Automatically detect and reset computer after freeze

[Gary]

I need to automatically detect when the computer running Windows freezes and
reset it. I've found one product called watchdog, a pci card that does just
that.

Just wondering if anyone has experience with this product or can recommend
another.

Thanks,

Gary

 

On Fri, 09 Jan 2004 01:23:39 GMT, "Gary" <sailzigzag@verizon.net>
wrote:

I need to automatically detect when the computer running Windows freezes and
reset it. I've found one product called watchdog, a pci card that does just
that.

Just wondering if anyone has experience with this product or can recommend
another.

Thanks,

Gary


I use watchdog cards quite a lot in industrial computers. The only

problem is that most watchdogs do need software that is written in to
an application.

What happens is that the software must turn on the watchdog.
If the watchdog isn't told every so often that the software is
running, BY the software, it reboots the computer.

Problem is, you're going to need to write your own program to turn on
the watchdog and tell it (several times a second) "I'm alive, don't
reboot!"

 

[UncleWobbly]

you could set sunnik up where by you have a bit of hardware attached to the
serial/parallel port and the reset signal on the PC, you need to write some
code that wagg;es one of the pins on that port and resets a timer - say
every 5 minutes... if the timer doesn't do it's thing, the hardware resets
the machine

this wouldn't be too involved.

"Gary" <sailzigzag@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:vonLb.633$Lu1.594@nwrddc02.gnilink.net...

I need to automatically detect when the computer running Windows freezes
and
reset it. I've found one product called watchdog, a pci card that does
just
that.

Just wondering if anyone has experience with this product or can recommend
another.

Thanks,

Gary

 

[Spudley]

Fix the computer Hardware or chuck the OS software/application out
that causes it to freeze.

"UncleWobbly" <hendy@talk21.com> wrote in message
news:40007d2c$0$247$fa0fcedb@lovejoy.zen.co.uk...

you could set sunnik up where by you have a bit of hardware attached
to the
serial/parallel port and the reset signal on the PC, you need to
write some
code that wagg;es one of the pins on that port and resets a timer -
say
every 5 minutes... if the timer doesn't do it's thing, the hardware
resets
the machine

this wouldn't be too involved.

"Gary" <sailzigzag@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:vonLb.633$Lu1.594@nwrddc02.gnilink.net...
I need to automatically detect when the computer running Windows
freezes
and
reset it. I've found one product called watchdog, a pci card that
does
just
that.

Just wondering if anyone has experience with this product or can
recommend
another.

Thanks,

Gary