Temperature

SpywareShooterSpywareShooter 127.0.0.1
edited November 2004 in Hardware
How do I tell the temp that my computer is running at? I have 4 years of dust inside this that I am going to clean out soon (hopefully getting some compressed air Monday), and I want to see how warm the computer is running. I believe there is a setting in the BIOS, but eMachines blocked out the whole BIOS. Is there something I can download?

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  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited November 2004
    You could get a program called Motherboard Monitor -- it reports voltages, temperatures, clockspeeds and other such things in handy tables and real-time meters. Also the motherboard information tool in SiSoft Sandra reports the temperature of the case and the CPU if those temperature sensors are provided
  • SpywareShooterSpywareShooter 127.0.0.1
    edited November 2004
    Are those programs free to download? And do they use any RAM, or have an icon in the system tray that may cause increased booting time?
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited November 2004
    They're both free to download. You are given the option to run them at login and have them loaded in resident memory, however it's not necessary.
  • Access_DeniedAccess_Denied tennessee
    edited November 2004
    spyware shooter i have a emachine too.. just boot to bios, then go over to hardware moneter and it should tell you the cpu fan speed and temp

    edit: its 72F in here now and my cpu is at 34C.. im a dummy with standard and metric conversion so somebody might could correct that.. :scratch:;D
  • SpywareShooterSpywareShooter 127.0.0.1
    edited November 2004
    I can't boot to the BIOS. I tried every key on my keyboard when i'm booting, none of them work.

    This one is four years old, and is a eTower 566i2.
  • SpywareShooterSpywareShooter 127.0.0.1
    edited November 2004
    Well I downloaded MBM but it kept saying 0ºC, so I uninstaled it. I don't know where on the site to download the second one.
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited November 2004
    You need to configure the proper thermosistor for your motherboard within MBM. It's a guess and check process.

    As for not being able to find the second.. :scratch:
  • SpywareShooterSpywareShooter 127.0.0.1
    edited November 2004
    Well I guess I'll download MBM again. But where do I configure the thermosistor?
  • Access_DeniedAccess_Denied tennessee
    edited November 2004
    hmm that sounds odd that you cant get into bios... im sure that you have already tryed Delete so honestly i dont know what to tell ya. :(
  • SpywareShooterSpywareShooter 127.0.0.1
    edited November 2004
    I just tried del and it worked! But there is nothing inside the BIOS that tells the temp.
  • LeonardoLeonardo Wake up and smell the glaciers Eagle River, Alaska Icrontian
    edited November 2004
    I have 4 years of dust inside this that I am going to clean out soon (hopefully getting some compressed air Monday)
    Glad you've decided to clean your computer. You don't have to wait for the compressed air. I clean my computers religiously; but I use very little canned, compressed air. If you have a cannistor or upright vacuum cleaner with reversible air flow (or shop vac), tape off all but a small opening on the crevice tool attachment. Reverse airflow, and you'll have a powerful blowing device. BUT, before you simply blow great clouds of dust throughout your whole house, use the vac in normal mode, removing as much loose dust and lint balls as possible. Use a soft pantbrush to remove stubborn stuff from the fans and other surfaces.

    Four years? Unless your computer been in an exceptionally clean environment, you may be shocked by the looks of things. ;D
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited November 2004
    SpywareShooter wrote:
    I have 4 years of dust inside this that I am going to clean out soon

    PICS!!

    A lot of OEM machines, old ones in particular, don't hae any hardware monitoring support at all. If none of the thermistors in MBM work, you're probably SOL.
  • SpywareShooterSpywareShooter 127.0.0.1
    edited November 2004
    I don't have a vaccuum with reverse air flow :(. And this hasn't been in a very clean environment. I can see tons of dust inside just by looking through the small vents in the side.

    Geeky1, what do you mean pics? I don't have a digital camera, if you want me to take pics of the inside. Also, MBM had around 1108 results for motherboards... how do I tell which one is mine? emachines.com said that it is a Cognac, but they are not in the list on MBM.
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited November 2004
    Yeah, I was hoping for pics of the dust bunnies :D

    And if it's a Trigem Cognac board you can just give up now; it doesn't support hardware monitoring.
  • SpywareShooterSpywareShooter 127.0.0.1
    edited November 2004
    Blah that sucks. So is there any other way to tell the temp?
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited November 2004
    You could buy a temperature probe of your own.
  • ClutchClutch North Carolina New
    edited November 2004
    I feel that you are down the creek without a paddle my friend. I'm surprised that there isn't any type of hardware monitoring settings in the bios though. With 4 years of dust camping out inside your case, I'm sure you will notice the difference.
  • Straight_ManStraight_Man Geeky, in my own way Naples, FL Icrontian
    edited November 2004
    Spywareshooter:

    Try these Sequences:

    CTRL-F1
    F1
    F2
    F10
    CTRL-F10
    F11
    CTRL-F11
    F12
    CTRL-F12

    Now, for the ones that used CTRL to start, substitute ALT with same function key.
    (all those have been used by OEMS in the past, as WELL as Delete). Oh, you get to do it while the eMACHINEs LOGO screen is up and only then, if you hit delete several times and machine starts clicking, press F1 (to continue past keyboard input buffer error that clicks are signalling), THEN tap Delete once the logo screen appears.

    I asked one OEM why they used F1, they said it was to get to the bios setup helper program, SO..... No, I'm NOT kidding....
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited November 2004
    He already got into his BIOS, John. That problem was solved at 11:49 PM yesterday.
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited November 2004
    Clutch wrote:
    I feel that you are down the creek without a paddle my friend. I'm surprised that there isn't any type of hardware monitoring settings in the bios though. With 4 years of dust camping out inside your case, I'm sure you will notice the difference.

    I doubt it. The Trigem Cognac is a PPGA Celeron motherboard; I've had the misfortune of having to deal with them in other machines (HPs) before. The PPGA celerons are so damn slow that I doubt that it's running at much over 100-110*F, even though it hasn't been touched for years.
  • muddocktormuddocktor
    edited November 2004
    Geeky1 wrote:
    I doubt it. The Trigem Cognac is a PPGA Celeron motherboard; I've had the misfortune of having to deal with them in other machines (HPs) before. The PPGA celerons are so damn slow that I doubt that it's running at much over 100-110*F, even though it hasn't been touched for years.

    You are right on that one, Geeky. Those older Intel machines are incredibly forgiving on dust buildup because the procs output a lot less heat than the newer stuff. I'm really curious to see how the Presshot procs are going to hold up with a few years of dustbunnies built up in all those oem dells and hp's they are selling now. Maybe we'll see a few fires. ;);D
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited November 2004
    well considering that the prescotts don't run all that hot, i doubt it'll be a problem...
  • muddocktormuddocktor
    edited November 2004
    I'm not talking about the procs themselves, per se. It's the pwm fets I'm thinking about that the Presshots load up so highly on a lot of boards. What do you think is going to happen when 2 years of dust and fur build up around those when they are already running hot as hell on a clean mobo on a lot of the socket 478 mobo's using the Springdale chipset? ;D
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited November 2004
    fur? where?! ;-)

    Yeah, if you're talking about the power circuitry, we might have a problem... I just get sick of people criticizing the Prescott for running hot when it doesn't (the high temp. readings were/are caused by inaccurate sensors and/or algorithms used to interpret sensor readings on the part of the motherboard and bios) :)
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited November 2004
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