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    Using I8kfan correctly on M1730

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by ACHlLLES, Jan 25, 2008.

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    ACHlLLES Notebook Virtuoso

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    Hi guys,

    I thought I'd put up little tutorial on how to use I8Kfan GUI on our loved M1730.

    I usually use it to monitor GPU Temps, but you can also control them (I don't suggest this if you don't know what you're doing though-bios will take care of the temps!)

    You can get the I8kfan here

    http://www.diefer.de/i8kfan/index.html

    Upon installation, one thing you have to make sure is that you set up to MATCH the ATITool GPU temp, or Ntune GPU temps.

    To do so, you have to change some settings in options.

    You have to 7C to offset, and change the GPU sensor to #4.

    It should look like this.

    [​IMG]

    When it's set up correctly, it's time to monitor the GPU temp and compare it to ATITool's GPU Temps.

    They should match like mine does.

    [​IMG]

    If you can see my task bar, I8kfan shows CPU temp on upper/GPU temp on lower-all without opening up some other programs, plus I8kfan utilizes very low resources from your system.

    Enjoy!
     
    ACHlLLES, Jan 25, 2008
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