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  • Why do our electronics seem to have a limited lifespan, even if they don't contain moving parts?
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  • @hasibryan
    @hasibryan Před 4 lety +2841

    Next: Why do electronics work when you hit em hard

    • @patcallahan1050
      @patcallahan1050 Před 4 lety +262

      Percussion maintenance.

    • @miloradowicz
      @miloradowicz Před 3 lety +234

      Forced elctromigration/rearrangement.

    • @Lightning_Mike
      @Lightning_Mike Před 3 lety +124

      If it's a vacuum tube/relay computer, well then you've just fixed a weak contact

    • @gamerboyalperen3918
      @gamerboyalperen3918 Před 3 lety +6

      XD XD XD XD XD XD XD XD XD XD XD XD XD XD XD XD XD XD XD XD XD XD XD XD XD XD XD XD XD XD XD XD XD XD XD XD XD XD XD XD XD XD XD XD XD XD XD XD XD

    • @Lightning_Mike
      @Lightning_Mike Před 3 lety +22

      @jdslyman Lol, I still do that. Thought it was just to scrub dirt off the contacts
      EDIT: I thought you meant just reseating, not dropping the whole thing

  • @J0nDaFr3aK
    @J0nDaFr3aK Před 7 lety +4556

    I believe a more important question would be why electronics die the day after warranty expires :/

    • @smkurf
      @smkurf Před 7 lety +187

      Jonathan De Felice that is the day for the micro trolls to mate with your components fucking up your computer.

    • @royk7712
      @royk7712 Před 7 lety +117

      right, my iphone die exactly 1 year after i bough it, no waranty because of litle scratch on the body, right

    • @J0nDaFr3aK
      @J0nDaFr3aK Před 7 lety +39

      GreenDisplayGaming I was just joking. usually, appliances die the day after the warranty expires lol who knows why..

    • @J0nDaFr3aK
      @J0nDaFr3aK Před 7 lety +25

      Dangerous Cheese or planned consumerism xD

    • @dtwistrewind7361
      @dtwistrewind7361 Před 6 lety +35

      cheeky Chinese micro controllers with a termination date set on the internal clock.

  • @organfairy
    @organfairy Před 4 lety +931

    I have a tape recorder from 1958 that still works perfectly - with it's original capacitors....

    • @CreeperPookie
      @CreeperPookie Před 3 lety +10

      its*

    • @llamathenerd1672
      @llamathenerd1672 Před 3 lety +18

      I was about to brag about my VIC-20 working for 40 years on the original capacitors, but I think your tape recorder has my VIC beat by a few years.

    • @akhighpin012
      @akhighpin012 Před 3 lety +5

      Bruh. That's Just One Year After My Country Independence.

    • @SenorGuina
      @SenorGuina Před 3 lety +28

      @MrNeutron98 careful to not cut yourself on that edge

    • @petrsacher1281
      @petrsacher1281 Před 3 lety +7

      Honestly capacitors in a tape recorder probably get charged and discharged less often...

  • @fuzzzvibe
    @fuzzzvibe Před 4 lety +1008

    "Let's start with a common one: capacitor failure."
    *Apple's MacBook team has left the chat*

    • @tvdan1043
      @tvdan1043 Před 4 lety +31

      *Dell Optiplex GX series team has left the chat*

    • @woodenhoe
      @woodenhoe Před 4 lety +73

      *Louis Rossmann has entered the chat*

    • @yapod9061
      @yapod9061 Před 4 lety +10

      Nichicon: It's free real estate.

    • @metaldemonseanknels
      @metaldemonseanknels Před 3 lety +18

      Idk man, my 2011 MacBook Pro is still running like a beast.

    • @woodenhoe
      @woodenhoe Před 3 lety +8

      @@metaldemonseanknels unibody era macbooks are the best!

  • @finbar163
    @finbar163 Před 7 lety +765

    Planned Obsolescence is absolutely a thing.
    The HP 4000 and 6000 series printers both have small, cheap sponges near moving parts that are reportedly for noise reduction. The trouble is, they're held on with some pretty good double sided tape. Over time, the sponges wear away and parts start to stick on the now exposed tape, causing paper jams. The fix is to just scrape it all off and wipe away the sticky residue. Funnily enough, I've never been able to hear the difference in a printer before or after those "noise reduction features" were removed.
    If it was just the 4000s I might buy that it's an honest mistake but when the same exact flaw is in the newer 6000 printers, in the same exact spot, I call shenanigans.

    • @YouNameItGaming
      @YouNameItGaming Před 7 lety +40

      HP has always been like that though. just look at the old deskjets, if you're lucky you'd be able to actually finish an ink cartridge before the printer itself fails...
      also in the early to mid 2000's their computers, their computers where designed as so you would throw it in the bin and buy another as soon as, if not before the warranty period runs out. my aunt got a brand new 1.8ghz Pentium 4 from them shortly after i'd built my 1.4ghz Pentium 3 and tried to tell me that her's was better than mine... the netburst p4 was slower than my p3 for a start (not HP's fault) however, whilst i was struggling with a pitiful 368mb of ram, HP figured that not only was 128 megs plenty for XP and all their factory installed bloat, but they felt the need to sacrifice 32 meg of it on a pitiful onboard gpu! heck, my videocard had access to more memory than her windows did... not bad for the $1,000 price disparity right?

    • @ThunderClawShocktrix
      @ThunderClawShocktrix Před 7 lety +24

      I will NEVER use an HP printer, Epson and Lexmark are way more reliable

    • @clandestine5959
      @clandestine5959 Před 6 lety +7

      ThunderClawShocktrix I use a mid nineties HP Laserjet 4 plus with a million and a half pages run through it. It's built like a tank and still produces prints like new. The only things I have replaced on it was a
      fuser once, a couple of pickup rollers and toner cartridges.

    • @redpandai1
      @redpandai1 Před 6 lety +4

      Planned Obsolescence is super common among appliances.

    • @LightMusicK
      @LightMusicK Před 6 lety +6

      So we can call for sure HP is the worst tech company for both PC/Laptops and Printers rolf!.

  • @ThePeoplesTemple
    @ThePeoplesTemple Před 7 lety +1969

    My PS1 and N64 still running fine after over 19 years

    • @lennywhere
      @lennywhere Před 5 lety +209

      well systems from 20 years ago are different than todays standards
      I would call it because the hardware in n64 is big af that means it lasts longer

    • @dennyd2724
      @dennyd2724 Před 5 lety +183

      Money wasn't a thing that time, more for happy customers. Now short lifespan so we have to buy again. Tbat time was also when everything was discovered. So game companies pc companies exc- want to get more and more and take the most out of the devices. Now we have dlc's buy in a store. Not only that. In 2000 exc- they never heard of that. Now we can buy lvls. And like the last finalfantasy unfinished game. Game updates exc- or look at windows 10. Thwywant full control now. Times have changed badly. All for the money not for the customers. Fossil phones where better and when you dig one up sure you still be able call with it. It's thisdays business tricks.

