Re: Watchdog software?

[Chris Hunter <cjhunter@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jim, thanks ... 'sounds to work in much the same way as Paul's
Idratek set-up ... 'wonder if there's a way to have other app's reset
a timer in a similar way, too ... and so solve Paul G's problem ...
which, of course, we all have, too ?

Chris



On 29 Apr 2007, at 00:26, Jim Noble wrote:

>
> On 28 Apr 2007, at 11:23, Chris Hunter wrote:
>
>> Not sure how it works, but ISTR that some motherboards come with a
>> watchdog function ... eg: MiniITX from VIA, Commell, etc.
>
> It's usually a resettable delay timer that plugs into the reset
> button input on the motherboard. The timer is frequently reset via
> software - if the machine goes completely belly up and the timer
> isn't reset, it automatically reboots.
>
> Jim
>