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Are you monitoring temperatures on it?

by bserge 5y ago

Stratoscope 5y ago
Not specifically, but the top of the keyboard does get warm when all this is going on. Do you or anyone have any recommendations for temperature monitoring software for a ThinkPad running Windows with various other OSes in VMs? In any case I think the POS software may be the main culprit, as it normally runs on a standalone machine and wasn't designed for power savings. I did set the Windows VM it runs in to "Power saver" but it doesn't seem to have helped much. (Sorry if this is off topic for the thread!)
- listic 5y ago
  SpeedFan? https://almico.com/speedfan.php https://almico.com/speedfan.php
- nix23 5y ago
  Have you activated VT-x VT-d etc in the bios? If not prepare for a performance boost, and a quiet Fan ;)
  - Stratoscope 5y ago
    Thanks for the tip. Yeah, "Intel Virtualization Technology" and "Intel VT-d Feature" are both enabled by default in the BIOS (in fact it doesn't let you turn them off).
    - nix23 5y ago
      Ah ok, i have seen some bios's where both are deactivated plus hyper-threading too :)
- bserge 5y ago
  NotebookFanControl is the only one that works on newer machines in my experience. https://github.com/hirschmann/nbfc https://github.com/hirschmann/nbfc I'm asking because I'm wondering how often it hits 99 degrees and throttles. And if it doesn't, I really need to take a closer look at it, because that would be incredible. Dell and HP machines have this problem, 6 core Intel processors run slower than 4 core ones because the former always throttle (even though the TDP is supposedly the same). If you want, you can use Throttlestop to set better controls/limits on clocks and power (and possibly undervolt it) for better performance, battery life and temperatures.
- mobilio 5y ago
  I'm using ArgusMonitor for this: https://www.argusmonitor.com https://www.argusmonitor.com
- ahelwer 5y ago
  I don't have a thinkpad, but I like OpenHardwareMonitor for my computers: https://openhardwaremonitor.org/ https://openhardwaremonitor.org/

Are you monitoring temperatures on it?

by bserge 5y ago

Are you monitoring temperatures on it?

Not specifically, but the top of the keyboard does get warm when all this is going on. Do you or anyone have any recommendations for temperature monitoring software for a ThinkPad running Windows with various other OSes in VMs? In any case I think the POS software may be the main culprit, as it normally runs on a standalone machine and wasn't designed for power savings. I did set the Windows VM it runs in to "Power saver" but it doesn't seem to have helped much. (Sorry if this is off topic for the thread!)

listic 5y ago
SpeedFan? https://almico.com/speedfan.php https://almico.com/speedfan.php
nix23 5y ago
Have you activated VT-x VT-d etc in the bios? If not prepare for a performance boost, and a quiet Fan ;)
- Stratoscope 5y ago
  Thanks for the tip. Yeah, "Intel Virtualization Technology" and "Intel VT-d Feature" are both enabled by default in the BIOS (in fact it doesn't let you turn them off).
  - nix23 5y ago
    Ah ok, i have seen some bios's where both are deactivated plus hyper-threading too :)
bserge 5y ago
NotebookFanControl is the only one that works on newer machines in my experience. https://github.com/hirschmann/nbfc https://github.com/hirschmann/nbfc I'm asking because I'm wondering how often it hits 99 degrees and throttles. And if it doesn't, I really need to take a closer look at it, because that would be incredible. Dell and HP machines have this problem, 6 core Intel processors run slower than 4 core ones because the former always throttle (even though the TDP is supposedly the same). If you want, you can use Throttlestop to set better controls/limits on clocks and power (and possibly undervolt it) for better performance, battery life and temperatures.
mobilio 5y ago
I'm using ArgusMonitor for this: https://www.argusmonitor.com https://www.argusmonitor.com
ahelwer 5y ago
I don't have a thinkpad, but I like OpenHardwareMonitor for my computers: https://openhardwaremonitor.org/ https://openhardwaremonitor.org/