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Article #721Re: Can VF's solve pc heat problems?
From: Michael Hamilton
Date: Tue, 07 Apr 1992 02:21
Date: Tue, 07 Apr 1992 02:21
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In article <1992Apr1.092646.22097@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de> ralf@ubka.uni-karlsruhe.de (Ralf Grohmann) writes:
>...
>air is constantly pulled through the device. A little TSR is supplied
>which keeps a constant tyemperature inside the computer by checking
>the heat-bit in the cpu's status registers (80286 and above) and turns
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>the drive on if needed (8086-owners must give a parameter which turns
>the drive on for a specific period of time, because the 8086 doesn't
>have the heat-bit yet)
>...
Is there a product that will shut a PC down if it detects a heat
problem? How long before an PC with a failed fan damages itself?
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