with the sun shining then you are right. There's no way for it to happen.

But what bout the time you said "You know what, screw it, it's nice let's roll the windows down." then you go cruising like you normally do and it rains, shorts your system right out when water gets on it.

Sometimes, shit happens, that the facts of computer life. Sometimes fans fail, sometimes, electronics fail, sometimes resistors, transistors, fail. Sometimes your PSU overheats due to brown out and power surges (it's bad in old homes). Everything will fail at one point or another, the best thing one can hope to do is prevent that mean failure from occuring by doing exaclty what you are saying: keep your computer dust free, keep a surge protector on the power, and keeping it nice and cool.


I can't tell you how many times in my long career I've seen tech guys swear up and down they run the hottest Shite on the face of gods green earth and their air intake fan is clogged with dust or have a Powerstrip instead ofa battery backup on their gear. Let's not count normal users who keep their computers in closets or under desks with no air circulation.