Posts by Ertugrul Gokcen

21) Message boards : Number crunching : Advise: Look at your CPU temperature! (Message 6563) Posted 14 Mar 2005 by Ertugrul Gokcen Post: > > > > This may be a trivial question, but how can you take temperature readings > from > > notebooks? > > > > To aid in power management most notebooks have temperature sensors that the > system uses to control the cooling fans. Slower fans means less power > consumption, and longer battery life. > > They often have a software utility that reports the readings from the sensors > - easy! > > I have a Compaq N620c, and AFAIK there is no such utility bundled with it. However I found this freeware utility called SpeedFan. I'm going to give it a try.
22) Message boards : Number crunching : Advise: Look at your CPU temperature! (Message 6561) Posted 14 Mar 2005 by Ertugrul Gokcen Post: > With Einstein WU's i'm running 55C or more, SETI is 48C, LHC is about 52C. As > for the notebook, have you got any space under it for airflow? Could lay down > a couple pencils and set your notebook on top of that. > > ___________ (Lil diagram) > O^^^^^^^O > This may be a trivial question, but how can you take temperature readings from notebooks?

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