Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Handling Systems Exposed to Extreme Temperatures?

Posted by Cliff on from the for-those-with-mp3-PCs-in-their-cars dept.

NeoMagick asks: "I live in a rural town in the Pacific Northwest, and I'll soon be picking up a Shuttle system which will get mounted in the trunk of my car, and patched into probably an Alpine or Pyle in-dash LCD panel. This last week temperatures have gotten up to 105degF, and have been known to get to -10degF in the winters. I'm wondering if any /.ers have had issues with computers in cars in such extreme temperatures (overheating? freezing?), and if so what they did to solve such problems."

1 of 55 comments (clear)

  1. Computers freezing in cold mountin' country by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    temperatures (overheating? freezing?),
    "Hey Jethro, this here computer has frozen solid`"
    "The manual says to reboot the new fangled thing Jeth"
    "Alright, I'll kick it with ma boot"
    ::boots the frozen computer, ice breaks off::
    "See that is a how it's done, now it works again"