New PC Delivered - How long should i wait before turning on?

Optyk · 19 Nov 2007 at 10:09

Its been sitting in a cold depot all night so condensation has formed on the case. How long should I wait before turning it on? Dont want the PSU exploding due to it.

Brian Stuart · 19 Nov 2007 at 10:12

I would give it a couple of hours in a warm room.

Optyk · 19 Nov 2007 at 10:31

Is there anyway to check for sure?

Robert1986 · 19 Nov 2007 at 10:44

I just got my new pc this morning. It has been sitting in a freezing van over night. I just left it to sit in a warm room for 40 minutes. Works fine now.

Blue Cypher · 19 Nov 2007 at 10:45

i would wait 30 mins after the condensation has gone tbh

Vir · 19 Nov 2007 at 10:52

I'd leave it in that room, free watercooling huh

basmic · 19 Nov 2007 at 11:16

I'd plugged in a monitor literally straight from the back of Citylink's freezing van. Did the monitor blow up? No, and I'm using it now!

Optyk · 19 Nov 2007 at 11:43

Im not the most computer savy person around, but i think its safe to assume that a high power PSU will react completly different to a monitor.

peeejayz · 19 Nov 2007 at 11:46

You'd be suprise how much power a monitor takes....

I'd say leave it a few hours or soo.. not worth risking it.

misterPK · 19 Nov 2007 at 11:52

There was a thread a few days back about what can happen if you dont wait.

Link

So it probably is best to wait a while....

PK!

GarethDW · 19 Nov 2007 at 12:02

I know you should leave it until the condensation has disappeared but I'm very impatient when it comes to playing with new parts for my PC

tom_e · 19 Nov 2007 at 12:09

Optyk said:
Im not the most computer savy person around, but i think its safe to assume that a high power PSU will react completly different to a monitor.

Most monitors store a charge not much smaller than a psu as my arm will tell you ive never seen it move so fast after I stupidly touched an uncovered monitor after i plugged it in, still dont know why i done that

Optyk · 19 Nov 2007 at 12:26

blitz2163 said:
Most monitors store a charge not much smaller than a psu as my arm will tell you ive never seen it move so fast after I stupidly touched an uncovered monitor after i plugged it in, still dont know why i done that

Did it have shiny parts?

misterPK said:
There was a thread a few days back about what can happen if you dont wait.

Link

So it probably is best to wait a while....

PK!

And if it happens again there will be murder!

NightSt@lk3r · 19 Nov 2007 at 12:52

to be on the safe side i would just switch it on

(OH XMAS SMILEYS!!)

seriously i would leave it for arround 5 hours in a warm room.

Optyk · 19 Nov 2007 at 12:59

so..40 mins or 5 hours?

Yiuca · 19 Nov 2007 at 13:02

Optyk said:
so..40 mins or 5 hours?

2 hours? I think it's just a case of waiting til your confident it's safe, or something... Use the force!

Neal · 19 Nov 2007 at 13:09

personally i would sit it infront of a nice warm radiator for an hour, an then turn it on...

Avalon · 19 Nov 2007 at 14:36

Unpack it, set it up, make sure it's 'room temp' (however long that takes) and then pop it on. As to putting a time limit on it you're the best judge, if it's still considerably colder than the room then wait 15 minutes, keep checking till it's ok.

basmic · 19 Nov 2007 at 23:43

Optyk said:
Im not the most computer savy person around, but i think its safe to assume that a high power PSU will react completly different to a monitor.

I'm not the most computer savvy, but somewhere along the line my monitor takes a 240v mains connection.

MuSsEr · 20 Nov 2007 at 10:05

i would say a monitor getting damp and a whole computer gettign damp are fairly different situations

also, monitors dont store much crage any more unless they are a CRT....then if you touch something you shouldnt your probably going to die