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    hwo do you monitor temerature.

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by smudger77, Sep 15, 2008.

  1. smudger77

    smudger77 Notebook Enthusiast

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    just wondering how i see what temperature my xps is running at? at what temperature you guys recommend to be normal.? many thanks

    edit - just foud the programme. do these results look ok.



    ACPI hardware monitor

    Temperature sensor 0 36°C (96°F) [0xC14] (THM_)

    Dump hardware monitor



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    Intel Mobile Core 2 Duo T8100 hardware monitor

    Temperature sensor 0 31°C (87°F) [0x45] (Core #0)
    Temperature sensor 1 31°C (87°F) [0x45] (Core #1)

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    GeForce 8600M GT hardware monitor

    Temperature sensor 0 56°C (132°F) [0x38] (GPU Core)

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    WDC WD25 00BEVS-75UST hardware monitor

    Temperature sensor 0 37°C (98°F) [0x25] (HDD)

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    fiveo Notebook Consultant

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    Those are perfectly normal.. but you might want to see how high they go up under stress... I would suggest Orthos for the CPU stress (gives you an idea about stability too), HDtune for testing the HD and RTHDRIBL for GPU.. you might try 3dmark too if you want..
     
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    results for orthos -



    Temperature sensor 0 56°C (132°F) [0xCDC] (THM_)

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    Intel Mobile Core 2 Duo T8100 hardware monitor

    Temperature sensor 0 48°C (118°F) [0x34] (Core #0)
    Temperature sensor 1 48°C (118°F) [0x34] (Core #1)

    Dump hardware monitor



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    GeForce 8600M GT hardware monitor

    Temperature sensor 0 64°C (147°F) [0x40] (GPU Core)

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    WDC WD25 00BEVS-75UST hardware monitor

    Temperature sensor 0 38°C (100°F) [0x26] (HDD)

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  5. MystiklMayhem

    MystiklMayhem Notebook Consultant

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    i use everest, (used to use hwmonitor) but since everest can be placed into vista sidebar i switched over.... :p
     
    MystiklMayhem, Sep 15, 2008
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