Can memory managament cause hardware problems?

[Moonraker101]

I was just wondering whether or not poor use of memory management can lead to hardware problems. Reason I am asking is because I a lot of people warn or caution against using placement new unless you know what you are doing. I am reluctant on using placement new for experimentation/learning purposes because I am anxious that I might mess up my hardware or operating system. Do I have anything to worry about by just trying or should I stay put until I have a good understanding of placement new and memory management in general.

Thanks in advance.

[firedraco]

Nah. If you have any kind of recent OS your program will be unable to do anything except crash itself; the OS will stop you from messing with anything else.

[Josue Molina]

Word.

The OS will laugh its electronic butt off at your feeble attempts to try to access memory he hasn't privileged you with. Same thing with threads.

Don't sweat it.