The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    HWMonitor is lying, or so I think/hope.

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by AboutThreeFitty, Aug 20, 2010.

  1. AboutThreeFitty

    AboutThreeFitty ~350

    Reputations:
    814
    Messages:
    1,705
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    Long story short I just got a Lenovo x100e. It has an AMD L625 Dual Core chip. When checking the temps on it with HWMonitor, I got a bit of a shock. At idle it says about 65C at idle and 95C while watching youtube 1080p videos! I refuse to believe it. The laptop runs cool and the vent where the heat comes out of is just mildly warm. When ran both RMclock and Speedfan and both said the core temps were ~20c lower than what HWMonitior. I understand that these programs aren't 100% correct, but a 20C difference between them has to mean that something is wrong with one of them. Insight is extremely welcome.

    Picture at Idle: http://img843.imageshack.us/img843/7416/72985847.jpg
     
    AboutThreeFitty, Aug 20, 2010
    #1
  2. Tinderbox (UK)

    Tinderbox (UK) BAKED BEAN KING

    Reputations:
    4,745
    Messages:
    8,513
    Likes Received:
    3,823
    Trophy Points:
    431
    Tinderbox (UK), Aug 20, 2010
    #2
  3. AboutThreeFitty

    AboutThreeFitty ~350

    Reputations:
    814
    Messages:
    1,705
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    AboutThreeFitty, Aug 20, 2010
    #3
  4. Tinderbox (UK)

    Tinderbox (UK) BAKED BEAN KING

    Reputations:
    4,745
    Messages:
    8,513
    Likes Received:
    3,823
    Trophy Points:
    431
    :mad: , try Core Temp.

    Core Temp

     
    Tinderbox (UK), Aug 20, 2010
    #4
  5. AboutThreeFitty

    AboutThreeFitty ~350

    Reputations:
    814
    Messages:
    1,705
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    Worked. Again it says it is ~20C below what HWMonitor says. HWMonitor HAS to be wrong.
     
    AboutThreeFitty, Aug 20, 2010
    #5
  6. abaddon4180

    abaddon4180 Notebook Virtuoso

    Reputations:
    1,229
    Messages:
    3,412
    Likes Received:
    39
    Trophy Points:
    116
    2 > 1 (temp reporting programs that is). If Speedfan and CoreTemp are reporting ~40C I am inclined to believe them over the ~60C of HWMonitor, especially if you say it feels cool
     
    abaddon4180, Aug 20, 2010
    #6
  7. AboutThreeFitty

    AboutThreeFitty ~350

    Reputations:
    814
    Messages:
    1,705
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    I just fine it hard to believe that a youtube video would push it into ~95C range after 20 seconds. Plus, while encoding with the y460 I hit around ~90C and I can't even put my hand by the vent. The vent on the x100e is barely warm.
     
    AboutThreeFitty, Aug 20, 2010
    #7
  8. MidnightSun

    MidnightSun Emodicon

    Reputations:
    6,668
    Messages:
    8,224
    Likes Received:
    231
    Trophy Points:
    231
    Some programs access temperatures different ways, and most of the time, reported temperatures aren't in simple temperatures - the programs have to calculate offsets and such depending on the processor. So, there are errors - HWMonitor likely has some problem with your CPU.
     
    MidnightSun, Aug 20, 2010
    #8
  9. Deks

    Deks Notebook Prophet

    Reputations:
    1,272
    Messages:
    5,201
    Likes Received:
    2,073
    Trophy Points:
    331
    HWMonitor is likely mistaken.

    It also showed temperatures on my CPU (P7350) as being 10 degrees C above of where they should be.

    I use RealTemp myself, but for you, if SpeedFan and RMclock both report lower temps, and you physically simply don't feel the heat emanating from the vents or the laptop is that high, then HWMonitor is likely mistaken.

    Just out of curiosity, how long do you have this laptop?
    and when was the last time you cleaned it out?
     
    Deks, Aug 20, 2010
    #9
  10. AboutThreeFitty

    AboutThreeFitty ~350

    Reputations:
    814
    Messages:
    1,705
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    26 hours and never. ;)
     
    AboutThreeFitty, Aug 20, 2010
    #10