anyone have a car pc in minnesota or same climate

**fuctup** · 06-01-2005, 04:29 PM

anyone live in minnesota or similar climate?

how has your car pc handled the extremes? i know nothing wants to work to well outside when its -30F or 90F

**shakes** · 06-01-2005, 04:32 PM

there are guys here from sweeden ... they seem to do ok.

**J187** · 06-01-2005, 04:38 PM

Its also gonna depend on other vairables such as install location, cooling equip, insulation, etc. etc.

**neon_eddy** · 06-01-2005, 04:39 PM

I live in coon rapids, and took many trips to the Iron Rnage during the winter.

LCD - faired fine but didn't like to turn on sometimes
HD - Didn't like to spin up right away, but that was with a 60W PSU, I now use a 90W so maybe that will fix it.

Other than that things worked fine. I'm finding more issues with the heat than cold right now. I have 3 case fans right now and it still get really hot.

**PatO** · 06-01-2005, 08:03 PM

Haven't had a problem. Although, I let the car warm up for a bit first. If I'm shivering, I'm too cold to enjoy music! LCD is a bit dim when it's below freezing, but that goes away quickly as I have it positioned near a vent. HDD = no problems.

Warm weather, otoh, has caused my (1st gen) computer to crash on long drives down to Mankato (2hrs). Easily solved by turning on the A/C.

So, just use common sense. If it's too cold/hot for you or your car, then it's too cold/hot for your computer. Start the engine and wait a couple minutes for things to moderate.

**PatO** · 06-01-2005, 08:05 PM

Oh - thinking about having a meet early next month. Check the Gatherings thread if you're interested...

**russian_mafia** · 06-02-2005, 12:51 AM

yeah i am prom mn and its been ok for me

**meyer64** · 06-02-2005, 12:58 AM

lcd is a bit dim at first but no other problems. like neon_eddy said, heat is more of an issue.

**Rakuda** · 06-04-2005, 09:17 PM

Mine works fine from Duluth,Mn to Iron Range. But I have a garage for wintertime.

**Weatherboy** · 06-06-2005, 07:48 AM

I had terrible trouble last winter

Below 40°F hard drive would keep clicking and pc would reboot about 3 times before it was warm enough to actually boot up.

Below 10°F the hard drive would just click and it would not even boot past bios.

I took the fan off the board and wrapped hard drive up for winter worked ok until about 25°F next year hope to have full box built and it should keep it jsut warm enough, as before it was sjut open air in trunk. it is also a 3.5" drive so 2.5 might work better in cold temps.