Freezing laptop

[toast1]

Sometimes I leave my laptop in my car, and temperatures drop below freezing at night.

 

It hasn't harmed it in the past, I have left it during very cold winter nights, but I'm wondering if this is OK.

 

Is it generally OK to do this?

Thanks

 

[timendres]

As long as you allow the machine to come back to room temperature before turning it on, I see no issues with the electronics. The real problem you should be concerned about is condensation. If you bring the freezing machine into a warm, humid room, it is likely that you will get water condensation, which is never a good thing.

[Pib]

Major changes in temperate also cause component/circuit board expansion and shrinking which can cause solder connections to break/loosen/have poor contact among other problems.  I definitely would not be letting my laptop experience going from freezing to warm/hot on a frequent basis unless it was specifically built for such environmental change.

 

https://www.hampshire.edu/it/laptops-and-temperature-extremes

[toast1]

OK

Great

Thanks for the info, I left my Dell laptop in my car in previous years, when there was freezing, and there were no problems at all, but I will try not to do this.