On Wed, 2005-03-09 at 11:47, Jess Anderson wrote: > Jim Lawrence: > > >I need to somehow let my processor fan shut down for a few > >minutes at a time. [] > > Just out of curiosity, why on earth would you need to do that? > I wouldn't want to risk a running CPU by stopping the fan. Would make for a really good linux worm though. No signs of problems, just fans shutting down on thousands of computers all over, and slowly one by one each system fries its CPU and harddrives, causing not only loss of data but loss of hardware. Paranoia is not just a state of mind, but a life style. -- Scot L. Harris webid@xxxxxxxxxx You could live a better life, if you had a better mind and a better body.