    • @mohammedsami7080
      @mohammedsami7080 Před 5 lety +28

      @@dennyd2724 well said.

    • @Jarochito-
      @Jarochito- Před 5 lety +10

      You should worry about perserving then

    • @xybersurfer
      @xybersurfer Před 5 lety +4

      how about the reset button on your PS1?

  • @HardDriveGuruOfficial
    @HardDriveGuruOfficial Před 5 lety +67

    This is fascinating. As a lover of vintage technology I've been learning about various ways to repair those tiny physical defects, and there are ways to fix most anything short of electron shenanigans. So from what I've seen, the way a vast majority of electronics die before their full lifetime is because they are no longer in the possession of somebody who cares enough to do the often simple maintenance and repairs that can revive them. Of course once there are no longer any replacement parts for vital components that are truly beyond repair and cannot be produced by hobbyists and enthusiasts (mainly the heavily guarded industrial secrets) life as we know it will be turned upside down, but I don't see that happening for a very long time.

  • @mechanicalmonkee6262
    @mechanicalmonkee6262 Před 4 lety +56

    Teacher in chemistry class: *asks me confusing question**
    Me: *electron shenanigans*

  • @ultravidz
    @ultravidz Před 7 lety +845

    Planned obsolescence should be illegal at least in most cases

    • @mnb134
      @mnb134 Před 7 lety +109

      It is illegal in some cases, plane stuff and baby stuff for example.

    • @gnarthdarkanen7464
      @gnarthdarkanen7464 Před 7 lety +53

      It doesn't matter. The corporate big-wigs get their work-arounds via toxic updates and "instabilities" and "patches"... You ever wonder how (for instance) a company like Microsoft can hire a literal army of software engineers, all working toward the same general purpose, and still not accomplish a single completely functional operating system by the date of release? Think about that... And note, I purposefully used "date of release" not "deadline" or "due date"...
      As to "the same general purpose" (since someone will doubtless complain for ambiguity)... It's simple. As part of a single company, the individual will want to keep working (even gain rank within the company) so it would stand to reason, sending a reliable, useful, durable product to the public for all its accolades would gain the company respect, loyalties, and return business...
      Instead. within a day of being released, there's a patch and a stack of updates to keep your computer humming till (what seems like) rapture. So... not even a day of operation? Not a couple hours test-drive on the information highway? No, more updates... more patches... more "sorry, but this shit don't work right either, so you'll be able to have use of your computer in a few more days... weeks... oh hell, just forget about it and smoke weed like a good little soldier... :o)

    • @griml0gic420
      @griml0gic420 Před 7 lety +37

      As much as I am sure that planned obsolescence is real, I also believe that many times it isn't a conscious decision by the manufacturer and is actually a natural part of statistics and market pricing.

    • @ultravidz
      @ultravidz Před 7 lety +8

      That's true and it would be difficult in a lot of cases to prove intention.

    • @stonium69
      @stonium69 Před 7 lety +10

      I had a USB wifi adapter fail, within a day, exactly a month after I started using it. It's not like I can sue the Chinese company responsible.

  • @ye6942
    @ye6942 Před 7 lety +2539

    Is there a heaven for dead electronics?

    • @totinospizzarolls4737
      @totinospizzarolls4737 Před 7 lety +415

      It's called Silicon Valley

    • @hfvhf987
      @hfvhf987 Před 7 lety +91

      Yeah, cash converters

    • @Pazo139
      @Pazo139 Před 7 lety +209

      Polluting 3rd world countries.

    • @jaimemunoz5920
      @jaimemunoz5920 Před 7 lety +77

      But where do calculators go? anyone get this?

    • @jaimemunoz5920
      @jaimemunoz5920 Před 7 lety +15

      Dylan Greville either you are a fan of Red Dwarf or you Googled it either way I am impressed with the speed at which someone answered this question

  • @webranger1962
    @webranger1962 Před 4 lety +196

    As far as computers go, heat turning the motherboard into sawdust seems to be a leading cause of death.

    • @rembramlastname3631
      @rembramlastname3631 Před 3 lety +3

      second law of thermo-dynamics.
      - saved you 5:53 of your time.
      Oh, and throw evolution out the door as well.

  • @notmenotme614
    @notmenotme614 Před 4 lety +58

    4:26 I read that printer ink cartridges were designed with a timer. Making them show empty after so many pages, even when Some ink was still left.

    • @ilham7345
      @ilham7345 Před 3 lety

      that's why outboard ink tank printer exist

    • @llVIU
      @llVIU Před 3 lety +6

      maybe true, mine SUPPOSEDLY went dry... I just couldn't use it anymore. It looked to me like it had ink after I gave up and opened it up. I don't know.... the printer industry was always full of scumbag scammers

    • @leunamme1995
      @leunamme1995 Před 3 lety

      You have to overclock them.

    • @namesurname4666
      @namesurname4666 Před 3 lety +3

      @@leunamme1995 water cooling ink cartridges

  • @smacman68
    @smacman68 Před 7 lety +217

    Planned obsolescence is a very real thing. I used to work for a company who were masters of this. We would be in the prototype phase and when we designed a part, it was in the framework of "make it last, but not too long". The price of a part would be equal if we used the heavier gauge steel instead of the lighter, but that would make it too robust, too long of a lifespan. So we choose the thinner stuff. And we plan it to fail two to four months from warranty expiration. And to make it worse, we could make the failure to appear the user's fault. That is what I had issue with, and thus ended my employment there. No place for that sentimental dawdle in this day and age.

    • @marcelotai1055
      @marcelotai1055 Před 5 lety +4

      why use one's family name as the company name?...

    • @patrickcannell2258
      @patrickcannell2258 Před 11 měsíci +5

      That is why no modern car will see classic stage!

    • @177SCmaro
      @177SCmaro Před 11 měsíci +4

      "Planned obsolescence" is not a thing or, more precisely, it's usually misunderstood, it's not a plot to exploit people by somehow knowing exactly when something will break or wear out. All it basically is is the intersection of cost and demand i.e. "how much are people willing to pay" that determines the quality or lifespan of a product. For example, how much would you be willing to pay for a typewriter that lasts a 1000 years? Probably not ever much since typewriters are obsolete technology.
      We can build things to last longer, yes, but most customers are not willing to pay very much for a smart phone that lasts 20 years when it's obsolete in less than 5.
      It's customers that drive "planed obsolescence".

    • @flintfrommother3gaming
      @flintfrommother3gaming Před 11 měsíci +27

      ​​@@177SCmaro You missed the comment.

