Re: taking thinkpad 701c on ski vacation

[aoster <alster@interport.net>]

On Thu, 21 Dec 1995, Rev. Ben wrote:

> On Thu, 21 Dec 1995, Jeffrey Hsu wrote:
> 
> > Does anything bad happen to thinkpads when they freeze?  I'm going on
> > a ski vacation and am planning to take my notebook with me, except
> > I'm worried about leaving it in the car in freezing conditions.  Any
> > horror stories about cracked screens or frozen disks I should know about?
> 
> I took a LONG walk yesterday in the Connecticut cold.  My thinkpad was in 
> my rucksack.  When I got home, and started it up, it made all sorts of 
> nasty whirring noises--its sounded like the bearings were grinding.

Uhm...let it warm up to room temperature first...!


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