Dark monitor

[NTJedi]

Originally Posted by Fyron

Extrapolation leads to: Being composed of doped silicon circuits, the vast majority of "electronic computer pieces" do not wear out (especially not in 3-5 years)...

Your assertion is overly general and quite misleading to the public. The only components that wear out are those with moving parts, like fans and hard drives, or those with destructive chemical structure, like NAND flash cells.

Your belief in computer stability is misleading, it's not just moving parts which "wear out" as you phrase it.

Just do a simple google search and you'll see many many topics and threads listing the lifespan of todays computers. Naturally some pieces will last longer yet much depends on the manufacturer and type of device. Heck, one of my many monitors is also very old(7_years), but it's clearly not running like it was 5 years ago thus not used.

Now you may disagree with someone such as myself who has actually works and plays with computer software and hardware, but this would just turn into a long forum debate... if you wish to devote such time. Also this discussion you're starting is leaning off the main topic which is helping this individual with his monitor.