Prime95
 

I downloaded and registered this program to run tests to assess and evaluate my computer (cpu temps, in particular).

But, there's almost no intuitive info given. How is anyone expected to interpret the info or the settings unless they studied this program?!?

There's no FAQ or help that I can see. Nothing usable.

Maybe someone can explain how to use this program and exactly what you're supposed to do with it?!?

I just want info on my cpu temps and state of my processsor.

If you downloaded the official package, there should be a stress.txt file in the same directory with the executable.

Also remember that the stress test will also check your memory, so any problems could be from that instead of your CPU.

[QUOTE=TObject;295479]If you downloaded the official package, there should be a stress.txt file in the same directory with the executable.[/QUOTE]

And read the readme.txt and then the undoc.txt

[QUOTE=Unregistered;295474]I downloaded and registered this program to run tests to assess and evaluate my computer (cpu temps, in particular).

But, there's almost no intuitive info given. How is anyone expected to interpret the info or the settings unless they studied this program?!?

There's no FAQ or help that I can see. Nothing usable.[/QUOTE]It's been a standard convention for a couple of decades that software distributions include a "readme.txt" file as the starting point for users to read.

Did you download just the bare prime95.exe executable file, or one of the zipped distributions containing prime95.exe plus other files? The latter should include readme.txt, stress.txt and undoc.txt, as noted by TObject and petrw1.

[QUOTE=Unregistered;295474]

I just want info on my cpu temps and state of my processsor.[/QUOTE]

Keep in mind that Prime95 was never designed for nor ever claimed to show you these things. You'll have to download separate programs for these; for "state", if you mean workload, you can view that in Task Manager. To see your temps, I recommend a program called [URL="http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/hwmonitor.html"]HWMonitor[/URL].

[QUOTE=Unregistered;295474]...I just want info on my cpu temps and state of my processsor[/QUOTE]

[URL="http://addgadget.com/download/Core-Temp-setup.exe"]CoreTemp[/URL] works great for the CPU temps, as for the state of your processor, you're unregistered, so we can't tell you what state your processor is in ;)

sounds to me like you were in a hurry and downloaded something you didn't actually need.

Remember, haste makes waste.

[QUOTE=jasong;295574]sounds to me like you were in a hurry and downloaded something you didn't actually need.

Remember, haste makes waste.[/QUOTE]But he who hesitates is lost.

[QUOTE=xilman;295581]But he who hesitates is lost.[/QUOTE]

So are those who fail to read the documentation, along with those who
discuss a subject without ever studying it.

[QUOTE=R.D. Silverman;295583]So are those who fail to read the documentation, along with those who
discuss a subject without ever studying it.[/QUOTE]

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