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SpeedFan 4.49
Windows (All) / Freeware / 209,563 downloads
SpeedFan monitors fan speeds, temperatures and voltages in computers with hardware monitor chips. It 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. It can even change the FSB on some hardware. At the lowest level, it is a hardware monitor software, but its main feature is that it can control fan speeds according to the temperatures inside your pc, thus reducing noise and power consumption.
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Latest Changes
- Fixed a typo that caused ACPI temperatures to be reported wrongly on some Windows 7
- Changed the name of the installer to improve compatibility with Windows 8
Reviews of SpeedFan
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Music4EverReviewing 4.48 Beta 6 (Jan 2, 2013)
Made my fans fun so fast it sucked the cat into the PC case, I never noticed they were running fast though.
Good, interface a bit dated but it's free & does the job well. -
tontito
Reviewing 4.47 Beta 2 (May 8, 2012)
nilst2006 you are funny
Speedfan destroying your funs, lol
How much voltage did you put on it?
never seen a fun been destroyed by low rotation -
jcollake
Reviewing 4.46 (Mar 27, 2012)
A classic piece of freeware. Yea, the interface is what it is. However, it is probably best kept complex to prevent accidental misconfiguration by the layman. A little intimidation on advanced projects is sometimes appropriate. The author also has a minimalist design to his web sites, except for the ads, which are a little aggressive. He might tone them down, but that's the site. Software is good.
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nilst2006Reviewing 4.46 Beta 4 (Feb 14, 2012)
This %&¤&%¤% destroyed one tiny fan on my mobo ! If i knew that all fans where set to 100% when Windows were shut down i had prevented this disaster. It was a while ago, but i warn people from using this without going throuth all settings properly, twice !!!!
Nope, it was NOT my fault the setting were 100% after install and the 1st start. I can only blame the program. I usually always check settings properly in software i install. I didn't with this one. That fan it destroyed should never have a speed above 25%. To You below who blame me, got to H ! -
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johnk119Reviewing 4.45 Beta 2 (Sep 24, 2011)
it is possible that running at 100% could decrease your fan's lifetime..... It was most likely your fault for not checking it occasionally and allowing it to run 100%... It only provides options for you to use and is not responsible for peoples' stupidity
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some guy
Reviewing 4.45 Beta 2 (Aug 30, 2011)
seriously this program did not blow up your computer! faulty fan did and a improper setting in your bios should have set the pc to power off after it reaches a certain temp... just to funny
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jorgoschReviewing 4.44 Beta 2 (Apr 5, 2011)
Great features, but latest versions needs admin rights to start it meaning it can't be run on startup anymore without a hassle. This makes it pretty much useless for me now.
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DudeBoyz
Reviewing 4.43 (Mar 17, 2011)
It is frustrating that this app STILL does not accurately detect and identify elements on various motherboards, GPU and other items. I want my CPU information to be 100% correct and labeled, the same with my GPU. Nvidia GTX 460 for example with a 6 core Intel system and a Gigabyte motherboard seems to baffle this app. Why are the fans / temperature, etc. not properly identified and labeled? I just don't get it.
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OldGeek
Reviewing 4.43 Beta 14 (Mar 9, 2011)
It seems now in order to download the file to try it out you get redirected to the authors web site, then you have to 'register' or 'login' in order to access the download. Thanks but No thanks.
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stdly
Reviewing 4.43 Beta 8 (Jan 12, 2011)
Thanks, love this app prevented a failure at least once for me.
I use it on all my PC's but especial like using it with MediaPortal to show information about my system on my HTPC. -
nilst2006
Reviewing 4.43 Beta 8 (Jan 12, 2011)
Poor support. Needed help - got none ! Therefore i rate it as a 1 only !
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some guy
Reviewing 4.42 Beta 4 (Oct 5, 2010)
great software but how about a decent interface thats so Xp looking
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conan1873
Reviewing 4.42 Beta 2 (Aug 30, 2010)
Fantastic software, detects all of my hard drives, cpu, and gpu. Thanks to the developer!
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conan1873
Reviewing 4.41 Beta 13 (Jul 2, 2010)
4.41 beta 13 doesn't work on ASUS P5P43TD/USB3 LGA 775 boards. Previous version worked well except the S.M.A.R.T. features.
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jorgosch
Reviewing 4.41 Beta 13 (Jul 2, 2010)
@Terry
Yet you're not smart enough to understand that this is about betanews, not about SpeedFan. Fileforum is a file service, not an announce service. Clicking the download-button for SpeedFan beta does NOT download it. -
Terry6v
Reviewing 4.41 Beta 3 (Mar 17, 2010)
That's weird, because I just downloaded it. But I also read the instructions for the beta area. You have to register, which I must have done long ago because I already had an account. READ how to install as well or it will encounter errors. Install 4.40 and then download the beta and replace the speedfan.exe with the beta one. I'm a novice and I figured this one out. READ everything.
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jorgosch
Reviewing 4.41 Beta 3 (Mar 17, 2010)
betanews, don't announce software that can't be downloaded by the general public!
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SizzlechestXXX
Reviewing 4.40 (Nov 30, 2009)
This program does a better job on my Shuttle PC than Shuttle's own program.
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roymccoy
Reviewing 4.39 Beta 7 (Jun 3, 2009)
I hope there's a version supporting the AMD K8 Processor coming soon!?
