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March 21st, 2008 13:00
Monitoring CPU temp
I have a 2 month old XPS 1730. It runs great, but the fan seems to be gradually running harder and I'd like to monitor the cpu temp. Is there any way to do so? And is there a utility to change the temp at which the fans gear up?
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b0ng0
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March 21st, 2008 13:00
Yeah I would use either:
Core Temp: http://www.alcpu.com/CoreTemp/
or my personal favourite
HW Monitor: http://www.cpuid.com/hwmonitor.php (download in the top left) - this also shows motherboard and GPU temps and logs the maximum and minimum.
As to fan control, I've no idea but my bets would be that it's pretty limited unless you find some software that would support it. Try Speedfan.
dbrockbank
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March 22nd, 2008 04:00
The machine is brand new in my case, dust is not the issue.
In the case of the fans coming on, all you can do is start them earlier. Doesn't seem right a machine at idle needing the fans running at full blast when some other people with this same machine report stable temperatures without any fan action.
Tijaune
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March 22nd, 2008 11:00
Have you compared your running process with other people where temperatures report is stable? In task manager, the graph activity of the 2 cores can be monitored and process can be sorted by cpu usage column. Many things running can make the CPU works round the clock. Things like heavy antivirus (I don't use the one came with the m1530, really I steer away from all McAfee and Norton!), vista/yahoo/google sidebar, logitech gamepanel. For those later, some widgets can make the machine never goes to sleep.
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