Blood Rose Manor
March 28, 2024, 05:13:48 am
Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.

Login with username, password and session length
News:
 
  Home Help Arcade Gallery Staff List Login Register  

Can cold temperatures adversely affect electronic gadgets?

Pages: [1]
  Print  
Author Topic: Can cold temperatures adversely affect electronic gadgets?  (Read 80 times)
0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.
blueyes
Crown holder
Royalty
*
Offline Offline

Posts: 7774




Badges: (View All)
Seventh year Anniversary Search Sixth year Anniversary
« on: January 23, 2009, 03:22:29 pm »

Ask Dave Taylor,  provides answers....

Every year I have a problem trying to figure out where to hide Christmas presents and this year I've finally decided to just leave them in a box in the trunk of my card. My only concern is the cold weather. Can cold mess up digital cameras, iPods, etc?
Dave's Answer:

Oh yeah, that's a serious problem, one that I have been thinking about myself since I realized that I couldn't leave my own iPod in my car on nights when it gets below 32F, which we've definitely been experiencing in the last week or so here in Colorado.

Frozen Disk Drive imageI asked the folks at DriveSavers for their input on this issue, since they make their money recovering data from damaged drives and gadgets, and here's what they reported back to me:

"Winter’s cold temperatures can certainly damage hard drives and electronic gadgets. This holiday season, expensive presents with built-in hard drives like new game systems, personal computers and MP3 music players require extra protection from the cold. DriveSavers, experts at data recovery, warns that hard drives can be damaged when the temperature drops below freezing."

Their advice to you is:

    * Don’t keep gifts of electronic devices hidden in car trunks, especially: laptops or desktop computers, digital cameras, MP3 music players, game systems or hard drive-based video recorders.
    * If your hard drive-based gifts experience extreme temperatures (below 30 degrees), allow them time to warm to room temperature before operating them.
    * If you receive a new personal computer, be sure to backup all the files on your old computer before starting to transfer them to the new one.
    * As an added precaution, always use surge protectors or battery backup systems to protect your new electronic devices. This will prevent damage from power spikes or surges, common during the winter.

It definitely sounds like your storage tactic isn't going to work this winter, so I would encourage you to find a different solution. Perhaps you have a friend whose kids aren't so inquisitive? Or a neighbor? :-)


Found @

http://tinyurl.com/d7fjv3
Report Spam   Logged

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter



Pages: [1]
  Print  
 
Jump to:  

Powered by EzPortal
Bookmark this site! | Upgrade This Forum
SMF For Free - Create your own Forum
Powered by SMF | SMF © 2016, Simple Machines
Privacy Policy