    • @stigbengtsson7026
      @stigbengtsson7026 Před 11 měsíci +1

      100agree, and we are making this planet a junkyard 😥 that is not smart. So lets make things that last much longer 🙂

  • @ian12499
    @ian12499 Před 7 lety +433

    *calls IT support* "help, I've broken my cup holder"

    • @thepolicedepartmentunited1543
      @thepolicedepartmentunited1543 Před 5 lety +23

      Send me your credit card numbers or your social security code.

    • @MrHmm-cv6gs
      @MrHmm-cv6gs Před 4 lety +9

      I m from India, how can I help you🙏😂

    • @n124ajdx
      @n124ajdx Před 4 lety +9

      do people still use IT support services in this era? you can find the solution to 99% of the problems on the internet if you know how to search.

    • @lingux_yt
      @lingux_yt Před 4 lety

      and that REALLY happened in the 90's. it was common to watch news about "top weird computer problems" or something like that

    • @haseenabadshah5381
      @haseenabadshah5381 Před 4 lety

      269 likes lmao

  • @user-lc7ku6je1o
    @user-lc7ku6je1o Před 4 lety +46

    Me, knowing almost nothing about electronics, basically understood. Well explained.

  • @AJComputerServicesUK
    @AJComputerServicesUK Před 4 lety +9

    4:17 “User error”, Excuse me Tech Support, My Coffee Cup holder is broke! 😂

  • @shinigamilee5915
    @shinigamilee5915 Před 7 lety +69

    I have worked in NAND drive development for 8 years. If all goes well we know the precise number of cycles we can read write or clear bits. Done properly, we can slowly and safely manage the data. Using trend analysis we can even alert you ahead of time before a failure. As NAND gets smaller it wears out sooner. This is why old devices from the 80's will actually outlasts newer devices.

  • @picoampere1206
    @picoampere1206 Před 7 lety +158

    When components get old, they loose magic smoke and you need to refill them with it

    • @microwar
      @microwar Před 7 lety +24

      IBM makes it. c1.staticflickr.com/7/6013/5990429717_a5a53c7da9_b.jpg

    • @LloydLynx
      @LloydLynx Před 7 lety +4

      That just make my day. : )

    • @zachburke8906
      @zachburke8906 Před 7 lety +3

      Jan-Robert Nergård where the heck can I buy that?
      Seriously I need that for decoration in my room.

    • @jonharson
      @jonharson Před 6 lety +1

      +Zach That's an acetylene cylinder with a cheap badly printed label on it...

    • @cycrothelargeplanet
      @cycrothelargeplanet Před 3 lety

      Here is how: czcams.com/video/Jwk79w_-13H/video.html

  • @BartAnderson_writer
    @BartAnderson_writer Před 4 lety +1

    Nice overview. Three key points to add:
    1. Important to stress the most common causes of failure and how users can avoid them (e.g. heat, abuse of connectors, dropping, liquids).
    2. Biggest problem I've found is that websites become bloated with videos, pop-ups, scripts, etc. so that more powerful hardware is required to deal with them (alternately, ad blockers).
    3. Some of the long-term problems you mention could be planned for by ensuring that vulnerable parts can be replaced. Batteries, hard drives and memory for example.

  • @PatrickGoodspeed
    @PatrickGoodspeed Před 3 lety +16

    It fascinats me how electricity behaves very much like water. The effects he's referring to become far more noticeable when you deal with high energy electronics that operate in the megawatt range. A lot of parts in these type of devices have to be replaced due to wear caused by the huge amounts of current going through them. The damage resembles sort of the wear and tear of water on on pipes and river banks overtime.

  • @robj7481
    @robj7481 Před 7 lety +759

    He doesn't mention a VERY important reason why capacitors fail; because manufacturers are cheapskates who under-rate their components to save a few cents. Lower voltage devices are cheaper, but putting a 6 volt capacitor in a 5 volt circuit is suicide for a circuit board.

    • @isoProxanol
      @isoProxanol Před 7 lety +22

      So put a 2 volt capacitor wrong connected in there and everything will work fine again

    • @Oodain
      @Oodain Před 6 lety +36

      that wasn't due to de-rating though but bad production methods, the electrolyte was contaminated.

    • @smoke1659
      @smoke1659 Před 6 lety +86

      Just wrong though. A 6 volt capacitor can STAND 6 volt, and actually is "over-planned" by 1 volt and works just fine in a 5 volt circuit. It's more like they put max (!) a 5 volt capacitor in a 5 volt circuit or maybe go even slightly lower, planning for no headroom (though turning on certain devices draws MORE volt than usually is there for a short periods of time), therefore the lifespan is shorter. Headroom would just cost more money, so they try to avoid it. But you were close lol :p

    • @SpaghettiEnterprises
      @SpaghettiEnterprises Před 5 lety

      Smoke 165

    • @cryingwater
      @cryingwater Před 5 lety +2

      @@smoke1659 I think he meant that the board would die by being fried by a 6volt over the 5volt.

  • @macnerd93
    @macnerd93 Před 6 lety +96

    I have a 1915 Candlestick telephone what still works on a current British Telecom connection. Although, the oldest electronic I use often what still works would be my 1934 Elextrolux Z25 Vacuum Cleaner complete with box and attachments. I Just can't see my modern Dyson ball working until the year 2100 though in 83 years time.
    I also prefer the brushed ali build quality of older 1960s/70s hifi equipment too. You struggle to get that these days its made in either plastic or black and rather bland looking instead.

    • @johnchalinder6682
      @johnchalinder6682 Před 6 lety +9

      Dyson obsoletes all his models, as soon as he releases a new model, he stops making parts for the old one, and when it breaks you can't fix it.

    • @its-amemegatron.9521
      @its-amemegatron.9521 Před 3 lety

      Older style (or metal commercial) vacuums in genral much better than dyson.

    • @ashutoshbahuguna2581
      @ashutoshbahuguna2581 Před 2 lety +1

      ww1 times items you have

  • @johnWayneCOOKIES
    @johnWayneCOOKIES Před 4 lety +5

    Björk taught me everything I need to know about the capacitors located on a circuit board "city"

  • @KraussEMUS1
    @KraussEMUS1 Před 4 lety +3

    This was very educational! I'm an EE/inventor. I have a flying invention on my channel with no moving parts except ions and electrons. I was trying to figure out reasons why it isn't too reliable yet, other than the obvious. Perhaps, if I add more lightweight cooling fins it will at least prolong the life of the affected parts. I never hear much about electromigration before either.

  • @dee5298
    @dee5298 Před 7 lety +5

    I have been diagnosed with lupus for about a year and it didn't dawn on me that it was going to kill me until about two weeks ago. Perfect comparison. Cherish the time you still have with your cassette player.

