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    Hey, my HWmonitor does not show the temperature of the GPU or my ssd?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Ryu Hadoken, Aug 12, 2009.

  1. Ryu Hadoken

    Ryu Hadoken Notebook Consultant

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    It only shows the temperature for the cpu and acpi(btw, very noob question, but what is acpi?) Any solutions?


    Thanks!
     
    Ryu Hadoken, Aug 12, 2009
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  2. mKTank

    mKTank Notebook Guru

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    Perhaps there are no sensors. Try SpeedFan to confirm.
     
    mKTank, Aug 12, 2009
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    Advanced Configuration and Power Interface is used for power configuration and management.

    What model is your laptop?

    Some hardware parts don't have temperature sensors on them if they're old enough so you can't monitor them software wise.
     
    TevashSzat, Aug 12, 2009
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  4. Ryu Hadoken

    Ryu Hadoken Notebook Consultant

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    cool , thanks for the replies.

    my laptop is xps16 with the ati 4670.
     
    Ryu Hadoken, Aug 12, 2009
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    Hi Ryu,

    I have the same system and the same problem. Did you ever figure out a solution to get your GPU temp to show?
     
    DragonStar4681, Sep 29, 2009
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    HWmonitor doesn't work on my 4650 so i just use GPU-Z
     
    cloud962, Sep 29, 2009
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    You're lucky because my HWmonitor doesn't show the temperature at all! Not even for the CPU.
     
    Vinyard, Sep 30, 2009
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    you could try the pro version...the basic version does not display my fans speed but the pro does...
     
    Luke1708, Oct 2, 2009
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    Ssds do not have temp sensors if I remember correctly. Anyway, they have a higher tolerance against heat so I wouldn't worry too much about that.

    As for the gpu, try these : Rivatuner, speedfan, gpu-z, everest

    If none of them show your gpu temp, well you either have a faulty sensor or no sensor at all. Now if anyone with an 4670 could verify that he does get a gpu temp, we could rule out #2.
     
    L4d_Gr00pie, Oct 2, 2009
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    Are you running it as administrator? When I run it normally, it doesn't show some stuff for me (on my desktop). I had to change the properties to make it always open as administrator.
     
    Amnesiac, Oct 3, 2009
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