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melvyn · 03-18-2001, 09:34 PM

I see we're thinking alike.

I've had a look through the Radio Shack website, and think I've found something suitable - thermal fuses. These go open circuit at a preset temperature. The 72C or 77C ones look like they could work if I connected one in series with the ATX "power good" wire. If I remember this correctly, "power good" needs to be grounded for an ATX power supply to start; Interrupting this wire should shut things down. It wouldn't be a clean shutdown, but I'd much rather reinstall Windows than have to get a new cpu.

03-18-2001, 09:34 PM	#3
melvyn Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 69	I see we're thinking alike. I've had a look through the Radio Shack website, and think I've found something suitable - thermal fuses. These go open circuit at a preset temperature. The 72C or 77C ones look like they could work if I connected one in series with the ATX "power good" wire. If I remember this correctly, "power good" needs to be grounded for an ATX power supply to start; Interrupting this wire should shut things down. It wouldn't be a clean shutdown, but I'd much rather reinstall Windows than have to get a new cpu.