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minus-squaremarcos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·6 months agoThe 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.
minus-squareEheran@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 months agoBut that is not caused by “every electron” and only happens under very specific conditions.
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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.
But that is not caused by “every electron” and only happens under very specific conditions.