does overheating damage your computer/video game system and how?

Answer 1

overheating anything can cause damage. overheating a piece of paper can make it catch fire. not saying your computer will catch fire. like your car has a cooling system. if you computer is not cooling little signs will start to show. like your computer will run slower. maybe your graphics will not show properly. so it ic good to keep dust out of your intakes and exhaust fans. make sure your wires are out of the way for better air flow. etc etc.

Answer 2

Technically, any electronic component has its life shortened by heat. And according to physics, any component that receives electricity generates heat. The more electricity it takes and the harder it works, the more heat it generates. Cooling is meant to offset this, but it cannot eliminate ALL heat. So, apart from physical wear and tear or material degradation, any device is going to fail eventually due to heat (though under most circumstances, it will be upgraded before any of this happens, with the exception of hard drives).

So if just using the device generates heat, and heat depletes the component's life, does overheat damage it further? Absolutely. The hotter it gets, and the longer the period it runs hot, the shorter the lifespan of the component. However, short of physically melting a component due to heat (which is quite hard to do without trying), overheating doesn't "damage" the device per sé.

Answer 3

Yeah! It would cause a severe damage to your mother board and especially the hard disk because of the continuos proccessing of the hard disk and the motherboad. some times it could damage a core of the cd drive.