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Old January 16th 19, 10:10 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
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Default Temperature of CPU?

On Wed, 16 Jan 2019 21:33:53 +0000, Andy Burns wrote:

You need to install HWmonitor, SpeedFan, or another similar utility.


I had a temperature problem years ago, where, in my installation software
archive are these five utilities under "temperature" (although not all seem
to be "temperature" utilities)...
1. CPU-Z
2. GeekBench4
3. GPU-Z
4. Sandra
5. SpeedFan

Of those, the SpeedFan seems most straightforward.
Here's my ad-hoc installation log file for "SpeedFan".

SpeedFan 4.52 (May 2017)
Saved in: C:\installers\hardware\cpu\speedfan
http://www.almico.com/sfdownload.php

Select components to install
[x]Main program (required)
[x]Create Program Group
[x]Create Desktop Shortcut
Space required: 8.9MB

Default = C:\Program Files (x86)\SpeedFan
Actual = C:\app\hardware\cpu\speedfan
- (DEBUG) OS is Windows 10.0
- OS is Windows 10
- Running under WOW64
- You've got administrative privileges
- Running under WOW64
- Copying AMD64 service
- SpeedFan service installed into service database
- SpeedFan service start type is currently set to demand
- SpeedFan service start type properly set to AUTOMATIC
- SpeedFan service properly started
- Program files properly created
- Program group properly created
- Desktop shortcut properly created
- Uninstaller properly created
Completed

It does not seem to phone home (AFAIK).

Desktop Shortcut Target: C:\app\hardware\cpu\speedfan\speedfan.exe
It has 6 tabs but I think the only tab that is useful is "Readings".
1. Readings
2. Clock
3. Info
4. Exotics
5. S.M.A.R.T.
6. Charts

In "Readings", you'll see the speeds in RPM and temperature in deg C.
Fan1: x RPM
Fan2: x RPM
Fan3: x RPM

GPU Temp1: x C
GPU Temp2: x C
GPU Temp3: x C

HD1 Temp: x C
HD0 Temp: x C
HD2 Temp: x C

Core Temp: x C

Each of those are explained when you hit the "Configure" button.
Hitting Configure brings up a dozen tabs, only the first of which is
useful.
1. Temperatures
2. Fans
3. Voltages
4. Speeds
5. Fan Control
6. Options
7. Log
8. Advanced
9. Events
10. Internet
12. Mail
12. xAP
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