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    How to monitor CPU temperature?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by aigle, Mar 1, 2006.

  1. aigle

    aigle Notebook Consultant

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    Is there any free software that I can use to monitor the temp of my CPU. I will prefer the one which has some option to show it constantly on my desktop. Also I want to ask is there any possibility of damage to the hardware PC by runnning these type of softwares?
     
    aigle, Mar 1, 2006
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    USAFdude02 NBR Reviewer & Deity NBR Reviewer

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    No damage, it just reads the temp from the bios. You can use like I9kfangui is the one I use. It is free for download, just google it. :)
     
    USAFdude02, Mar 1, 2006
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  3. jetstar

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    You could try the HD Tune utility, available for a free download at www.hdtune.com
     
    jetstar, Mar 1, 2006
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    iOsiris Notebook Evangelist

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    Notebook Hardware Control can do it as well, along with HD temps.
     
    iOsiris, Mar 1, 2006
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  5. ikovac

    ikovac Cooler and faster... NBR Reviewer

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    For pentium M (and if you also have Ati) there is no better program (free) than Notebook hardware control. Temp, CPU voltages, disk (noise), ati (Gpu/mem), battery (wear), graphs (everything). Plus other things. The best. Full stop.

    Cheers,
     
    ikovac, Mar 1, 2006
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  6. ivar

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    I9kfangui is supposed to work only on Dell computers, right?
    NHC is a good software.
    If you want only to measure temperatures, you can try also mobilemeter
    http://www.geocities.co.jp/SiliconValley-Oakland/8259/
    Beware, if I remember correctly, it is not compatible with NHC.
     
    ivar, Mar 1, 2006
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    I've been using Motherboard Monitor on my desktop, not sure if it works well on laptops, though.
     
    dragonesse, Mar 1, 2006
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  8. aigle

    aigle Notebook Consultant

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    I have no ATI, but have Pentium M. Can I use it? Is it free and is there any possiblity of damage to hardware?
     
    aigle, Mar 1, 2006
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    It will be no problem at all.
     
    ivar, Mar 1, 2006
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  10. ikovac

    ikovac Cooler and faster... NBR Reviewer

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    Hi aigle,
    Yes you can and the ATi part will be grayed out. You can still undervolt, and do other things. You can damage hardware with any tool that changes the vital settings like clocks, voltages etc. You must know what are you doing. My signature has some links for interesting things. Check them out if you want.

    NHC is free, and you need to have .NET framework 2.0 installed beforehand.
    http://www.thegamebooks.com/download:-notebook-hardware-control-110-beta1-t134.html

    Did I mention it can log the CPU temp/speed, free mem disk temp etc. on disk? So you can make your own statistics in Excel if you want. I did that for my Underclocking ATI article. You can also show it on screen. Like a widget.

    Cheers,
     
    ikovac, Mar 1, 2006
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  11. aigle

    aigle Notebook Consultant

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    Ok, I just want to use it to see these data, no intention of undervolting as I am not familiar with this, so not safe. Also I don,t think I need to undervolt etc.
     
    aigle, Mar 2, 2006
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    mobile meter is very light and can be used in Transparency mode (be on the desktop but not affected by mouse clicks)
     
    vassil_98, Mar 2, 2006
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