How to read CPU Temperture under VISTA

[arthurcorell]

I just upgrade my T60 from T2500 to T7200. I feel a little bit hotter.

Is there any program which can read the CPU's temperture under windows VISTA ?

Thanks. (I have windows vista only. Windows XP runs under VmWare)

[Aleq]

ThinkPad Fan Control (tpfancontrol) shows all temperature just fine under Vista (don't forget to run in with admin rights)

[ryengineer]

or NHC http://www.pbus-167.com/

[noetus]

I like very much the program Lavalys Everest for a number of reasons. For a start, if you only want to read temperatures and not fiddle with any settings it's better & simpler than NHC. Also it is highly configurable and will read ALL sensor temperatures - even GPU, and even the external Nvidia GPU in my Dock which no other program except Nvidia's own nTune has been able to read (and I've tried a lot). Also, you can get it to set up a Vista sidebar with temp settings there all the time, or in the Taskbar Tray, or if you like it will make its own OSD panel which is just like a widget (my preferred choice). That will display a small and simple panel with all the temps and voltages you like, in any combination of size, color, font, etc. Nice and simple!

The only problem is that it's not free.

[michaelk]

either of nhc or tpfancontrol just simple .exe files?

I'd like to be able to have a look but don't want it enough to gum up the works doing any kind of install with all sorts of files and hooks all over. Just want a simple little exe file that i can run when i feel like.

thanks

[ryengineer]

I'd like to be able to have a look but don't want it enough to gum up the works doing any kind of install with all sorts of files and hooks all over. Just want a simple little exe file that i can run when i feel like.

MobMeter (Right click and Save Target As) is for you then. It's merely 41kb, no installs, nothing, just a simple .exe file. However, it only supports Windows 2K/XP/2003.

[michaelk]

so close... yet so far.

have vista.

I tried tpfan becasue it looked like at least it just needed a few things in a folder but I cant get it to work on my machine. Gives me an errror about the dll wont load. Any suggestions?

[Harryc]

I like very much the program Lavalys Everest for a number of reasons.

I loaded up the trial version today to try it out. My first impression is that it is very nice. Among other things is that it confirmed that my T60's RAM was running dual channel. I particularly like the built in diagnostics and benchmarks. The OSD panel is phenomenal. I may buy it.