My initial thought is you shouldn’t worry about capacitors or overheating. Low temps keep things cool. With regard to hard drive on an old laptop I think it depends on how much use it has on it. All hard drives have a life (how many times it spins and does a read/write cycle) and it will be on 24/7. I also don’t think screen failure will cause the unit to shut down. You might want to invest in a good UPS (uninteruptable power supply) to manage power outages and power spikes.
Be interested in knowing what you are thinking about doing that you need to remotely access a camp computer during the winter.
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