So i heard this from a friend who had a virus get onto his pc and apparently he thinks that it somehow fried his PSU, anyone know if this is possible? Sounds really outlandish to me, but then again i do not know a whole lot about computers so maybe one of you guys can help me out with this.

I suppose if the virus overclocked your CPU it would fry the CPU. The PSU would fry because of too much power strain. But even then, that is a stretch.

the power supply?

No, not possible..


if his Power Supply is suddenly fried, there is a long list of more likely causes.. Power surge, not powering off the machine properly, simply stopped working (I had to replace several Power Supplies over the years simply because they don't last forever)

yeah man, I don't think so

See, now it gets even wierder, according to him its now all the youtube videos i sent (?) and now that really screwed with my brain, which means either a he had some kind of virus that added in all kinds of suspicious links or b clicked on some suspicious links in the description

I didn't think so either, but I tried to use my imagination.

whats he using for security software?

I wish I had an Imagination

You could always try swapping out your friend unit for a better one.

Gonna find this out, it might be AVG but ill edit in what he is using once i am told

Much more cost effitient and better for the environment

The Answer is very easy, my friend - NO. !!!

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You couldn't even destroy a hard drive. !!!

What you can do, is this: A HDD has embedded chips that contains microcode. This microcode can be replaced, with an update. (as we all know. !!!)

It may possible that a virus can make a systems BIOS impossible to communicate with a drive, but it CAN NOT damage the drive itself. (As a hardware device)

Viruses can affect the DATA on the device, but there is no physical damage. But at the end data can be replaced.

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So, more likely your friend's PSU had a problem for some time, and now it broke.

What could cause that, well...

• Overload
• Excessive current draw on rails
• Overheating of coils, rails etc.
• Un-protected power surges
• Fan failure !!!
• Insufficient ventilation
• Dirt/Dust build up causing complications in cooling

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So, if a computer repair tech genius, tells you a virus caused it, take your computer somewhere else. !!!

He's using the 'this can't be my fault!' defense, gonna be hard to beat that. Some people are blissfully unaware of their unsafe internet practices and will just blame the nearest computer-oriented guy for their problems. Abort.