Preserving electronic devices

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What are the main tips for preserving electronic devices in general?
What are the best tips for preserving CRT TVs and IPS LED LCD displays?
Also for ASUS Sata DVD drives

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Keep in a climate controlled environment. Or ask the Museum.
Cheers Bob

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Is turning on electronic devices that use aluminum electrolytic capacitors manufactured in the 90s or 2000s or new devices for 1 hour every 6/12 months enough to prevent damage or failure of these capacitors due to disuse or no?

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Hi Gamer,

These questions might be best answered by someone with some super sharp expertise in electronics safekeeping, it might be worth an email to a museum specialising in such.

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any forummuseum?

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Hi Gamer,

Not the forum but if you search for a museum that focusses on electronics preservation they will be able to give you some good advice (if they get back to you)

(Not that the forum isn’t helpful, it looks like you have got some good answers, but knowing when to go/look for subject matter experts is key)

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Hi Liam

Having some idea on exactly what Gamer is trying to do here would be a step in the right direction

He/She has started half a dozen threads now all with the same theme. Asking almost impossible questions and not one of them hints at what he/she is trying to achieve.

And I get the impression that He/She has not done one bit of research himself/herself.

Please excuse the “He/She” as Gamer’s gender is unknown and I do not know the proper term in this woke age of speaking. I wonder how the French people get on. There is no neuter gender in their language. Everything is either Male or Female.
Cheers Bob

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I think we just have to make do with a singular sense of they/their; it’s a nasty hack.

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Hi Kimmo
They.their sort of implies plural people doesn’t it?
Anyway we are not here for an english lesson.
Just wondered where we are all supposed to be going that’s all.
I get the impression the place is rapidly going mad. But that’s probably what old age does to one.
Cheers Bob

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Hey Bob,

They/ them tend to cover all bases pretty well when you are unsure. While we normally use these terms in the plural sense it is grammatically correct to use them as both plural and singular pronouns.

We have a bunch of terms like this that we never really consider as both plural and singular but they can be very useful in the right context. Aircraft, fish, and sheep come to mind as nouns that can be used as both. Very off topic I know but linguistics can be surprisingly interesting.

@gamer87272298, I would suggest giving this guide a look at from the Henry Ford Museum. As they seem to have an interest in the preservation of electronic devices they may also be a decent resource to reach out to for more specific questions. They have contact information listed at the bottom of that linked document.

Hope this helps!