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    Viewing GPU Temps

    Discussion in 'HP' started by cyanide911, Jul 12, 2011.

  1. cyanide911

    cyanide911 Notebook Consultant

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    HWMonitor shows only Intel graphics temp, that too as 0 Celcius. I tried OpenHardwaremonitor, but it shows Radeon HD6770M temps, but those too 0 Celcius.
     
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    Did you first install the kernel mode driver for HWInfo? it is a different executable
     
    jiggawhat, Jul 12, 2011
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    You must be running the 6770m to see the temperatures. Open a high performance application while the thing is on and see the max temperature. If it is off, the sensors will read 0.
     
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    @Shasta7: It shows temps of the 4 cores, the HDD temp, and 'Temp 1'. I suppose that's the 6770?

    @mikecc6: Hm, I'll try that. Although I tried setting the monitoring app itself as high performance, still 0oC
     
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    Bumping for this. How do I know what part's temperature is 'Temp1' in Speedfan?
    It shows all 4 CPU cores, HDD Temp, and 'Temp 1'.

    EDIT: Hmm, it runs parallel with the Chipset temp in HWMonitor, so it's that itself. Speedfan isn't showing the GPU Temp though.
     
    cyanide911, Jul 12, 2011
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    I'm not very familiar with the 6100 series, but try running HW monitor after you've opened an application that uses your AMD graphics card (ie games or what not) and then alt tabbed to check temps in the middle of a game or something.
     
    Winkyeye, Jul 12, 2011
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    The monitoring app probably won't make it switch. Try a game or VLC.
     
    mikecc6, Jul 13, 2011
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    Yep, it works if I alt tab in the middle of a game.
     
    cyanide911, Jul 13, 2011
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