If computers are in an area where its over 95 degrees can the computer stop working?

Answer 1

Unless you have it wrapped in a blanket it should be fine. Dont even worry if you have a HP or Dell or other name brand. Computer CPU's are designed to withstand up to 80 degress celcius.

Answer 2

Yes, two ways. Something can fry or a temperature circuit may shut the computer down. The motherboard has temperature protection. the system will shut down and reset after the temp drops. The bios settings have the information on temp controls. Most later models do have temp protection. The limits are configurable. It's not recommended to use a computer and monitor over 90 degrees Fahrenheit, but that's arguable. If you want to take the risk, be my guest. Open the side panels and place a large fan on the system, run at medium or slow speeds.

Be sure to use a surge protection always. If something fries then it doesn't take out the motherboard and CPU. Have someone check the outlet on the house and make it right. You need three wires, hot, neutral and ground. You can purchase a tester for $10 at Home Depot or hire an electrician to check. Computers and components rely on a perfect ground. Old homes and apartment almost never have the right outlet service. The risk is much greater that something will fry if the service and surge protection is not proper.

If your data and work is backed up and the computer is under warranty the loss is less, but the hassle and risk is the same. You never know what limits a system will go until you get there.
Follow the system user guide and manufacturer's recommendations.

Can you afford an air conditioner for the room?

Answer 3

This is called ambient heat - the temperature of the space that the computer is operating in. It is a big problem for some types of computers, like banks of servers such as at Yahoo and Google, but also at institutions like science labs where they need a lot of computing power.

Regular personal computers don't have the problem so much, but they could indeed overheat when the room they are in gets high in temperature, because some pc's don't have a case that permits proper air flow, and the fans and heatsinks in them additionally get dirty and dusty, and they are often down under a desk where there is little circulation and so on.

So they heat up too much and Windows shuts down. Then after it has shut down, the computer cools down a bit and the person turns it back on and it works again for a few minutes and then it turns off again.

Answer 4

It could, but only if the fan was not providing proper cooling to the CPU. Open the computer case and see if the fans are working or if there is an abundance of dust inside your case. Dust can cause the fans to not work properly and can prevent the components from being properly cooled. You can blow the dust out by using a can of compressed air.

Answer 5

It depends how good of a cooling system you have inside the computer. Normally it will be ok, but if the computer relies on a somewhat cool air intake, you could run into trouble.

Answer 6

Computer failure can be caused by overheating, search yahoo for a program called speedfan and see how hot the processor is running at.

If you are worried about it, you can open the case and see if there is any dust you can clean out( i recommend using a vacuum hose) and that will help keep it cooler.

Answer 7

Yep depends on how well the designers build the cooling system can literally fry the cpu and other electronic parts if not cooled well enough.

Answer 8

Overheating is very common this type of year. Usually they just shutdown as a safety feature with no harm done.

Answer 9

Yes, It's a safety mechanism that's programmed in the PC.

Answer 10

Yes, if it is not well ventilated and gets too hot, it will stop working.
let it cool down, is most cases it will start to work again.