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    Monitoring CPU and HDD temperature

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by ikaris, May 7, 2006.

  1. ikaris

    ikaris Notebook Consultant

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    Hi everyone,

    I want to use Motherboard Monitor to see my CPU and Harddrive temperature. However, Motherboard Monitor doesn't have the SZ's motherboard (it's apparently some obscure Sony motherboard... even SiSoft Sandra has no idea what it is...).

    I used to use SpeedFan, but I don't know if it detects all of the SZ's heat sensors properly.

    Anyone have any ideas ?
     
    ikaris, May 7, 2006
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  2. Aero

    Aero PC/Mac...Whatever works! NBR Reviewer

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    I dont know but SpeedFan works fine for me...You could use NHC (Notebook Hardware Control) google for it.

    Its really popular and even allows for overclocking and tons of other features ;).
     
    Aero, May 7, 2006
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  3. ivar

    ivar Notebook Deity

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    On some laptops speedfan works well, on some it is mobilemeter.
    NHC is good anyway. I would only slightly correct aer0sense that
    it is not used for overclocking but for undervolting (though undervolting can be also good for overclocking) and the number of features is not "tons" but
    just some which are needed. :)
    It depends on the sensors inside notebook which program will measure the temps correctly. On one of my notebooks NHC doesn't measure the processor temp correctly and I have to use speedfan for this.
     
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  4. ikaris

    ikaris Notebook Consultant

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    NHC sees the CPU and HDD temp... thanks !

    However, it's a little too big and heavy... I wanted something minimalistic, like CoolMon.

    I'll give Speedfan a shot again.
     
    ikaris, May 7, 2006
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  5. ikaris

    ikaris Notebook Consultant

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    Hm, the problem with SpeedFan is that it only lets you monitor one temperature at once unless you run two copies of it.

    The thing is, if SpeedFan and NHC know what the temperatures are, couldn't I hypothetically find the IDs of the sensors and enter them into MBM ? I don't even know if MBM allows manual overriding, but I think it does...
     
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  6. Aero

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    Ah yes my bad...Sorry havent used it in months...I use SpeedFan and it works fine :)
     
    Aero, May 7, 2006
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  7. ivar

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    Depending on the sensors your laptop has I was able to monitor up to 4 graphs
    of different temps at once using speedfan (go to "Charts").
     
    ivar, May 8, 2006
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  8. lololol

    lololol Notebook Guru

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    does MobileMeter work for sz??
     
    lololol, May 8, 2006
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    On My FS Amilo Pi1536 NHC cannot see HDD temperatures... :( HDD is WDC WD1200BEV... MobileMeter shows HDD temp so problem is with NHC. Any help, please ?
     
    wojtek_pl, Dec 24, 2006
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  10. arevelation

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    samurize can use speedfan's figures if you want to put all the temperatures on your desktop, taskbar etc.
     
    arevelation, Dec 13, 2007
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  11. Ch28Kid

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    I use NHC too, but I disable it during Start Up. It lags my computer.
     
    Ch28Kid, Dec 13, 2007
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