SpeedFan
Publisher's description:
peedFan is a program that monitors voltages, fan speeds and temperatures in computers with hardware monitor chips.
peedFan is a program that monitors voltages, fan speeds and temperatures in computers with hardware monitor chips. SpeedFan can even access S.M.A.R.T. info for those hard disks that support this feature and show hard disk temperatures too, if supported. SpeedFan supports SCSI disks too. SpeedFan can even change the FSB
on some hardware (but this should be considered a bonus feature). At the lowest level, SpeedFan is a hardware monitor software that can access digital temperature sensors, but its main feature is that it can change fan speeds (depending on the capabilities of your sensor chip and your hardware) according to the temperatures inside your pc, thus reducing noise. Several sensors, like Winbond's and the AS99127F support fan speed changing, as well as others from Maxim, Myson, Analog Devices, National Semiconductor and ITE, but the hardware manufacturer must have connected the relevant pins to some additional, yet trivial, circuitry. This means that if you have, say, a Winbond W83782D on a BP6 then you're ok, but not every motherboard with such a hardware monitor chip will be able to change fan speeds. From one of the very first hardware monitor chips that could be found in standard PCs, the National Semiconductor LM75 (and all of its clones, like the Philips NE1617 and the Philips NE1618 or the Maxim MAX1617) or the Analog Devices ADM1021, such chips have been greatly improved, both in their precision and in their capabilities. Current chips can monitor fan speeds, voltages and change fan speeds by using PWMs (Pulse Width Modulation). Some chips can even be programmed to vary fan speeds without any additional software intervention. If your BIOS was programmed to setup such chips this way you can still try to use SpeedFan's Advanced Configuration to revert to manual (software controlled) mode. Winbond W83697HF, Analog Devices ADT7463, SMSC EMC6D102, ITE IT8712F, National LM85C and Maxim MAX6650 are very good candidates. Some SuperIO chips include temperature sensors too. SpeedFan can automatically detect them and use their features. SpeedFan can find almost any hardware monitor chip connected to the 2-wire SMBus (System Management Bus, a subset of the I2C BUS) Serial Interface and to the ISA BUS and works fine with Windows 9x, ME, NT, 2000, 2003 and Windows XP. It works with Windows 64 bit too. It can be minimized to the tray and is compatible with Motherboard Monitor 5.
SpeedFan can:
* handle almost any number of South Bridges
* handle almost any number of hardware monitor chips
* handle almost any number of temperature readings
* handle almost any number of voltage readings
* handle almost any number of fan speed readings
* handle almost any number of PWMs
You can
free download SpeedFan 4.39 now.
What's New in This Release:
-released to the public the EXOTICS tab
-fixed 120 DPI issue in CONFIGURE dialog
-added full support for Areca RAID controllers
-greatly improved SCSI support
-added support for Abit uGuru 3 (uGuru 2005)
-added full support for Intel FB-DIMM temperature readings
-added full support for ITE IT8720F
-added full support for Andigilog aSC7611
-added full support for LM96000 (it was previously detected as LM85B)
-added full support for Analog Devices ADT7490
-added full support for SMSC SCH5327
-fixed Windbond W83766HG hardware monitor detection on some Asus motherboards
-improved CPU identification routines
-added support for a new revision of the WINBOND W83637HF
-added support for WINBOND W83637HF at unusual addresses
-added support for Asus F8000 at unusual addresses
-added identification of the SMSC SCH5514
-added identification of SMSC EMC2300
-added ITE IT8718F fifth fan speed reporting
-added identification of Analog Devices ADP3228
-added identification of ITE IT8512F
-added identification of Winbond W83667HG SuperIO chip
-identified a new revision of Fintek F71872 hardware monitor subsystem
-added preliminary detection of the HECI driver
-fixed a bug in SMSC LPC47M172 support code that prevented fan speeds to be properly reported
-45nm Intel CPUs with CPUID=0x10676 now use a Tjmax value of either 105C or 90C
-added full support for nVidia MCP65 SMBus
-added full support for nVidia MCP67 SMBus
-added full support for nVidia MCP73 SMBus
-added full support for nVidia MCP78S SMBus
-added full support for VIA CX700M SMBus
-added full support for Intel 82801JIB SMBus
-fixed an issue where the Intel SMBus couldn\'t be accessed and messages like SMBus msg : SMB Error $14 : FAILED (50) were generated
-enabled Intel ICH8M-E SMBus device, if needed
-enabled 631xESB SMBus, if needed
-enabled SMBus on Intel ICH9R, if needed
-preliminary detection of AMD CD5536 SMBus
-some SMBus addresses on Asus Striker Extreme are no longer scanned
-SMBus is no longer scanned at address $2E on DELL XPS710
-Tyan S2927 second SMBus is no longer scanned
-some addresses on the SMBus of Asus P5NT WS are no longer scanned
-some addresses on the SMBus of the Intel DX38BT are no longer scanned
-some SMBus addresses are no longer scanned on Asus M2N32-SLI DELUXE
-the second nForce SMBus is no longer scanned on FIC AU31
-some addresses on the SMBus of Supermicro H8DCE are no longer scanned
-added some SMBus scan exclusions for Intel D5400XS
-added /NOGIVEIO command line parameter to disable access to giveio.sys
-added /NOGEFORCEROM command line switch that will prevent SpeedFan from reading nVidia GeForce ROMs (useful if it takes too much time)
-nVidia video BIOS is now stored in a file for later retrieval
-fixed an access violation under Win9x with some nVidia video cards
-battery status messages are no longer displayed
-upon resume, all controlled fans are set to 100% for half a second, then set to their minimum fan speed
-added new configuration option SHOWSTATICICON
-enabled Intel 6300ESB SMBus if needed
System Requirements:
No special requirements.
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