Working on a pc outdoors?

imamosher · 23 Apr 2010 at 16:22

Just thought with this nice weather we are experiencing right now I would get outside and give the inside of the PC a good clean out.

Is it safe? is there extra risk of static?

Andr3w · 23 Apr 2010 at 16:24

Make sure you do it in light rain/drizzle otherwise the sun could fry the motherboard!

whitecrook · 23 Apr 2010 at 16:29

Keep pets and children at bay, or you could end up with a badger in your pc or worse!

kylew · 23 Apr 2010 at 16:29

Andr3w said:
Make sure you do it in light rain/drizzle otherwise the sun could fry the motherboard!

Middle of a clear field during a thunderstorm is preferable though. Holding on to a 3m metal rod sticking up in the air.

kiteloopy · 23 Apr 2010 at 16:30

whitecrook said:
Keep pets and children at bay, or you could end up with a badger in your pc or worse!

Optimus Prime?

jwest · 23 Apr 2010 at 16:32

whitecrook said:
Keep pets and children at bay, or you could end up with a badger in your pc or worse!

You have a badger as a pet?

imamosher · 23 Apr 2010 at 16:33

I was basically asking if there was increased risk of static build up being outside, apologies if this was a silly question but really was'nt expecting Jackass answers. oh well

Cosimo · 23 Apr 2010 at 16:34

Andr3w said:
Make sure you do it in light rain/drizzle otherwise the sun could fry the motherboard!

Snow helps quite a bit with the cooling.

nex20 · 23 Apr 2010 at 16:34

It should be fine mate, i do it all the time. Just occasionally touch the metal on the side of the case to get rid of any static risk.

YZFAndy · 23 Apr 2010 at 16:37

I would leave it in the room for 10/20 minutes before turning on to let it equalise with room temperature if doing it outside in the sun. There is always a SMALL chance of condensation with the temp and humidity difference between outside and in.

imamosher · 23 Apr 2010 at 16:37

nex20 said:
It should be fine mate, i do it all the time. Just occasionally touch the metal on the side of the case to get rid of any static risk.

Cheers mate, just wanted some confirmation it would be ok

jp_bl_68 · 23 Apr 2010 at 16:40

imamosher said:
Cheers mate, just wanted some confirmation it would be ok

Stay in the shade. My mate's laptop screen didn't last long in the sunlight.

DJMK4 · 23 Apr 2010 at 17:15

I heard that direct sunlight for a bit makes it overclock better

Ricochet J · 23 Apr 2010 at 17:32

I hear if you bury your PC in soil, and put water over it, it will grow into a PC-Tree with Nvidia graphic cards as leaves. You might as well give it a punt since you'll be outdoors with the PC anyway.

BigglesPiP · 23 Apr 2010 at 21:58

kylew said:
Middle of a clear field during a thunderstorm is preferable though. Holding on to a 3m metal rod sticking up in the air.

LOL, I've been out on Windermere in the GP14 when the wind suddenly dies and you can hear thunder in the distance. It's less fun that you might imagine sitting on a huge body of water waving a giant aluminium pole in the air.

On the drizzle note, when running a machine, a certain level of humidity and above in the air will actually conduct static, preventing a build up in the machine.

MikeHunt79 · 23 Apr 2010 at 21:59

jp_bl_68 said:
Stay in the shade. My mate's laptop screen didn't last long in the sunlight.

what brand was the laptop?

Fireskull · 23 Apr 2010 at 22:00

Lol to some of these replies

yes its fine, I built my new i7 system out in the sun last weekend and im always air compressing computers for work outside and never had any problems.

(For future ref dont ask these questions in GD you will always get these answers

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jp_bl_68 · 23 Apr 2010 at 22:01

MikeHunt79 said:
what brand was the laptop?

I don't remember, maybe a dell, definitely cheap. I think the sunlight messed with the crystals in the display, they overheated and warped the images on the screen.

Justintime · 23 Apr 2010 at 22:54

whitecrook said:
Keep pets and children at bay, or you could end up with a badger in your pc or worse!

jwest said:
You have a badger as a pet?

No he has one as a child :eek:

MikeHunt79 · 23 Apr 2010 at 23:14

jp_bl_68 said:
I don't remember, maybe a dell, definitely cheap. I think the sunlight messed with the crystals in the display, they overheated and warped the images on the screen.

I guess that's possible, it seems silly that a laptop should break in the sun though, as I imagine there are countries such as Mexico who have far more sun than us in the UK, and I think they'd be pretty annoyed if a laptop could not be used outside!