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mike[_22_]

On 4/30/2017 1:31 AM, wrote:
This is all I got, I cannot afford a new one. I can't work because of my eyesight but it isn't quite enough to give me disability, even though I would not be able to run a cash register now.

Anyway, we got hit with bedbugs. Two schools got closed over it. It was an epidemic or whatever.

Anyway, my laptop is infested. I have researched and found that when exposed to temperatures of 135 F for like 45 minutes it kills them and their eggs. The government and the companies who do this assure us that this is safe. It probably is if not running.

I just checked the oven, the lowest it will go is 170 F. Is that safe for a non, running (at the time) computer ? Could it damage the screen if by nothing else but expansion and contraction ?

We are about to bring in new matress and whatever, but anything happening to this laptop IS NOT AN OPTION.

I'd not use a standard oven. The cycling extremes will melt stuff.
Start with an ACCURATE thermometer that you can read with the oven door
closed.
Preheat the oven to 150 F or so then turn it off.
Let it stabilize and let it drift down to your target temperature.
May have to do this more than once to get the heat evenly distributed.
Stick a 100W incandescent light bulb in the oven and watch the
temperature. If it rises, use a smaller bulb. If it drops, use a bigger
bulb.
Or maybe a big bulb on a light dimmer.
You want the heat from the bulb to match the heat loss of the oven.

Now, you have a well-controlled temperature that doesn't have wide
swings as it cycles. I'd still not leave it unattended.
Watch the thermometer. Stuff happens.

I've done the same thing with a cardboard box, but the lack of
insulation makes it less stable.

The weakest link in a laptop is the glue that holds the conductive
strip to the display glass. You don't want that temperature to
go any higher
than absolutely necessary.