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Recommendations for turning on a laptop that is cold, like ~10F (sat in car outside overnight)?

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Mar 15, 202631376 views
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I saw the question Will cold weather break my laptop?... I have a similar question, but it's different. One of the answers there posted a list of top-10 recommendations for what to do. (source: About.com) It seemed to sound authoritative, except on closer examination some of the things were inconsi…

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A few facts: 1) A very cold battery will lose its charge quicker and so if you use a laptop on battery when it's cold you may have less runtime (NB: I am not talking about battery self-discharge) Lots of info here: http://www.mpoweruk.com/performanc…

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