Transporting Computer and two monitors | 5-6 days in trunk of car

[Joe335]

Hi, Happy 4th to you all!

I need some expert advice here. I hired a moving company to move most of my belongings, and I will be hiring a car transport to ship my car from LA to Chicago. I decided that because I can safely lock my trunk to where no one (without force) can open it. I was going to lock my tower and two high end LED monitors in my trunk. The monitors are both in their original packaging, and I was going to wrap my tower in a moving blanket for padding.

My question is, since I have a substantial amount invested in this all, is there cause for concern for vibration damage and heat damage during this trip. Keep in mind, the car will be up on a large trailer, so obviously there will be vibrations. I think the tower will be okay because I imagine with my components running, it's gets warmer than the trunk of the car can get.. I am mostly concerned about laying the monitors down for the duration, but also the heat is worrying me.

I know this may seem silly, but like I said, I have A LOT invested in this, it's my baby..

Any thoughts are appreciated!

 

[USAFRet]

If you were to buy a prebuilt PC, this is what happens:

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The life of a PC, from construction to your living room:
Factory -> conveyor belt -> forklift -> warehouse -> forklift -> truck -> forklift -> shipping container -> ship -> ocean -> big giant forklift thing to grab the shipping container -> ground -> forklift -> truck -> warehouse -> forklift -> truck -> Newegg warehouse -> forklift -> truck -> distro warehouse -> forklift -> truck -> local UPS center -> forklift -> truck all day in the summer heat (or winter cold) -> USP guy drops it (literally) on your porch.
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It will be fine.

 

[Joe335]

Thanks for the quick reply. I agree, the PC should be okay, especially if I lay it with the mobo on it's back, so the weight of the GPC and such is more neutral than adding stress points on the sockets, but as I mentioned, the monitors laying flat are worrying me. Are they too large of a surface area that the glass with crack ?[


quotemsg=18220959,0,1282023]If you were to buy a prebuilt PC, this is what happens:

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The life of a PC, from construction to your living room:
Factory -> conveyor belt -> forklift -> warehouse -> forklift -> truck -> forklift -> shipping container -> ship -> ocean -> big giant forklift thing to grab the shipping container -> ground -> forklift -> truck -> warehouse -> forklift -> truck -> Newegg warehouse -> forklift -> truck -> distro warehouse -> forklift -> truck -> local UPS center -> forklift -> truck all day in the summer heat (or winter cold) -> USP guy drops it (literally) on your porch.
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It will be fine.[/quotemsg]

 

[USAFRet]

If the monitors are in the original boxes, that is no different than shipping from the factory on the other side of the planet.

 

[Joe335]

Understood. I guess I just assumed that they are stood up while being shipped, not laying flat.

Thank you, Sir.

If the monitors are in the original boxes, that is no different than shipping from the factory on the other side of the planet.

 

[Faux_Grey]

Just hope you don't have a big air cooler like a D15.
Heard stories of those where they rip the motherboard apart during transit.

 

[helpstar]

Would disassemble a large cooler and a large graphics card, if there are such things installed. Heat is no problem. Have a look at the cartridge of the monitor. There should be a sign where the upside is marked.