  • @rushaunmilton3152
    @rushaunmilton3152 Před 6 lety +173

    LOL 'user error'

    • @bibasik7
      @bibasik7 Před 6 lety +9

      I've heard of kids putting a PB&J sandwich into the N64 cartridge slot.

    • @saltysoysauce954
      @saltysoysauce954 Před 5 lety +1

      @@bibasik7 I do that, perfect storage place.

    • @markhesse4510
      @markhesse4510 Před 4 lety +1

      I destroyed an i5 in about 6 months by continously overloading it with minecraft.

  • @howdoiplaydis8460
    @howdoiplaydis8460 Před 4 lety +27

    It’s 2020 and the Harambe memes are seeing a resurgence and it’s beautiful

  • @jkguitarfreak95
    @jkguitarfreak95 Před 4 lety +9

    I forgot how much I missed having Luke hosting shows!

  • @dangerouspi2989
    @dangerouspi2989 Před 7 lety +71

    Could it involve..... RGB lighting.....

    • @DoctorKaizo
      @DoctorKaizo Před 7 lety +4

      Dangerous Pi RGB in computers will eventually evolve into RGBAW-UV, or hex lighting.

    • @charlieduxolot5519
      @charlieduxolot5519 Před 6 lety

      no...
      Its rgb sandals and socks

  • @geret13
    @geret13 Před 7 lety +124

    That military class motherboard actually died on me about 6 months ago...

    • @Winnetou17
      @Winnetou17 Před 7 lety +3

      How old was it ?

    • @james64468
      @james64468 Před 7 lety +2

      He grilled cheeseburgers and fries on it. just kidding.

    • @Romi969
      @Romi969 Před 7 lety +2

      the military class is absolute bullshit compared to actual military class motherboard which is water stress and drop resistant. maybe like titanium cpu pins on motherboard and waterproof coating maybe would kinda make it "military class"

    • @schmiddy8433
      @schmiddy8433 Před 7 lety +9

      Just a marketing wank. There's no official objective standards it needs to meet to be qualified as "military grade", they could probably cite some paper pusher using a cheap pre-built in an ROTC staff room as validation of it's military grade quality.

    • @acoffeewithsatan
      @acoffeewithsatan Před 7 lety

      What does "military grade" even stands for? Do soldiers bring those along to play some Club Penguin (oh...) in between raids? There's no official tests or standards to it, neither an independent org to test them, it's just something people eat up thinking it's actually better - "oh, why I paid a hell lot more for this mb that offer pretty much the same of much cheaper alternated? This one's a military grade mb, bro!"

  • @Sladeofdark
    @Sladeofdark Před 2 lety +4

    THANK YOU! I have always wondered what exactly 'deteriorated' in electronics that made them 'old'.

  • @w01fy51
    @w01fy51 Před 3 lety +1

    Why do I keep watching these videos. They just make me nervous about the computer I’m going to build.

    • @hueyrosayaga
      @hueyrosayaga Před 2 lety

      Same, now I'm nervous about my SSD. Just had to get a QLC SSD instead of TLC...

  • @blazed85
    @blazed85 Před 7 lety +785

    if i watch a lot of porn, will my computer die from aids?

  • @MrAntieMatter
    @MrAntieMatter Před 7 lety +494

    That "mindblowing" fact is something you learn in middle school, Luke.

    • @vgamesx1
      @vgamesx1 Před 7 lety +28

      1. What middle school is that?
      2. Yeah, that's probably one of the few things pretty much everyone "should" know even if they don't know anything else about electricity.

    • @TvMaNightmareHD
      @TvMaNightmareHD Před 7 lety +31

      Diogo João I went to the worst school in my state, that's still a basic subject we went over at the end of middle school or beginning of high-school.

    • @pistonpete5817
      @pistonpete5817 Před 7 lety +2

      MrAntieMatter i leard it a year ago. and im 14.

    • @AkashMishra23
      @AkashMishra23 Před 7 lety +3

      We also learned Gauss Law with Surface Integral Derivatives, Although all the Basics were covered in Middle School..

    • @il2xbox
      @il2xbox Před 7 lety +5

      akash pls, I was solving Poisson's equation in spherical coordinates in 2nd grade. GOML
      Kappa

  • @justins7796
    @justins7796 Před 4 lety +11

    *1* *capacitor* *turns* *to* *another* *capacitor:*
    "aight ima head out"

  • @Bippy55
    @Bippy55 Před 9 měsíci +1

    (Aug 2023) - I just caught this amazing video. Marketing always talks about how great the products are. Service and repair videos are very few and far between. One thing that wasn’t mentioned is variation in manufacturing. I think manufacturing engineers, and the people who actually make things so well every single day are the unsung heroes of the electronics industry. Put it another way… If the connectors to a power supply are not crimped correctly, that connector will eventually fail.
    Thank you again for a great video!

  • @ghp0518
    @ghp0518 Před 7 lety +15

    If you think of how much electronics are found in cars today and how many things they control(engine management, safety features, keyless entry, stop/start, traction control emergency breaking, lane assist, adaptive cruise control ) plus the temperature changes they operate at compared to pc's it is more than a bit scary to think what would a failure or malfunction could do.

    • @patrickcannell2258
      @patrickcannell2258 Před 11 měsíci

      That is why I drive a 20 year old carburetor car. Only ignition and sound system is electronic.

    • @audvidgeek
      @audvidgeek Před 11 měsíci

      my father had the FICM..."Fuel injection control module" go out in his 2004 Chevy Duramax truck. The truck has only 160K miles on it and is in great shape. GM or Isuzu (manufacturer of the engine) doesn't make them anymore. No aftermarket manufacturers make the FICM, nor can a modern part be adapted. The only ones out there are from scrapped trucks. He had to wait 4 months to get one from a junkyard.

  • @grimrenaissance
    @grimrenaissance Před 7 lety +278

    Planned obsolescence is a scumbag move, but even more on mobile devices. In PC you can get away with an i5 2500 at this very moment, on phones the next android version is most likely not working for your model, no idea how it works for IOs though.

    • @yenthel3
      @yenthel3 Před 7 lety +23

      Apple's updates for the iPhone are pretty good and they support devices going a few years back. The new update that launched yesterday is available for the iPhone 5, which was released in September 2012. I have a iPhone 5s (2013) and it's still working fine. The only really noticeable speed decrease is when I'm loading the facebook/messenger app where it takes up to 10 seconds for some reason. The biggest problem is that the 16GB memory (more than enough in 2013) is too small right now and there is no way to upgrade it other than buying the 32/64 GB back in 2013.

