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Reply With QuoteOne thought... Hot air + cold metal = condensation.
Well I now know that my carputer will not boot when its in the neighborhood of 25F outside. It just BSOD'd this morning. TOO COLD!
I have it mounted in the trunk.
I was thinking that since I have rear air in my car, I migh possible route a tub to the trunk to help warm it and cool it if needed. It can be controled on/off from the inside.
I wouldnt directly point the tube at the carpc either, I am thinking of the tube entering the trunk from the opposite side the carpc is on.
Any thoughts on this.
One thought... Hot air + cold metal = condensation.
25F shouldn't make anything stop working in your computer...
I thought most components ranged on the -35c (-31F), and only our brothers and sisters out in the coldest of cold areas had this problem?
Specs on my hdd.
Operating:
Ambient temperature: 5° to 55° C = 41F to 131F
Shock (half sine wave): 300 G / 2ms, 160G / 1ms
Non-operating:
Ambient temperature: -40° to 65° C = -40F to 149F
Shock (half sine wave): 1000 G / 1 ms
I have had in working in 35F before, but today was too cold.
25F isnt that cold. Does your system POST? How far does it get into the boot process before you get a blue screen? Is it the windows blue screen, or is it a blue screen from the BIOS.
Only problems I've ever had is my cmops battery dieing in the cold or the comp needing a restart to get things up to temp and spinning. I''ve never had a cmplete refusal to start up.
Gets down to around -20 to -25 C here....................
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wow that a ****ty hard driveOriginally Posted by digeratix
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Its not too ****ty, its only the most popular laptop hdd there is.
Whats your hard drive and whats the specs?
I think they are all pretty much like that.
I got to reading this ...
http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/faq-...ct-car-pc.html
It was a BSOD after post and during the black and white progress bar at the bottom.
I have read about it on these forums before and didnt realize that temp would be such an issue in the trunk but appearantly it is.
Dont forget I'm talking Fahrenheit not Celsius
As far as I know the only harddrives that can handle extreme temps is made by hitachi and its the Endurastar line.
(-22 to +185 degrees Fahrenheit)
I just have some crappy Western Digital (3.5") and it goes to -20C without a problem (trunk, not cabin anymore). Also goes past 40C.
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Also Fujistu makes a "rugged" drive that advertises -350 to +85C which I believe is military spec.
http://www.fujitsu.com/global/servic...mhw2040ac.html
Also works up to 4000m which is pretty good for a regular drive. Only 1 place I can get to with my car over that, and that is the top of Pikes Peak (14000ft+ mountain)...
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30 Digital Outputs -- Directly drive a relay
15 Analogue Inputs -- Read sensors like temperature, light, distance, acceleration, and more
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