From experience, the one thing cold does is make things not want to start up, particularly harddrives and printers. Once they get going, it's fine.
When I say cold, I'm talking below 10C and really approaching 0C. -Adam Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > Cold doesn't hurt much but damp is hell on electronics and fine > printer nozzles. > Insulate, dehumidify, heat to a standard room temperature. Computer > equipment does best in cool, dry environments. > > G > > On Jan 27, 2007, at 6:20 AM, David J Brooks wrote: > >> Any thoughts on setting up a computer and printer(s) in a basement >> setting that is coldish in winter and dampish in summer. >> >> However i run a dehumidifier in summer and a wood stove in winter. >> >> I know the latter is not that great cause of dust etc. >> >> The only reason i ask is that i had my very first computer, an old >> 8086, with 20meg HD, in my basement. It would be really hard after a >> while to start the thing. Almost as if the hardhrive was freezing up >> kind of thing. I f i used the computer every day, it was fine. Sit for >> a week and it would take forever. >> >> I also have my old on site computer down here and i notice that >> sometimes it freezes on start up, cannot find some file. >> Mind you its Win ME and it could be full of dirt from the horse shows. >> >> I'm planing on moving my main PC downstairs soon, and started to >> wonder. >> >> It does not seem to affect the S800 printer, just wondering about a >> 2400 > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