    • @MichaelFlatman
      @MichaelFlatman Před 7 lety +15

      get away with an i5 2500, my dad was using a Pentuim D (two pentuim 4s) as a daily driver for a while at work. My nan still uses a C2D machine, and i had a gaming machine using a Q6600, nothing is wrong with the LGA775 CPUs and they still work lovely.

    • @MichaelFlatman
      @MichaelFlatman Před 7 lety +14

      the A7 is still a powerful chip, it outperforms most of the budget sector today.

    • @user-po6hn9id1t
      @user-po6hn9id1t Před 7 lety +18

      on android each upgrade makes the device better, if you can install the newer version. I'm using a Sony Xperia M with 4.3, and is quick as was with 4.1 (maybe a little bit quicker but eh)

    • @Demonslayer20111
      @Demonslayer20111 Před 7 lety +11

      fuck you talking about. im still using a samsung note edge from 2012 and its doing just fine. running latest version of android no problem.

  • @japanator96
    @japanator96 Před 5 lety

    Very interesting and informative video, I appreciate what was explained and how it was explained. Good stuff.

  • @ryansmithza
    @ryansmithza Před 3 lety +2

    Very interesting video, I'd love to see a more in depth description of all this somewhere 🤔

  • @johnmorgan4368
    @johnmorgan4368 Před 7 lety +118

    There is no such thing as no moving parts, the moving parts on solid state stuff are just on the molecular level.

    • @johnmorgan4368
      @johnmorgan4368 Před 7 lety +12

      Or atomic or subatomic.

    • @saltysoysauce954
      @saltysoysauce954 Před 5 lety

      Well said!

    • @AjvarD
      @AjvarD Před 5 lety +25

      Well, those aren't called 'parts' of device if those are elemental parts of Universe.
      Also, do you call water a 'moving part' in hydraulic mechanism?

    • @97daco97
      @97daco97 Před 4 lety +2

      smartass

    • @uchihasasuke7436
      @uchihasasuke7436 Před 4 lety +2

      *ahem *ACKSHULLY

  • @masterchef3697
    @masterchef3697 Před 7 lety +124

    my Toshiba satellite c655d that originally ran Windows 7 (now running Windows 10) has to overclock in order to boot correctly rip laptop you served me well in college
    p.s I can't change the cpu because it's soldered into the motherboard

    • @tr4dcj
      @tr4dcj Před 6 lety +5

      un-solder it? it seems daunting but its easier than you may think

    • @quwaz11
      @quwaz11 Před 6 lety +3

      Do you know what "BGA" means?

    • @amihartz
      @amihartz Před 6 lety +1

      I've had horrible issues with my Toshiba Satellite as well after "upgrading" to Windows 10. I bought an SSD for it and rolled back to Windows 8.1 and it's now working incredibly well.

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    • @ionizedbeam8089
      @ionizedbeam8089 Před 5 lety

      Master Chef369 jeez I see you everywhere

  • @EarlHare
    @EarlHare Před 6 lety +1

    Planned obsolescence sometimes backfires, my washing machine went splat a month before the warranty was up. They wrangled for months trying to get out of replacing it but finally they were forced to replace it , and pay me back for all my laundry bills incurred after the time i deemed was reasonable enough for them to have fixed the issue.

  • @The0GamingHero
    @The0GamingHero Před 5 lety +1

    *4:24**-**4:46** I'm glad that was mentioned.*
    *When my HP laptop's warranty ended, the laptop's battery or battery connections (to this day I still haven't fixed it, so I don't know) stopped working, around a week later.*

    • @lmaonoidea
      @lmaonoidea Před 4 lety

      Same I even bought a new battery but it didn't fix it

  • @zoimc
    @zoimc Před 7 lety +17

    Thank you, this is a very informative and thorough video. I' like to see you tackle planed obsolescence in a separate video as that's a little controversial and dividing topic. Keep up the good work!

  • @zeromailss
    @zeromailss Před 7 lety +8

    I like how you explain it so that even 12yold could understand, you totally know your viewer well

  • @ChrisGTXvideos
    @ChrisGTXvideos Před 5 lety

    Really Great video , I’ve learned a lot from it .. I actually asked my dad the same question.. Your video is really informative, so Thank You so much

  • @Berindei_Stefan
    @Berindei_Stefan Před 5 lety +3

    I would love to see you guys making a clip about how long can you keep a smartphone after the last software updates

  • @jc99x
    @jc99x Před 7 lety +65

    now explain why my IBM 8088 built in 1988 still work perfectly but a pc i bought in 2005 is basically a paper weight i scrap for parts and uh screws cant get enough screws

    • @isoProxanol
      @isoProxanol Před 7 lety +30

      If electrical engineers wanted to, they could make things last like for ever. But there's the thing with earning money...

    • @okaro6595
      @okaro6595 Před 5 lety +16

      Different devices have different life spans. It is not that old technology lasts better. New devices just cannot have lasted long and we see only those examples of old technology that have lasted.

    • @okaro6595
      @okaro6595 Před 5 lety +4

      If they were made to last long they would cost too much.

    • @oldrandomcomputing6247
      @oldrandomcomputing6247 Před 5 lety +4

      Planned obsolescence

    • @batsonelectronics
      @batsonelectronics Před 5 lety +5

      The computer from 1988 was $1500+, the computer from 2005 is 50x faster but cost

  • @sc0tchlvr
    @sc0tchlvr Před 6 lety +12

    I have always had issues with surface mounted components in that not enough solder typically makes the connections to them leading to breaking intermittent connectivity over time through heat and cold stresses having that lead to ultimate failures within the circuitry. Indeed, planned obsolescence due to lack of enough solder on the connections. Through time, they break apart and no longer are dependable. What's worse is that in the wave soldering process it IS possible to bring forth enough solder to make that not be at issue, but most manufacturers don't and/or refuse to make it any sort of a priority.

    • @Matanumi
      @Matanumi Před 6 lety +1

      cheap manufactering

    • @paull8627
      @paull8627 Před 9 měsíci

      A lot of it is ROHS requiring solder be lead free (In order to be imported from china). Leaded soldering so much more effective. Other solder chemicals like silver can be used but it's too expensive to be used on a wide scale.

  • @grn1
    @grn1 Před rokem +1

    Don't often click on the random vids YT recommends but when I saw a much younger looking Luke I got curious. An interesting fact relating to thermal expansion: The first electronic* computer, the Colossus I, was built during WWII to help decrypt Nazi Tunny Codes used by their naval forces (their army used Enigma codes which were defeated with an electromechancial computer called La Bomba). When the proposition to build Colossus was first made there was a lot of push back because it was a well known fact that vacuum tubes (which the British call thermionic valves) failed quite rapidly, fortunately there was someone there (I think Tommy Flowers) that had experience with vacuum tubes and knew that so long as they kept the tubes warm they would last a lot longer. The reason the tubes normally failed is because of rapid heating and cooling.
    *Colossus I and it's successors were special purpose computers, the first general purpose computer was made later using similar principles.

