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    Suggested hardware monitors for SZ

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by Speckled Jim, Mar 22, 2006.

  1. Speckled Jim

    Speckled Jim Notebook Guru

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    SZ120P/B specifically.

    Any pointers to some good ones that are known to work on the SZ? Preferably a single program that will allow monitoring/control of the battery, fan speed, temperatures and throttling.
     
    Speckled Jim, Mar 22, 2006
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    Aero PC/Mac...Whatever works! NBR Reviewer

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    SpeedFan is good and customizable. I use it and it works with any notebook :D .
     
    Aero, Mar 22, 2006
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    Bomfunk Notebook Consultant

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    Notebook Hardware control will support dual core in the next release, don't know when that is though..
     
    Bomfunk, Mar 23, 2006
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    Speckled Jim Notebook Guru

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    Thanks folks, I tried em both and they both seem to work nicely. NHC offers a bit more control though (e.g. over dynamic clock switching) and in the next release will have support for monitoring/controlling fan speeds - seems nothing can do that at the moment - and will integrate with the nVidia PowerMizer/SmartDimmer thing.

    For the battery, the best app I found so far is BatteryMon. Pretty graphs and everything :p. I'll be using that to tweak my low-power settings for travel.

    Edit: Bomfunk, NHC supports Core Duo already in the current beta (1.10beta2).
     
    Speckled Jim, Mar 23, 2006
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