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    Best software for monitoring stats?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by almostrodney, Sep 12, 2009.

  1. almostrodney

    almostrodney Notebook Consultant

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    I'm looking for some good (free if possible) stat monitering software like CPUz but with tempretures and fanspeeds, it would also be great if you could configure and change the values as well.

    Thanks
     
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    Your wish is my command: SpeedFan.
     
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    almostrodney Notebook Consultant

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    thanks Garetjax. I used to use that on my old laptop but it wouldent change fanspeeds.

    Il have a go with hwmonitor cheers algelicvoices
    is that simliar to cpuz?
     
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    Made by the same people, but it gives different info. You have temps from anything with a temp sensor, fan speeds, and CPU, RAM and PSU voltages. I also really like it because you can leave it running while you do other things and it records maximum, minimums and real time on all of the above.
     
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    That's really odd. I've been using SpeedFan for years and never had a problem with it.
     
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    Hmm just tried both programmes and theres only 4 values for everything, and there all tempretures,no voltages,no fanspeeds

    any ideas why this is?

    cheers
     
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    Missing/corrupted drivers or lack of sensors are the two I've run into. Take a screencap of what you're seeing?
     
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    If ure using speedfan , it will only show the voltages and fan speeds if u got a desktop not a notebook. It might be able to show for dell models but i'm not sure about that...
     
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    PSU voltages only show for desktop. The rest varies by notebook. Dells in particular don't tend to show much on their notebooks. Last Dell I looked at only showed temps for HDD and that was it. Sagers I've used have a lot more show up.
     
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