Temp drop 8-10 degrees why?

[Frodo Baggins]

wtf just happened...I installed CPU Cool (which is also running with Ran and CPUidle), and my temp goes down from 44-36 degrees when I reboot. Either athe room got a lot colder.....or is it just the program?

What does this program do though?

[Coolio]

I think is kinda shuts down parts of the cpu that aren't in use.;)

[phiber]

its a good thing if your temps go down
dont conplain;)

[Frodo Baggins]

Okay, nm, it must me that, AND the temp in Ottawa right now went down a bit. This morning it wwas like 35 degrees, now it's only 20 somethin.....

Damn Canadian weather, if you dunlike it, wait 5 minutes and its gonna change

[KeyboardCowboy]

all i can say is DON'T COMPLAIN

[Amedeo602]

To the best of my knowledge, software CPU coolers shut down parts of the CPU that aren't being used. This generates less heat (supposedly). I've never had much success with them, but since you have, DON'T COMPLAIN.

[i12bina3]

can you give me some names of good cpu coolers (programs)
and where i can possibly download them
do they also work while your gaming?

[Frodo Baggins]

just get them all at tweakfiles.com

CPUIdle
CPUCool
Radiate
Rain

[6502kid]

I am fairly sure that what all 4 of these programs do is issue
a HLT instruction to the CPU at any time that it is idle.

The HLT, (HALT), instruction causes the CPU to go into a sort
of 'sleep' mode until the next instruction to process shows up
in the cache.

I don't think you will get any benifit from running more than
one of these programs at once. You would only be running
some additional processes and wasting some ram.....

If I am wrong about the above, somebody please correct me, but
I dont think I am.

I personally use Rain 2.0 all the time which has never given me
any problems, even when playing Unreal or Quake for hours.

It seems to do a real good job of staying out of the way of
other processes. It seems to have no effect on either
Sandra 2001 or 3dMark2000 benchmarks on my system.

It only drops my system temp 1 or 2 degrees C, but I got some
souped up aircooling, and my chip dont get to hot anyways.....

:mad:

[dimmreaper]

Wanna see somethin real cool (pun intended)?

Run a CPU HLT prog with a peltier . . . . . .

Actually don't do that, I've seen temps get cold enough to cause CPU damage this way (not on my personal system, but a local overclocking buddy of mine's watercooled 156W-TEC P3@933 system).

[i12bina3]

how cold might that be?
i heard you can go REALLY cold with your cpu before it gets damaged ... -50c

[lennytiger]

WinCooler detects when the operating system is idle, and calls the CPUs HLT command, which puts the CPU into low power mode. This method of cooling has been built into x86 microprocessors since the 486, and was designed by microprocessor engineers. Linux, Windows NT, and OS/2 have a built in low power idle process which does the same thing, allowing them to run cooler and use less power. WinCooler makes this technology available to Win95/98 users.



Lenny

[The Overclocker]

Originally posted by dimmreaper
Wanna see somethin real cool (pun intended)?

Run a CPU HLT prog with a peltier . . . . . .

Actually don't do that, I've seen temps get cold enough to cause CPU damage this way (not on my personal system, but a local overclocking buddy of mine's watercooled 156W-TEC P3@933 system).
a 156W tec does not sould healthy for a p3!