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    How do people get termperature readings?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by hoosier, May 22, 2006.

  1. hoosier

    hoosier Notebook Guru

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    I'm just wondering how people get termperature readings for their laptop? Is there a special program they use?
     
    hoosier, May 22, 2006
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  2. Tim

    Tim Notebook Virtuoso

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    Download Notebook Hardware control. It tells you the HD temp and the CPU temp.
    Tim
     
    Tim, May 22, 2006
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  3. lappyhappy

    lappyhappy Notebook Deity

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    I use Mobile Meter. I'm not sure offhand where to get this but just do a search for it and something should come up.
     
    lappyhappy, May 22, 2006
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    winterymix Notebook Consultant

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    I like Everest Ultimate Edition. It's the only thing I've found so far that reads all five of my notebooks sensors. HDD1, HDD2, Ambient GPU, GPU Core & CPU.
     
    winterymix, May 22, 2006
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    My favorite is Hardware Sensors Monitor ... http://www.hmonitor.net/ ... it throttles the CPU to keep your system temperature within a certain range. I bought it several years ago to prevent my laptop's bios from shutting down due to overheating ... it kept the system temperature within the "safe" zones. They also have great support. They have a free version and a PRO version ($30). Try it out; It's been well worth it for me over the years.

    SpeedFan is another great option ... http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php ... and it's freeware.

    MobileMeter ... http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/System-Info/MobileMeter.shtml
     
    gmb1994, May 22, 2006
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  6. jack53

    jack53 Dell XPS 9360 i7 Lover!

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    It didn't give me the cpu temp when I tried it? Am I doing something wrong or is it the type of notebook I have?
     
    jack53, May 22, 2006
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    The newer HP Turion notebooks appear to have broken ACPI support in the BIOS, at least as far as CPU temperature reading goes. No one's found anything that will read them.
     
    brianstretch, May 22, 2006
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  8. jack53

    jack53 Dell XPS 9360 i7 Lover!

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    Well... way to go HP!!!

    I wonder if they will have a BIOS fix for that soon?
     
    jack53, May 22, 2006
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  9. hoosier

    hoosier Notebook Guru

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    Would it work for the amd sempron presario?
     
    hoosier, May 22, 2006
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  10. Tim

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    Heh...I forgot about AMD laptops. :p Notebook Hardware Control will NOT work with AMD laptops currently.
    Tim
     
    Tim, May 23, 2006
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    hlemel, May 23, 2006
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