Elders [Alex Krokus] - eviltoast
  • cm0002@lemmy.world
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    7 个月前

    Well actually, electronics age just like the rest of us, every electron that passes through wears down the component just a little more creating just a little more resistance with each passing use. So in effect the 10 year old laptop does have something resembling getting harder and harder to wake up

      • marcos@lemmy.world
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        7 个月前

        The name to google is “electromigration”.

        It’s absolutely not what makes you old computer slow (neither are bad capacitors). But it may be what makes it stop working.

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          7 个月前

          But that is not caused by “every electron” and only happens under very specific conditions.

        • KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          7 个月前

          have there been like studies on this? Or anything that shows any sort of relevant data about it? I’ve been curious what effect it has on manufactured stuff like this for a while now.