RejZoR: Intel did not design or calibrate their on chip digital thermal sensors to report accurate idle temperatures. If you closely follow the calibration procedure I outlined, your reported temps will be very accurate from idle to TjMax without having to invest a lot of money in calibration equipment. Something a little more accurate than your back yard thermometer would be a good place to start! If you had your own IR thermometer you might get a degree closer to the actual core temperature but it's not worth the investment for this.

Thanks for your testing of the Start Minimized bug in RealTemp when using Vista. At least I know what's going on now. I'll see if I can come up with a different work around that is compatible with Vista.

I might introduce a second GUI version of RealTemp at some time to give users another choice. Any design ideas are appreciated.