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    Looking for help with Rainmeter

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Euquility, Jan 17, 2009.

  1. Euquility

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    So I just found out about rainmeter this week.... and wow its handy and it looks nice =)

    anyways I have a couple questions

    is there any plugin that lists say the top 10 processes in terms of cpu usage and stuff like that (or top 5 or something) closest thing I found is something that just goes through all my processes which is a tad annoying

    in addition I downloaded this
    http://dirtdawg90.deviantart.com/art/System-Temperature-Monitor-109150203?offset=0#comments

    speedtest works fine in reading all my temperatures but for some reason I am having trouble getting the plugin to display these temps (it shows 0). I did put speedtest.dll into the plugins folder so anything else I could do?

    Thanks for any help I can get
     
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    Drew90 Notebook Consultant

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    All of the temperatures are listed in Speedfan, but not in the Rainmeter skin?

    Do all of them show 0, or does just one of them display 0?
     
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  3. Euquility

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    Yes, and its only core temps that show 0

    I took a screenshot to demonstrate

    [​IMG]
     
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    Did you run Speedfan as an administrator?

    It looks like your GPU and ACPI are not being read by Speedfan, only Core 0, Core 1, and your HDD.
     
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    I have an integrated graphics

    and speedfan is being ran as an admin I believe, ill rerun both speedfan and rainmeter really fast.

    edit: ACPI wasnt being read because i had it on debug mode, but the cores are still not working, is this core 2 duo only?
     
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    Ok intergrated graphics explains this then -- let me change the .ini for you and I will post it to work with your config.

    EDIT: Wouldn't let me upload an .ini :(

    Here is the .txt though, just copy and paste it into the .ini config you are currently using. Hope this helps! :D
     

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    Where is ACPI being labeled on your Speedfan list?

    On your screenshot it was labeled as HDD, core 0, and core 1 in that order.
     
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    it now only shows HDD and the cores, I lost the ACIP and GPU

    They are actually all showing up blank now so its like

    HDD:
    Core 0:
    Core 1:

    hmm I see the concept behind your fix though
     
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  9. Euquility

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    Its not actually, could that have been a core temp reading instead?

    I didnt pay attention just realized that when I had debug mode on I was missing a reading and it showed up after i turned it off

    [​IMG]

    [​IMG]
     
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    Oops sorry. Forgot to change the width. I just tested this one it should work. :D
     

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    excluding the fact that I dont have a lot of fake temperature readings to make it look cool now it works great =)

    umm quick question what was my ACPI number previously

    and thanks a lot
     
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    No problem, glad to help! :D

    I never saw the ACPI on your Speedfan screenshots, mine is third -- this will differ from system to system though.
     
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