Is there some sort of common or uncommon BIOS feature that will allow you
to totally reset a computer remotely, even after it's crashed?

Maybe there's some sort of ISA/PCI/PCI-X card you can get, or a special
kind of powerstrip, or... some sort of standard BIOS feature, or maybe
one of the free BIOS implementations can do this?

I'm thinking along the lines of maybe something that has a top-priority
NMI, so even if some other IRQ/NMI gets wedged, you might be able to yank
on the reset pin anyway. Or something like that. You tell me. :)
Please. Or even something with its own ultra-low-power, ultra-slow
additional CPU that runs all the time and just watches for a magic network
packet (authenticated somehow I assume, although the machines I want this
for are on an unrouted net anyway), and upon seeing it Reboots.

Thanks!


Thanks!