If the hard drive works at cold temperature, it looks like the circuit board
has cold solder joints. I will try to re-solder all solder joints on the
circuit before put it into fridge.


"James Sweet" wrote in message
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Did you spin them up cold or keep them in the bag, allow them to warm
up,
before spinning them up?

I would think that spinning them up cold would [at least in Louisiana]
guarantee condensing water inside and making a real mess of everything.




You have to spin them up cold, that's the whole point. I haven't had
trouble
with condensation yet but then I don't live in a particularly humid place.
Still even when it works you usually only get a few minutes before it
conks
out again so you have to copy off the important stuff ASAP.