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Hey everyone,

Got an issue I'd like some help with. I'm running a custom watercooling loop with a UPS. The one problem with the set up is that pump occasionally trips when the UPS kicks in and as a result the core temperatures rocket with no water circulating.

I use CoreTemp to manage my temperatures and the UPS software with my UPS is good but isn't integrated i.e. when it goes to battery mode it doesn't tell windows that. Both allow you to execute programmes though, for core temp, if the temperatures get above a certain level, and for the UPS software, when the battery engages.

Is there a way to write a batch script or something that will safely stop FAH when executed?

Oh forgot to add the important stuff, I'm running the SMP client on a win7 64bit i7

Many thanks.

k1wi

You've got a bad UPS. When a switchover occurs, it shouldn't ever shut down the pump unless it is powered separately. Switchovers should be totally invisible to the powered devices.

That being said, I would not be looking for a utility that can shut down a service/application. Folding may get you to an unsafe temp quicker, but without cooling you are going to get there regardless. Rather, I would be looking for a motherboard monitor or a CPU temp utility that can shut down the machine if the temperature exceeds a set level. I'm sure that those exist...

Do note that it really is hard to kill a modern Intel processor from overheating. They all have internal temperature sensors and built in over temp protection processes that first automatically decreases the clock frequency and if that doesn't work will actually shut down the processor before permanent damage occurs. There may be cumulative long-term damage if this happens frequently, so I wouldn't just depend on the processor itself to protect itself.

core temp so you're using windows?

make a batch script with this code


( just make a text file and rename the extension to bat )

Have it execute when temp get's to high ( should work from xp up afaik ).

It's a pond pump running off the UPS, I'd say its more a dodgy pump because it sometimes trips just plugging the darn thing in. All the other hardware I'm running on the UPS, modem, computer, routers etc all cross over fine.

Sorry k1w1 I was thnking about something other then shutdown.exe but couldn't really remember what. I think it's this though ->

http://www.ericphelps.com/batch/rundll/