Real Temp - New temp program for Intel Core processors

[unclewebb]

Thanks everyone for the thumbs up! For my first stab in the dark at this issue I think things have gone well.

xploit: Very nice to confirm that it works on Vista.

Can anyone else with a Quad post an idle screen shot. The Test Sensors feature is definitely a work in progress and has only been tested on dual core chips so far.

We can all thank ixtapalapaquetl for his input on this project. He had some great ideas that I was able to implement without too much trouble.

It's quite easy getting the .txt log file into Excel. Using Excel 2003 all I have to do is open up Excel and go into the Open menu and adjust it so it can read All Files. Direct it to the RealTempLog.txt file and when it goes to open it up it will immediately convert it to something Excel is happy with. Click on the Finish button and you're good to go analyze the data.



I'm very interested to see how this new data correlates with CPU temp data.

eva2000: I wouldn't try to jump to too many conclusions when you have two cores that are reporting significantly different temps like your E8500 does. One or both sensors might have issues. When you are running over 4 GHz with some extra core voltage do they ever agree with each other?

If you click on the box in the upper right corner where it says CPUID = ***** it will show you what TjMax I'm using for your processor. I have dropped TjMax from 100C to 95C for some of the previous processors including the newer Quads based on published Intel TCase data. I haven't confirmed this yet with the IR thermometer but I probably will in the near future. I've decided to start with a clean piece of paper and not trust anything other programs say because they don't seem based on any real world testing.

Keep the suggestions and bug reports coming in and I'll do what I can to fix things up for you guys.

rge: I did all my IR testing with the CPU at idle. Even when it was over 100C it was still only at idle. Temperature gradients between TCase and core temp exist but I believe that when at idle, the difference between the true core temperature reading and what you can measure on the top side of the IHS is so small that it is within the accuracy of the test equipment espicially at lower temperatures where I was testing.

: "On my E6850, a gradient of 5-7C existed at all times, and on my E8400 a gradient of 10C existed at all times.

That's why I dropped TjMax for the E6850 from 100C to 95C and dropped the E8400 from 105C to 95C.

Xvys: Can you post a screen of the bad sensor report. It looks like your core0 is stuck at 28C.

eye get a run time error ..... maybe cause eye all clocked up to 4.0

This is the error a user will get if they didn't follow the directions in the first post and install the ia32 driver correctly.