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    Searching tools for undervolting and temp monitoring

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by Ollollo, Sep 2, 2009.

  1. Ollollo

    Ollollo Notebook Consultant

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    Greetings!

    Just got me an Aspire 5536G (2.2 ghz Turion, ATI 4570) and it is running hot! After a few minutes of Prime95 the CPU gets up in the 90s (Celcius), and 15-20 minutes of gaming gets it there too.

    Is there a tool that lets me undervolt and lower clocks? The BIOS is very anemic, so I cant set things there.

    I am also looking for a good fan speed and temp monitoring program. I have tried a few but only CPUID HWMonitor reports temps for both cores and two more sensors (presumably located near the GPU). SpeedFan only reports one temperatur. So if you have a program to recommend, I would greatly appruciate it!

    Thanks in advance,

    Ollollo
    premier post :)
     
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    crash, Sep 2, 2009
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  3. Ollollo

    Ollollo Notebook Consultant

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    Thanks!

    Wow, I think that is exactly what I was looking for!

    Thanks again! :)
     
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    You're welcome!
     
    crash, Sep 2, 2009
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    Ollollo Notebook Consultant

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    Helas, RMclock didn't recognize my CPU and hence there was not "Advanced CPU Settings" entry in the program (needed to make the necessary changes).

    I hope it is simply to new and not supported yet (it's a AMD Turion X2 RM-74). Is there perhaps a way top force RMclock into thinking I have a similar CPU that is supported?

    Cheers!

    Perhaps I should post in that other thread as well... :eek:
     
    Ollollo, Sep 3, 2009
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    I would suggest posting the the undervolting guide about that, it's not my forte :eek:
     
    crash, Sep 3, 2009
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  7. Ollollo

    Ollollo Notebook Consultant

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    OK!

    I'm all over that thread. 360+ pages - my boss is not gonna be happy about my workday :p
     
    Ollollo, Sep 3, 2009
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