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Motherboard Temperature Gadget for Vista?

Asked by: jglazer63

My PC is periodically rebooting on its own when under heavy load.  I know its either temperature or memory issues.  The fans don't seem to increase in speed prior to this occuring so I think its probably memory.  However, I'd still like to monitor the CPU temperature.  Is there a Vista gadget out there that will provide this information?

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by: drequinoxPosted on 2008-07-18 at 08:29:04ID: 22036860

http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/System-Info/EVEREST-Ultimate-Edition.shtml
this will monitor most of the things which you need,

 

by: sparkmakerPosted on 2008-07-18 at 08:31:44ID: 22036891

 

by: jglazer63Posted on 2008-07-18 at 09:27:10ID: 22037487

Speedfan looks great except I was kinda hoping for a gadget in Vista to keep track of the visuals.  Any suggestions here?

 

by: sparkmakerPosted on 2008-07-18 at 14:37:37ID: 22040023

Could you explain what you mean by -->"to keep track of the visuals"
are you looking for something that gives temp indication  on the systray??
or a logging software that you can go back and look at after an event?

 

by: jglazer63Posted on 2008-07-18 at 15:02:49ID: 22040197

No I am looking for a Vista Gadget (the little utilities that run in the "sidebar" are called gadgets).  Something that will tell me what's going on, temp, etc... without having to have a whole window open for it.

 

by: sparkmakerPosted on 2008-07-18 at 15:38:59ID: 22040416

Seems like someone built it for Quad and Dual cores using Speedfan, Coretemp, Everest and HWMonTray
http://thehobbylounge.com/forum/index.php?PHPSESSID=b1b630b7827efb70e95fc7fe84af03dd&topic=1825.0

 

by: jglazer63Posted on 2008-07-18 at 15:58:37ID: 31477969

Pefect!  Just what I wanted.

 

by: pride2008Posted on 2008-09-25 at 16:56:45ID: 22575146

There are some really cool gadgets out there that do what your looking for.

Here is one that I use all the time to monitor my PC

http://gallery.live.com/results.aspx?pl=1&bt=1&q=pc%20temp

Its got 5 Temp read outs displayed.

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