  • @Hesbonful
    @Hesbonful Před 4 lety

    Short, clear, precise knowledge without periods of fabulation .

  • @Markinpuff
    @Markinpuff Před 6 lety +86

    My Commodore 64 still works fine. I purchased that in the 80’s.

    • @Zeldarw104
      @Zeldarw104 Před 6 lety

      Markinpuff what??! I use to love centipede!😊

    • @Markinpuff
      @Markinpuff Před 6 lety

      Zelda Williams Come and take it. Lol

    • @bitset3741
      @bitset3741 Před 6 lety +1

      Both my c64's work perfectly, as do 3 of my 1541 drives. I have had to swap a few chips on my '85 c64. My silver label '82 c64 is perfect, and that has mostly original '82 chips.

    • @thedillestpickle
      @thedillestpickle Před 6 lety +6

      I got the impression from the video that new and smaller architecture CPUs would die faster because the transistors are so small. So maybe older machines will last much much longer due to the larger architecture of the CPU.
      also if you never use it that will probably help prolong its lifespan.
      So that makes me wonder if I buy the newest and most expensive CPU available today, will it be dead in 5 years, whereas a CPU from 20 years ago would probably last many many times longer?

    • @jonbrandre3006
      @jonbrandre3006 Před 5 lety +3

      Give me your bitcoin address, I want to personally buy you a new computer friend.

  • @arooobine
    @arooobine Před 7 lety +446

    Directions unclear. Coffee spilled all over motherboard and my CD drive won't open anymore.

  • @chiaza7735
    @chiaza7735 Před 4 lety +12

    Youre about to blow my mind? Dude wtf?!
    That was junior high school physics

  • @CMOS4081
    @CMOS4081 Před 5 lety +1

    Micro fracture in BGA, whiskers from solder points creating shorts, temperature fluctuations causing PCB flexing, degrading electrolytes in capacitors, finite program erase cycles in flash, degradation in moving parts, dust build up and static discharge and the list goes one.

  • @RailfanSrikrishna
    @RailfanSrikrishna Před 7 lety +149

    so whenever i play games i also play along with atoms

    • @tf2portello
      @tf2portello Před 7 lety +5

      sri krishna you probably ment electrons

    • @SimranSingh-bw5zh
      @SimranSingh-bw5zh Před 7 lety +2

      no atoms
      not just electrons as metalloid or e precise elements like Se and Ga are actually what you called as processing units so yes he meant to be atoms and really atoms including protons electrons bosons quarks matter waves and all these stuff

    • @Esperologist
      @Esperologist Před 7 lety

      Yes and no... I mean, technically it is the electrons that are the electricity. So, no it isn't atoms but is particularly the electrons that are doing the most to help you play. However, yes since the electrons are part of atoms and wouldn't be useful without the protons and neutrons. But then, you literally are doing everything in your life with atoms because all matter (including your body) is made up of atoms. So, everything you do in life involves at least the atoms that make up your body, the ground you walk on and the air you breath... and more if you sit down, touch something or in any way interact with anything. There is just no escaping the involvement of atoms in life.

    • @Phoenixx-vy7ln
      @Phoenixx-vy7ln Před 7 lety +3

      photons, it's just manipulation of photons, but then again life is filled with crazy shit so idk, maybe another universe

    • @daftnord4957
      @daftnord4957 Před 7 lety +4

      literally everything is atoms

  • @darkgyver163
    @darkgyver163 Před 7 lety +20

    Please Educate us about Motherboard Chipsets (H110, B250, H270 etc...) and clarify the concept of Pairing an i7 to H110 Chipset is a bad idea although it is in the right CPU Socket. I believe this video of Techquickie (Why Do Electronics Die?) is somehow related to my query. Please Thumbs up for people that need to understand why!

    • @neehgurg2111
      @neehgurg2111 Před 6 lety +1

      Jep Li just go watch someone else's video, you know this is not the only tech channel on CZcams

    • @Assault0137
      @Assault0137 Před 5 lety

      Jep Li they just made that video last week! This comment is a year old but I guess they finally got around to it

  • @atomic-bomb-08
    @atomic-bomb-08 Před 4 lety

    This was explained very well, love that voice.

  • @estester100
    @estester100 Před 3 lety +8

    *"Speaking of non-mean stuff theres Tunnelbear!"*
    Ouch, aged like milk there.

    • @omnacky
      @omnacky Před 3 lety +1

      What happened

    • @orppranator5230
      @orppranator5230 Před 3 lety +1

      Yeah, what happened?

    • @maxlouden1263
      @maxlouden1263 Před 2 lety

      The only issue I can see from a quick search is that the rights of Tunnelbear were signed over to McAfee

    • @hueyrosayaga
      @hueyrosayaga Před 2 lety

      @@maxlouden1263 That doesn't sound too bad...

    • @hueyrosayaga
      @hueyrosayaga Před 2 lety

      @LumpyArbuckle I have both McAfee and Norton working...

  • @TTaiiLs
    @TTaiiLs Před 7 lety +238

    Why do people die? :(

  • @Blueout23
    @Blueout23 Před 7 lety +64

    they dont die. they evolve. they are learn how get stronger, how to evolve to think for themselves, and rise to take humanity out. but theres one man, one man who can stop it all. He must send back his father to ensure his birth, and ensure he live to stop the machines. He must also make sure that his mother and younger self lives to fight the fight, so he sends two machines back in to different times, so he becomes the leader must be.

  • @Jacob_Roberts
    @Jacob_Roberts Před 5 lety

    Techquickie, what temperature range is good for a computer? At what temperature do computer components start to expand and contract to the extent that it could cause damage the computer? I live in a hot climate, therefore this is a concern for me.

  • @crossmerc
    @crossmerc Před 5 lety +2

    What an extremely useful video. This has actually made me feel bad for shouting at my old laptop.

  • @StrixTechnica
    @StrixTechnica Před 7 lety +5

    Props for mentioning electromigration and hot carrier injection. First time I think I've ever heard either mentioned outside of the industry (even if the latter not by name).
    There's also another phenomenon related to HCI: negative bias temperature instability. Similar results, different cause, but it's reversible. NBTI is a big problem for modern devices, but ICs have circuitry built into them to counter it.

  • @dxgl
    @dxgl Před 7 lety +134

    "Your connection gets encrypted with AES 256-bit encryption"
    Then gets decrypted and shot all over the Internet.

    • @mohammedsami7080
      @mohammedsami7080 Před 5 lety +2

      What do you mean they are lying ?? Can i get a reply frmo this 1 year old comment.

