9 Dec
2009
9 Dec
'09
9:25 a.m.
I'd run one for several years in an unheated/cooled attic with extremes
both ways. It was an old P-II and ate one cpu and one nic over about
three years, cpu was likely caused by x weeks with the fan locked. No
hdisk or mb probs. Low temps were sub zero F in the attic confirmed by an
external thermodongle.
On Tue, 8 Dec 2009, Zane H. Healy wrote:
Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2009 21:19:55 -0800
From: Zane H. Healy <healyzh at aracnet.com>
Reply-To: "General Discussion: On-Topic Posts Only" <cctech at
classiccmp.org>
To: classiccmp at classiccmp.org
Subject: Running Computers Cold
Okay, this is the first time I've ever had to worry about this. When is it
to cold to run a computer? It's 35F out in the garage, and it is supposed to
get a lot colder tonight. I just shut the dehumidifier down (to cold to run
it) and setup a heater near the computers (and other stuff I don't want to
freeze).
Zane
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