could a freezer damage a computer?

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linuxbreaker

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So we were moving and during the move, my main computer was the netbook while we stayed in our trailer. For a period of a few days after getting in, my netbook went missing. When we went out to clean out the trailer and finish moving stuff in, I found my netbook in the freezer.

Very confused, I got it out and let it warm up to a usable temp. I may have turned it on a little prematurely before letting it fully dry out any water residue, but I'm pretty sure it mostly dried. Before this happened, my computer could play minecraft quite well. Now it has trouble launching it, and on lowest settings minecraft has no chance. Is there a way that the freezer could have cracked the thermal paste and/or water residue could have somehow weakened certain components?
 
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There is other damage that can be caused by freezing something, mechanical parts will expand and contract between freezing and thawing and heating, so it might not even be a water condensation problem. It does run, so chances are there isn't water damage which would be something like a bridged circuit causing a system fault, check thermals, if that doesn't work, might be best to send it in for repair as the fault could lie in any number of parts.
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huilun02

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If contact with water has damaged components then unfortunately you can't do much about it besides sending it for repair. The thermal paste getting ruined is a possibility. Check your processor's running temperature.

Sounds like you got more important things to fix.
 
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There is other damage that can be caused by freezing something, mechanical parts will expand and contract between freezing and thawing and heating, so it might not even be a water condensation problem. It does run, so chances are there isn't water damage which would be something like a bridged circuit causing a system fault, check thermals, if that doesn't work, might be best to send it in for repair as the fault could lie in any number of parts.
 
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