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Re: taking thinkpad 701c on ski vacation
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.
Ben.
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