Jonathan is right. Canned air can contain most anything, especially the cheaper stuff. Some of it even leaves an oily residue.
From: James Kerr [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2010 11:55 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: "Freezer Trick" works on "dead" flash/thumb drives Very interesting, never heard of that before. ----- Original Message ----- From: Raper, Jonathan - Eagle <mailto:[email protected]> To: NT System Admin Issues <mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2010 12:00 PM Subject: RE: "Freezer Trick" works on "dead" flash/thumb drives Nope. He mans this or its equivalent: http://www.chemtronics.com/products/americas/e/freeze_sprays.asp http://www.mcmelectronics.com/product/20-3000&CAWELAID=220229474 Using a can of compressed air upside down can actually damage electronic components, depending on the chemicals contained in the can. Legitimate freeze sprays are designed specifically for electronics troubleshooting and will not damage the plastics, composites, or cause corrosion/oxidation. Jonathan L. Raper, A+, MCSA, MCSE Technology Coordinator Eagle Physicians & Associates, PA [email protected] <BLOCKED::mailto:%[email protected]> www.eaglemds.com <BLOCKED::http://www.eaglemds.com/> ________________________________ From: James Kerr [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2010 11:49 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: "Freezer Trick" works on "dead" flash/thumb drives You mean like turning a can of compressed air upside down and spraying the board? ----- Original Message ----- From: Maglinger, Paul <mailto:[email protected]> To: NT System Admin Issues <mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2010 9:15 AM Subject: RE: "Freezer Trick" works on "dead" flash/thumb drives Electronics commonly have thermal problems. There's been many a time I've troubleshot motherboards with a can of freeze spray. From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2010 3:56 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: "Freezer Trick" works on "dead" flash/thumb drives It was great. I left it in the freezer the whole time (with the extention running out between the gasket. The colder it got, the longer between "failures" I had. With out the cold, the drive immeadiately fails. I owe whomever figured out the freezer trick big time... -- ME2 On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 1:14 AM, James Hill <[email protected]> wrote: Never heard of that one! I rescued the data off an IBM "Deathstar" thanks to multiple visits to the freezer. I like the ingenuity of the extention cords J From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, 7 September 2010 3:52 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: FYI: "Freezer Trick" works on "dead" flash/thumb drives I'd never heard of anyone doing it before, but it just let me get the data off of mine (albeit in many ~10 second incriments). Viva la flexible ice packs... Viva la USB extentions cords... Viva la robocopy... 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