Having the computer turn off at a specified tempurature

[Dotan Cohen]

On 18/08/07, Tim <ignored_mailbox at yahoo.com.au> wrote:
> On Sat, 2007-08-18 at 17:22 +0300, Dotan Cohen wrote:
> > I've just replaced the faulty fan on an AMD with a good Intel fan, but
> > it does not sit well and it is liable to get stuck on the heatsink.
> > I'd like the machine to shutdown rather than cook itself, as it did
> > when the original fan went belly-up. I actually smelled it: that's how
> > I knew something was wrong.
>
> That sounds very bad, I hope you didn't damage it at the same time.

Well, it wasn't so much my idea as it was the fan's idea. I would have
smelled it sooner, but something was burning in the kitchen as well,
masking the smell of burning Duron. Didn't seem to do much damage,
though, as it's still slow as it was before, and everything that I
could think of checking, works.

> If you have to jury rig a fan to a system, you might find it more
> reliable to mount it to the case, and aim the air at the heatsink.  If
> it blows enough, that's all that's needed.  It doesn't have to be on the
> heatsink, itself.

If I find that it gets lodged, then I'll do that. In the meantime, I
want the OS to babysit. This machine is not used for anything
critical, just Amarok, Digikam, Firefox, and Open Office.

Dotan Cohen

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