Software to measure Cpu temperature

Question

Hi I am looking for a program that can measure the cpu temperatur? Is there anybody there know a program, that can, do that on a Dell computer? Ps. I have a dimension 8300 pc Anders

RoHe · Answer

Dell's don't have the sensors enabled. Only way is to purchase an add-in probe that attaches to CPU and is wired to an external display.

Closest you can come is to use something like SpeedFan (free) which displays temp of hard drive in the system tray near the clock (assuming hard drive is SMART enabled), but SpeedFan can't control fan speeds on Dell desktop PCs. Go to www.almico.com

Some video card drivers, eg nvidia, report temp of the GPU on the video card and temp of ambient air around the card.

Ron

Message Edited by RoHe on 12-01-200612:20 PM

chasbox · Answer

Hi You can try this http://www.gtopala.com/siw_download.html It will tell you a lot about your machine. Scroll down to hardware and click on the + sign then sensors and you should see your CPU temp.

chasbox · Answer

Hi I was wrong about the utility i posted, it reads HD temp. For that i am sorry. I have to clean my glasses

RoHe · Answer

Rijko,
Don't know what PC you're using but on my Dimension 8400, latest SpeedFan (v4.31) does not show CPU temp, only hard drive temp.

As far as I know, SpeedFan cannot read CPU temps on any Dell system, unless Dell changed something in models that came after the 8400. This issue has been on the Dell forums for years, but I've yet to see somebody find software that reports CPU temps on a Dell. And SpeedFan can only control fan speeds on Dell laptops.

Ron

Rijko · Answer

Speedfan can display the CPU temp.   That's what you want, right ?

Rijko · Answer

i am sorry. First of all, i meant I8KfanGUI : secondly, i thought about a Lattitude laptop (which will show CPU temp on I8KfanGUI) .....   Gee.. this is the 1st time i wish i could delete my previous posting....

Fry 86 · Answer

ok   Thank you for the answers, so I just must hope that my cpu doesn't get to hot.    The only temp I can see, is also the hd temp.

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Software to measure Cpu temperature

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