Kaftan Barlast Posted June 22, 2006 Share Posted June 22, 2006 My old monitoring program cant find my new GFX so I need a new one fast. -something small, compact and non system hog -WInXP based -nforce4 compatible Just something I can have in the tray to ease my paranoiah that my hardware is burning up. DISCLAIMER: Do not take what I write seriously unless it is clearly and in no uncertain terms, declared by me to be meant in a serious and non-humoristic manner. If there is no clear indication, asume the post is written in jest. This notification is meant very seriously and its purpouse is to avoid misunderstandings and the consequences thereof. Furthermore; I can not be held accountable for anything I write on these forums since the idea of taking serious responsability for my unserious actions, is an oxymoron in itself. Important: as the following sentence contains many naughty words I warn you not to read it under any circumstances; botty, knickers, wee, erogenous zone, psychiatrist, clitoris, stockings, bosom, poetry reading, dentist, fellatio and the department of agriculture. "I suppose outright stupidity and complete lack of taste could also be considered points of view. " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metadigital Posted June 22, 2006 Share Posted June 22, 2006 Major Geeks OBSCVRVM PER OBSCVRIVS ET IGNOTVM PER IGNOTIVS OPVS ARTIFICEM PROBAT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanschu Posted June 22, 2006 Share Posted June 22, 2006 Heh, am I the only one that doesn't have a hardware monitor? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karka Posted June 22, 2006 Share Posted June 22, 2006 I don't use one either. I use 'fan noise' to monitor my hardware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaftan Barlast Posted June 22, 2006 Author Share Posted June 22, 2006 (edited) I had a CPU cooler give up, causing the processor to play "china syndrome" with my motherboard. Id rather get a warning so that wont happen again, especially since I had to jury-rig my northbridge cooler in order to fit the 7900GTX Meta> Im not going to download a dozen different apps and try out, have you got any specific program you can recommend? Edited June 22, 2006 by Kaftan Barlast DISCLAIMER: Do not take what I write seriously unless it is clearly and in no uncertain terms, declared by me to be meant in a serious and non-humoristic manner. If there is no clear indication, asume the post is written in jest. This notification is meant very seriously and its purpouse is to avoid misunderstandings and the consequences thereof. Furthermore; I can not be held accountable for anything I write on these forums since the idea of taking serious responsability for my unserious actions, is an oxymoron in itself. Important: as the following sentence contains many naughty words I warn you not to read it under any circumstances; botty, knickers, wee, erogenous zone, psychiatrist, clitoris, stockings, bosom, poetry reading, dentist, fellatio and the department of agriculture. "I suppose outright stupidity and complete lack of taste could also be considered points of view. " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanschu Posted June 22, 2006 Share Posted June 22, 2006 (edited) Meh. I haven't had a CPU fan die on me (or any fan for that matter). I know my roommate did, but when things got hot his motherboard would beep and underclock his processor. If it got too hot, it would shut down on its own. Edited June 22, 2006 by alanschu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angshuman Posted June 22, 2006 Share Posted June 22, 2006 I don't use one either. I use 'fan noise' to monitor my hardware. Haha! I do that too. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nartwak Posted June 23, 2006 Share Posted June 23, 2006 If I can touch my case without being burnt I'm good to go... right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sargallath Abraxium Posted June 23, 2006 Share Posted June 23, 2006 ...if yer mobo be an ASUS, jus' use the ASUS Probe it comes wit', or e'en AI Booster...as fer yer GTX, grab Rivatuner an' Coolbits... ...WHO LUVS YA, BABY!!... A long, long time ago, but I can still remember, How the Trolling used to make me smile. And I knew if I had my chance, I could egg on a few Trolls to "dance", And maybe we'd be happy for a while. But then Krackhead left and so did Klown; Volo and Turnip were banned, Mystake got run out o' town. Bad news on the Front Page, BIOweenia said goodbye in a heated rage. I can't remember if I cried When I heard that TORN was recently fried, But sadness touched me deep inside, The day...Black Isle died. For tarna, Visc, an' the rest o' the ol' Islanders that fell along the way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaftan Barlast Posted June 23, 2006 Author Share Posted June 23, 2006 The problem is that none of the programs seem to be able to read my GFX. Only the temp in the nvidia settings can do that, it doesnt even show up on Ntune DISCLAIMER: Do not take what I write seriously unless it is clearly and in no uncertain terms, declared by me to be meant in a serious and non-humoristic manner. If there is no clear indication, asume the post is written in jest. This notification is meant very seriously and its purpouse is to avoid misunderstandings and the consequences thereof. Furthermore; I can not be held accountable for anything I write on these forums since the idea of taking serious responsability for my unserious actions, is an oxymoron in itself. Important: as the following sentence contains many naughty words I warn you not to read it under any circumstances; botty, knickers, wee, erogenous zone, psychiatrist, clitoris, stockings, bosom, poetry reading, dentist, fellatio and the department of agriculture. "I suppose outright stupidity and complete lack of taste could also be considered points of view. " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarna Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 Okay...had to snoop around a bit to find what you wanted... On your desktop, right click your mouse on a blank spot and you will get a pop-up. Hit 'Properties'. Hit the 'Settings' tab and then click 'Advanced' at the bottom right section of the new pop-up screen. Click the tab for your GPU. A new pop-up will appear on the side. Click 'Temp'. Near the bottom of the original pop-up is a box to check "Notify when GPU temp exeeds threshold". When you check that box, the temp setting above it will highlight. Unfortunately, it will not allow you to change the temp setting but it will give you some sort of warning to save your stuff and shut down. I hope this helps. Ruminations... When a man has no Future, the Present passes too quickly to be assimilated and only the static Past has value. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
213374U Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 I always recommend AIDA32. The project was shut down some time ago (not more than a year, methinks), so I'm not sure if/how newer hardware is supported, but I guess it's just a matter of trying. Apart from that, it's an awesome tool. - When he is best, he is a little worse than a man, and when he is worst, he is little better than a beast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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