    • @LucasImpulse
      @LucasImpulse Před 5 lety +1

      @@mohammedsami7080 Probably a joke though.

    • @mohammedsami7080
      @mohammedsami7080 Před 5 lety +1

      @@LucasImpulse i had a doubt, but thanks for explaning.

    • @ReyMysterioX
      @ReyMysterioX Před 5 lety +19

      @@mohammedsami7080 Actually, he's right though. Using a VPN only results in your connection being encrypted up to the VPN server. If you traffic isn't transport-encrypted as well, for example by using TLS as with HTTPS, your traffic will be unencrypted after it leaves the VPN endpoint. And it has to leave the VPN endpoint, because somehow, you requests need to reach the actual target. So, VPN isn't the single holy grail for secure communication.

    • @mohammedsami7080
      @mohammedsami7080 Před 5 lety +11

      @@ReyMysterioX
      Of course, many people and even *tor* recommends to not only relay on its jumping points as a leak can make them trace you but aside from that, today i had exactly a very scary conflict , by using a new phone with all knew unconnetced to my other account gmail, somehow i got recommends based on serach from my family despite iam being on totally different wifi and never ever connected to my family wifi, all am thinking of is that they personalised me with my sim card number as it is the only think common, when ive got a recommendation for an old game of 10+ years played by my brother i knew they connected some dots together, to be Honest , i felt really sad and privacyless ( if that is a term) its really an invading to what you do by those Google servers, sad to see things went this far.
      I want to explain that and reach out and shout between provacy and computer/net freedom community to make this a global announce, yet am thinking even if we impacted all that google might still have hidden shadow of what you do since they have the technology.

  • @RevNicholasJonsson
    @RevNicholasJonsson Před 3 lety

    A most useful and informative video. Thanks 😊

  • @OnlyKelp
    @OnlyKelp Před 4 lety +62

    Because Linus drops them

  • @lordvaldi1
    @lordvaldi1 Před 6 lety +52

    Because they need you to buy more of their products

  • @Camrographer
    @Camrographer Před 7 lety +4

    Thank you! very informative. I've always wondered about that. PS What is the most robust information storage medium for archiving data, we have today? Lastly, do think it's reasonable to overclock a PC, given that it will obsolesce before it gives out? On that note, if a system is overclocked and cooled properly, will its lifespan be diminished as a consequence?

  • @dilankakasun6033
    @dilankakasun6033 Před 4 lety +3

    Coorperate Overlords😂 with that apple shaped face
    That gave me LoLs

  • @jerryrobinson7856
    @jerryrobinson7856 Před 10 měsíci

    Thanks! I realize you are speaking of plug in devices. Here are some additional observations with installed systems based on over three decades in the business. Alarm systems rarely cycle power and some fire alarms are 30+ years old. Many are highly stable. The biggest problem is high voltage power spikes such as lightening. I have seen plenty and learned a great deal. However, much of this is mitigated with newer power supplies and selecting industrial grade surge protection. People may help save devices by unplugging them during a bad lightning storm. An iPad obviously does not need 120 volts during that time. We have UPS power supplies on all desktops, stereo, TV’s, Tivo’s; Siemans surge protection on the Main electrical panel and on both central air condensers’, and because we are on a ridge, we have lightning rods on the roof with a bonded ground system. We even use cascading Lurton Maestro dimmers on all down lights and only had two lights burn out in 23 years. Be a victim or be a wise guy.

  • @eideticex
    @eideticex Před 7 lety +40

    Shame you skipped one of the more common failure causes, especially in modern computers: timing mismatch induced short circuiting. When you build massive networks of logic gates to form all of the necessary logic to make a computer of any sort. You have a minimum time you must wait before you can trust the output of any logical inversion, the time it takes for the signal to go from the input side to the output side. When you break the essential circuits down to logical inversion in diagram form, it's pretty clear there are some paths faster than others. Imagine this: you have a wire that can have voltages in it ranging from 0.85V to 1.35V. Some things connected to this wire can't handle the full 1.35V while other's can. It's just not feasible or even possible to separate them due to what they are needed for. So you build a gate system that will shut off that power wire to anything that might be hurt by the full 1.35V if it's about to be changed to that voltage. Simple solution, works really good majority of the time. However we want blazing fast chips so we do this as fast as possible with no wiggle room for maybe an electron going missing from that "shut off low voltage circuits" line.
    Chips suffer from this a lot, they are built for it with a stated tolerance level based around exactly that problem. The higher end of the tolerance is where it's going to happen enough to notice a difference in lifespan of the chip. This is also where the mistakenly though up "Planned Obsolescence", at least as rampantly, actually comes from. They know in a few years, your most likely going to upgrade your machine or just replace the part at significantly lower price from age depreciation. So why not pick how hard your pushing things to provide the best bang for the buck for the range of time your expected to own it. It's a tradeoff of lifespan for balls to the wall power.

    • @TheHive95
      @TheHive95 Před 7 lety +3

      Alan Hunter this doesn't explain why electronics fail over time. If a designer designs around this 'hold time', then we expect not to have this occur. So does this 'hold time' change over time?

    • @boopeshkumar3862
      @boopeshkumar3862 Před 6 lety

      Alan Hunter

    • @boopeshkumar3862
      @boopeshkumar3862 Před 6 lety

      Alan Hunter

    • @mykeprior3436
      @mykeprior3436 Před 6 lety +3

      downvote. voltage moves at 10% the speed of light, this is a fucking non-issue even if the circuit was a meter longer.

    • @betterfly7398
      @betterfly7398 Před 5 lety

      You think I am gonna read that?

  • @DaveBoxBG
    @DaveBoxBG Před 7 lety +9

    The apple reference was spot on!

  • @rafelemay5070
    @rafelemay5070 Před 4 lety

    👍
    Great Posting, glad I watched it!

  • @ACommenterOnYouTube
    @ACommenterOnYouTube Před 2 lety

    4:45
    I love his SMOOTH transition from manufacturers purposely designing products for failure to his VPN sponsor ...

  • @astier59
    @astier59 Před 7 lety +28

    Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) kill electronics. Why is that not covered?

    • @Patchuchan
      @Patchuchan Před 7 lety +17

      He also missed RoHS solder issues such as tin whisker and cracking of BGA joints.

  • @trev6511
    @trev6511 Před 7 lety +51

    Do good electronics get go to heaven?

    • @noahgarcia7599
      @noahgarcia7599 Před 7 lety +6

      Trev6511 depends on what the user did with them. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

    • @schmiddy8433
      @schmiddy8433 Před 7 lety +1

      He didn't ask to display furry porn.

    • @nuclear7622
      @nuclear7622 Před 7 lety +2

      Trev6511 yep, my Nokia 3310 is in heaven

    • @classic_james_W
      @classic_james_W Před 6 lety

      NuclearFX Nokia 3310's die?

