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    Monitoring programs

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by CareTake12, Jul 3, 2008.

  1. CareTake12

    CareTake12 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Just wondering what is everyone using to monitor the system, i want to monitor the speed of the fan and if the cpu and HD is overheating. I had a sony vaio that the fan cease to work and the laptop get super duper hot! Right now, my sony tz get pretty HOT and i want to monitor it so, it wont happen to me again.

    One more questions, does your tz get HOT?
     
    CareTake12, Jul 3, 2008
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  2. X2P

    X2P COOLING | NBR Super Mod

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    Check out cooling central, its covered there.
     
    X2P, Jul 3, 2008
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    HerrKaputt Elite Notebook User

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    Try out Notebook Hardware Control (which puts some nice graphs on your screen) or HWMonitor. Use Google to find the websites, they are both free.
     
    HerrKaputt, Jul 3, 2008
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    CareTake12 Notebook Enthusiast

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    By any chance do you have a tz? My cpu temp is getting to 70 pretty fast.... just wondering if my laptop is defective?
     
    CareTake12, Jul 4, 2008
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