Will ppsspp damage my computer?

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(06-24-2016 07:56 PM)TkSilver Wrote:  So .... unless you already had some fairly severe issues with you cooling systems on your computer, or you built it yourself and did not properly provide cooling to the system, then you probably did not damage your cpu or gpu by running an emulator.

If you are using a mechanical harddrive then I would do an error check on it and a defragment.

I would run a good (read not the built in windows) antivirus, since if you steal your psp iso's odds are you go to sites that could have infected your system.

I would check task manager and see where your performance is going and see if there is not something odd going on with your system.

All of those things are far more likely causes of sudden performance loss then using an emulator for 4 hours and cooking your cpu.

Thanks so much... I did not actually expect a reply ;D. So I am planning to execute all the advice you gave me.

But before that...

I did suspect my cooling system but I was not sure.

So I used Core Temp to monitor my cpus. When I start up my computer, it was ~5-60oC. When I run ppsspp, it gradually rised to 7-80oC (in 5 mins?).

I did not hear a clear fan turning sound even if I pulled my ears really close. But I really can't tell if the fan fails because I don't usually hear that sound in the past.

Now my left keyboard (heat depose(?) is on the left of my laptop) is obviously hotter than the right. But again I am not sure if I am being too sensitive today. Maybe it is always like this but I didn't pay attention.

Lastly when the focus is on ppsspp or the flash webpages, my cpu usage suddenly
rise to 7-90%... My other newer laptop has 3-40% on the same flash web pages. I don't have ppsspp on that one.

So... can I determine my cooling system failure from these symptoms?