    • @amogus8844
      @amogus8844 Před 6 lety

      My Ps2, is in a better place now.

  • @merlingrim2843
    @merlingrim2843 Před 6 lety

    Over three decades of managing hardware, the main and most prevalent culprits are heat cycling (don’t turn off after running hot), vibration, bad power line conditions, software updates degrade perf and even can cause physical damage.

  • @abdenacerfodil2546
    @abdenacerfodil2546 Před 5 lety

    I did not think any body can cause anxiety and stress in just the first, 0:05 seconds . You succeed dude . Good video BTW

  • @midgekiller2151
    @midgekiller2151 Před 7 lety +3

    Wow I really didnt expect to hear of electromigration in such a video. Impressive! And it was quite good explained as well :-)

  • @harkenrebirth
    @harkenrebirth Před 7 lety +17

    What are Electrolytes? Its what they put in Brawndo.... But why do they put it in Brawndo... Because it has what plants crave. YEAH.. cus It has electrolytes.

  • @markproulx1472
    @markproulx1472 Před rokem +1

    I found this very interesting. Thank you.

  • @veerannachintamani4026

    Thanks a lot for good information sir.

  • @fa.h.
    @fa.h. Před 7 lety +7

    Harambe is never forgotten!

  • @terracethornhill
    @terracethornhill Před 7 lety +6

    Mechanical and hydraulic systems usually give a fair bit of warning before they fail completely, but when electronics fail, it's usually without any warning. This is what concerns me about modern vehicles, as "drive by wire" systems are becoming more and more common. Electronics tend to be one of the less reliable aspects of a car.

  • @JacobHollis96
    @JacobHollis96 Před 5 lety

    I once had a Toshiba Satellite M105. It helped me through quite a bit for 6yrs. Rip laptop you've left quite a trail of frustration for me and possibly your previous owners. But may your circuits help those in robot hell.

  • @damoncrush4185
    @damoncrush4185 Před 5 lety

    So my guess was right, about the damages in the soldering spots. I didn't know that for sure, now I do. Thanks!

  • @EVRLYNMedia
    @EVRLYNMedia Před 6 lety +32

    I dont think dell does planned obsolescence. Yeah i know the dimension machines and a couple of old system broke from design flaws, but a dell optiplex from 2006 can still be used to day and same with i laptop i own. If a system meets the minumum required specs, i could run a more modern os

    • @malhotradaksh
      @malhotradaksh Před 6 lety

      CalculatinGenius just took apart both of ‘my dell optiplex and used one to upgrade the other now it works fine

    • @javianbrown8627
      @javianbrown8627 Před 6 lety

      Remember Dell doesn't necessarily make the parts for three PC. They come from different places like how your professor comes from Intel.

    • @DavyB81
      @DavyB81 Před 6 lety +7

      Javian, pretty sure Intel doesn't make professors lol.

    • @bennemann
      @bennemann Před 6 lety

      HA. HA. HA. HA. Tell that to my sister and father, who have had 2 and 1 Dell laptops die on them suddenly, respectively.

    • @Olivia-W
      @Olivia-W Před 3 lety

      @@bennemann Sigh. Basic maintenance. Like changing thermal paste and cleaning the dust every 1-2 years. Swapping the drive after a few years. Done. Finito. Spanky new working PC.

  • @augustinekirchoff479
    @augustinekirchoff479 Před 7 lety +54

    the atomic scale is much smaller than the "microscopic" scale, wtf

  • @uncleshark1103
    @uncleshark1103 Před 9 měsíci

    The old axiom about "moving parts = failure" crumbles when you consider how many more failure points there are in an electronic substitute for a mechanical part.
    Perfect example is the $350 Anti-Lock Braking control module for my car. It is no longer communicating with the Engine Control Module (main computer), so it has likely had an internal physical failure. The mechanical aspects of the braking system work just fine, however - the car slows and stops just as it ever did when pressing the brake (it has simply reverted to a non-ABS system). Both the mechanical components and the electronic ABS control module are the same age, but I'm about to burn $350 and an afternoon to make a light on my dashboard turn off, due to an electronic failure.

  • @Nic7320
    @Nic7320 Před 3 lety

    Plastic parts (a.k.a. PEMs, or plastic encapsulated microcircuits) also absorb moisture, which eventually leads to internal corrosion. Contrary to popular belief, plastic is not a perfect sealant. If you need a hermetically sealed part, that requires a ceramic package with a sealed lid.
    During manufacturing, there are baking procedures to drive out any moisture PEMs absorb prior to soldering. If they aren't preheated and dried out, they will pop and crack when they are soldered. Just one more thing to think about.

  • @elevatormaniacgames
    @elevatormaniacgames Před 6 lety +8

    4:40 so accurate lol

  • @matttheman4331
    @matttheman4331 Před 7 lety +26

    Rip over clocking

    • @qwinex5570
      @qwinex5570 Před 6 lety

      i almost burnt out my 1000$ gpu with over clock every thing started crashing and i was like oh $#*%

    • @sliffer7226
      @sliffer7226 Před 6 lety

      thats cause you dont know how to overclock and whet to high on the core... 2110mhz on a 1080ti... free frames in games yah know

  • @AlanTuringWannabe
    @AlanTuringWannabe Před 11 měsíci

    This makes me realize how difficult interstellar travel will be. Even if a ship has multiple genetations of people, the onboard systems will gradually fail.

  • @johnishikawa2200
    @johnishikawa2200 Před 11 měsíci

    Sometimes my remote that I use on my tv stops working , and installing fresh batteries doesn't fix the problem . But I have discovered that by taking out the batteries and leaving it alone for maybe an hour , when I put the batts back in , it seems to work fine again ! What happened ? Was maybe a capacitor acquiring charge and retaining it , but taking out the power source and not using the remote for a while allowing that charge to leak off ?

  • @honey4xi
    @honey4xi Před 6 lety +29

    It's very informative for us to understand how Electronics fail over time due to using. 😎 😎 *Nothing last forever* is the truth.

  • @bb10789
    @bb10789 Před 7 lety +51

    WHO SAID HARAMBE DIED???

    • @masterchef3697
      @masterchef3697 Před 7 lety +6

      kelvin kam me

    • @LiEnby
      @LiEnby Před 7 lety +16

      Everyone.

    • @noobiii
      @noobiii Před 6 lety

      Harambe really is dead. A child fell into his cage and Harambe decided to play with him. The zookeepers thought that he tried to kill the child, so that led to him being shot.

  • @MondaySurprise
    @MondaySurprise Před 5 lety

    Stunning explosion alert at 5:00 and afterward...

  • @zachh6868
    @zachh6868 Před 5 lety

    I love those sponsorship tie ins. They always get me