the freezer (Score 1)

My old Amiga used to overheat while I was working on term papers (and playing music, and playing games, at the same time -- back in 1995). When it would do this, no amount of rebooting, or smacking it around would work. First the sound would die, then it wouldn't print, then it would go into guru meditation and wouldn't boot at all. I can only assume this was due to one after the other of the custom chips failing after excessive multitasking in an unairconditioned appartment. If I dropped in from a height of about 3 inches I could get it to boot but the sound and printing were still a no go. So I put it in the freezer (A1200's were nice small machines) for 30 minutes, dropped it a couple times, and printed my paper just in time for class.