cpu monitoring software

fcapo · 05-07-2003, 06:22 PM

I have just installed Mother board monitor 5. is anyone using this software and how accurate is it.

thanks
Frank

Cyco-Dude · 05-07-2003, 10:45 PM

lots of people use it. it just reports what the BIOS says as far as temps and voltages. so its not a question of how accurate MBM is, its a question of how accurate your motherboard is. and im not gunna go there since that topic has been beaten to death lol

Talik · 05-07-2003, 11:06 PM

Anyone know why my mbm temp is usually about 5-8c lower than the temp my bios displays if I go into it directly? Some of my friends have noticed this, too.

Or does the bios not know how to sleep some of the processor cycles as windows does?

Cyco-Dude · 05-08-2003, 01:26 PM

the cpu is usually under load while in the BIOS, so trying to compare it to a temp from within windows (or whatever) is pointless. also, have you set MBM up properly? you could be looking at the wrong temp :shrug:

hara · 05-08-2003, 01:35 PM

Why is it under load in the bios. I usually get idle temps.

Cyco-Dude · 05-08-2003, 02:18 PM

dunno, my CPU is (was, befor i killed my mobo lol) under a slight load (IE not full load like id get when playing games, but not idle when im in windows. somewhere in between). :shrug:

Talik · 05-08-2003, 03:18 PM

as I understand it(somone correct me if I'm wrong), windows sends a pause command to the processor to not do anything for a cycle when there's nothing to do. This command is what keeps your cpu from being underload all the time. Anyone who used to write old dos programs back in the day before all this object oriented stuff will know that the computer is always doing something. In oldschool code, the simplest way to make the computer not do anything was to let a big loop count down from some big number. Well, on our end, the computer is not doing anything, but the processor is still doing the same number of processes as ever. I believe this all changed when windows introduced multitasking and that pause command to preserve cycles.

The point I was trying to make is that my guess is that some bios' does not use that pause command, and instead is constantly in the midst of some loop or another. Thus running a full load.

I guess I kind of answered my own question. It came to me a little after I asked.

05-07-2003, 06:22 PM	#1
fcapo Cooling Neophyte Join Date: May 2003 Location: Toronto Posts: 5	cpu monitoring software I have just installed Mother board monitor 5. is anyone using this software and how accurate is it. thanks Frank

05-07-2003, 11:06 PM	#3
Talik Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Portland Or Posts: 95	Anyone know why my mbm temp is usually about 5-8c lower than the temp my bios displays if I go into it directly? Some of my friends have noticed this, too. Or does the bios not know how to sleep some of the processor cycles as windows does? __________________ Reality is nothing more than the delusions of the masses.

05-08-2003, 01:35 PM	#5
hara Cooling Savant Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Malta, Mediterranean Posts: 662	Why is it under load in the bios. I usually get idle temps. __________________ - Every great HD crash day is the day before back-up day. - My Past System - "Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven." - Milton, Paradise Lost. - FMZ

05-08-2003, 03:18 PM	#7
Talik Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Portland Or Posts: 95	as I understand it(somone correct me if I'm wrong), windows sends a pause command to the processor to not do anything for a cycle when there's nothing to do. This command is what keeps your cpu from being underload all the time. Anyone who used to write old dos programs back in the day before all this object oriented stuff will know that the computer is always doing something. In oldschool code, the simplest way to make the computer not do anything was to let a big loop count down from some big number. Well, on our end, the computer is not doing anything, but the processor is still doing the same number of processes as ever. I believe this all changed when windows introduced multitasking and that pause command to preserve cycles. The point I was trying to make is that my guess is that some bios' does not use that pause command, and instead is constantly in the midst of some loop or another. Thus running a full load. I guess I kind of answered my own question. It came to me a little after I asked. __________________ Reality is nothing more than the delusions of the masses.

05-07-2003, 10:45 PM	#2
Cyco-Dude Cooling Savant Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Dayton, Ohio Posts: 836	lots of people use it. it just reports what the BIOS says as far as temps and voltages. so its not a question of how accurate MBM is, its a question of how accurate your motherboard is. and im not gunna go there since that topic has been beaten to death lol

05-08-2003, 01:26 PM	#4
Cyco-Dude Cooling Savant Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Dayton, Ohio Posts: 836	the cpu is usually under load while in the BIOS, so trying to compare it to a temp from within windows (or whatever) is pointless. also, have you set MBM up properly? you could be looking at the wrong temp :shrug:

05-08-2003, 02:18 PM	#6
Cyco-Dude Cooling Savant Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Dayton, Ohio Posts: 836	dunno, my CPU is (was, befor i killed my mobo lol) under a slight load (IE not full load like id get when playing games, but not idle when im in windows. somewhere in between). :shrug:

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