Automatic temperature control

[petrw1]

Originally Posted by TObject

Does anybody have a program that can be used to throttle Prime95 down automatically based on CPU temperature sensor reading?

Thanks

Most newer (<5 years old) computers do this (throttle themselves, that is) automatically; but only when the temperature gets close to the maximum the PC is spec'd for.

[Dubslow]

Originally Posted by petrw1

Most newer (<5 years old) computers do this (throttle themselves, that is) automatically; but only when the temperature gets close to the maximum the PC is spec'd for.

That's more the CPU slowing its clock speed or OS shutting down rather than OS throttling high-use applications.

[TObject]

Originally Posted by LaurV

Now to divagate on the subject, the best approach, and without writing lots of code, is to use the "PauseWhileRunning=prog1[n1]" feature of P95. Put this in parallel with some "measuretemperature" stuff, that launch a process called prog1, when the temperature reaches some threshold. There are many choices like RealTemp, etc. They don't necessarily need to be able to start a process. Most of them play an alarm, (wave or mp3 file) or play some music, but in the background, they (windoze) launch Winamp for that, for example, or whatever you have associated with playing wav files. I did that once for an old laptop and it worked (win xp). The most mobos come with "assus probe" or whatever manufacturer put on them, tools to play with temperature, fans, launching processes to "cool down", which you just have to rename, or use them directly with "PauseWhileRunning".

Thanks for the suggestion. I think this should do.