Re: Effects of Temperature on PCs

J.M. Wetterling (wetterling@edte.utwente.nl)
Sat, 13 Jul 1996 00:01:20 EDT

Rodney G Jurist <JURIST@enigma.rider.edu> writes:
>Can anyone supply with info relative to the effects of temperature and
>humidity on PCs? Literature, research and/or personal experiences would be
>welcome.

Hi

I had twice the following 'accident'. At the end of a warm day in the office
my computer stopped to respond. I tried to reboot but then it could not
recognize the harddisk. It asked for a system disk or something. I was
terrified because I expected a harddisk crash. But the next day I was able to
boot normally :-) There were no physical or logical errors to be identified by
several utilities. This happened again on one other day when it was very warm
so I think it was caused by the heath. But on the other hand I am not 100%
sure because my computer is not enjoying direct sun inflow through the window.

Maybe some of you who live in warmer environments than the Netherlands can
give information about this.

Joachim

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