Hans you asked for pointers ---- my first question is: Do you want the script to be enacted by a "onsite, awake" systems admin who is just waiting to push the "red panic button" as he goes running out the door, and your script will shut down the machine; and you don't care if any data is lost, because the cpu is worth more than cost of data --- or are you going to have is all done automatically (i.e. the CPU temp sensor sense a problem, and initiates shutdown w/o any human hands --- ) ???
Thanks for your response. This is for my personal machine (which is both a business and home/entertainment machine), running ftp, firewall, seti and a couple of other things continuously. It's on 24/7 and I spend a lot of time on it, but when I'm asleep or away, I'd like it to be able to save itself should need be. I have sensors and gkrelm (?) running so I always keep an eye on the temperature. I have stopped the fan once deliberately to see how quickly it heats up - not too quickly at all, there should be at least half a minute before it gets too hot (assuming "too hot" somewhere around 75 degrees C, although I've heard Athlons can survive up to 90 degrees. My idea is to write a small program that takes input from sensors, and when CPU temperature goes above a certain level, it shuts down the machine. My mother's mobo's bios can do that all by itself, (although it switches off dead), but mine can. I know there's a PCI board available that does this, I'll invest in it if I can get it for a reasonable price on this side of the atlantic...
Pointers: Maybe a second cpu fan, along w/ a haylon system would be a good idea --- also add a power filter, ups, and go from there...
I'm looking out for a second fan that would fit between the cpu and ram, and a third one will be added too. Thanks for your reply! Hans == Download ringtones, logos and picture messages at Ananzi Mobile Fun. http://www.ananzi.co.za/cgi-bin/goto.pl?mobile