Quote Originally Posted by Reggie
My computer was doing this 2 years ago, i had to replace tha hard drive and one of the memory sticks and re-install windows XP. It has worked fine until i installed Limewire, now it is infested with adware and spyware and viruses that i cant get rid of. Right now im on my laptop too because my computer is a big pile of it. Im mean HUGE pile of it. Oh, yes. And did i mention that one of the viruses is programmed to destroy the physical part of my computer because it melted my computers CPU and memory sticks by overheating. So i guess my computers age has caught up with it. Im going to buy a new computer sometime soon.
I'm sorry that your computer has turned into a pile as well -- try reformatting again.

However, I have to disagree, a virus will not physically damage your hardware (I used to work tech at a major antivirus company, and i've never heard of this happening) -- see this article at Symantec --

http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT...99041209131106
Because of the publicity that viruses have received, it is easy to blame any computer problem on a virus. The following are not likely to be caused by a virus or other malicious code:
Hardware problemsNo viruses can physically damage computer hardware, such as chips, boards, and monitors.
It sounds more like you had a cooling issue in your PC that caused the meltdown.