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Brian49
Reviewing 4.37 (Nov 22, 2008)
It's still pretty good, but I don't like the way recent versions add DLLs to my Temp folder which apparently relate to hardware I don't have installed.
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almico
Reviewing 4.35 (Aug 20, 2008)
Actually, the next beta should see the light in a few days and 4.36 should be released very soon.
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BobTheVeg
Reviewing 4.35 Beta 31 (Aug 15, 2008)
@SimSalabim: you should rate to 1 only the tools which does not have accurate values.
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SimSalabim
Reviewing 4.35 Beta 24 (Aug 1, 2008)
Take 25 of these tools, and they ALL show you different values.
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jcollake
Reviewing 4.35 Beta 21 (Jul 22, 2008)
SpeedFan is nice. Give the author a break. It is difficult for a lone author to give you support and add all feature requests. Usually its a full time job just keeping up with maintenance on software.
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Undesired Username
Reviewing 4.35 Beta 15 (Jun 17, 2008)
Still no option to hide the tray icon? My god...
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rseiler
Reviewing 4.34 (Apr 22, 2008)
Sadly, it still requires you to run it as administrator (this can be set in properties of the shortcut) in Vista, otherwise you don't get full functionality (e.g. it doesn't see the drives).
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Brian49
Reviewing 4.34 (Apr 22, 2008)
I continue to like this program a lot. I'd like it even more if it would read my CPU frequencies and voltages (Intel Core 2 Duo), or if I at least knew why it won't.
If there's a distinction between the 51st beta and beta number 51, it's lost on me, although this is just an observation, not a complaint. -
almico
Reviewing 4.34 Beta 51 (Apr 20, 2008)
The beta requires a free registration because it requires advanced users that know what they are doing. A few ISPs are blocking the confirmation email and they never answered my requests for clarification. I receive about 6K emails per day and try to answer all of them. This is not the 51th beta. It's the beta number 51. I will always use as many betas as needed to release a quality software.
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Ryusennin
Reviewing 4.34 Beta 51 (Apr 8, 2008)
It works well and it's free, but I have two gripes.
1. Registration for the beta program doesn't work. I've never received this "confirmation email" despite me contacting the author (and him not responding, or more likely him never receiving my emails either). Talk about feedback.
2. Beta 51... Yup, read that again. This is the 51th beta of version 4.34. Does it really require 51 betas to get a stable release? -
guru_v
Reviewing 4.34 Beta 44 (Mar 23, 2008)
Who can tell? It now requires a login to access the beta, and when one gives the information, and then waits, and waits, and waits, for the liknk to maically appear in their mail - well...
Tells me the author doesn't really care about new users as beta testers.
Certainly would be nice to get this thing out of beta - we have here the exact opposite of Microsoft - this gentleman isn't going to 'go gold' until no one has any problems, ever. -
joltdude
Reviewing 4.34 Beta 42 (Mar 18, 2008)
It works but having to jump through hoops to download the current beta is a PITA..
There has got to be a better app out there, but so far its one of the few that works with my HP/MSI motherboard...reasonaly well -
Mystiqq
Reviewing 4.34 Beta 40 (Feb 27, 2008)
Better apps out there? Such as? After Motherboard Monitor died, i havent seen better (free) alternative than Speedfan.
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Brian49
Reviewing 4.34 Beta 38 (Jan 30, 2008)
In general I like this a lot, but it doesn't detect either CPU frequencies or voltages on my machine (Intel Core 2 Duo), whereas PC Wizard detects both. Also, 38 betas to move from 4.33 to 4.34 seems a bit over the top.
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pipdipchip
Reviewing 4.34 Beta 38 (Jan 30, 2008)
It does what it says. Although there are similar programs, I like SpeedFan. It works very nice with my Dell laptop. I don't like people who give low ratings just because there is similar software out there. It does what is says and does it well. Rate on that.
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bobad
Reviewing 4.34 Beta 37 (Jan 1, 2008)
Nice app, and very useful and flexible. The temperature and voltage graph is the most useful feature, and by far the best I have found. Unfortuantely, SpeedFan is extremely tedious to configure. Where PCWizard automatically detects my temperatures and fan speeds correctly, SpeedFan requires changing such arcane settings as "Fan Divisors" to get it working. 1 point downgrade for all that silliness.
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Adrian79
Reviewing 4.34 Beta 37 (Dec 31, 2007)
works good, but for advanced users... if u think u can just click and control ur "fan speed" look elsewhere.
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bourgeoisdude
Reviewing 4.34 Beta 37 (Dec 31, 2007)
Lightweight and incredibly useful. I especially love the SMART reporting tools in it.
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Vimes
Reviewing 4.34 Beta 34 (Oct 28, 2007)
Does what it says on the tin.
Great application that somehow always seems to improve on each release :) -
Verdauga Greeneyes
Reviewing 4.34 Beta 34 (Oct 27, 2007)
Don't be ridiculous, would you rather the betas were private and the release tested by 10-100 users rather than thousands?
Great piece of software, very handy for monitoring -
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white lightning
Reviewing 4.34 Beta 34 (Oct 26, 2007)
It works...for sure !
Lightweight , clear & detailed interface , a good number of options , really precise .
Excellent work :-) -
coover
Reviewing 4.34 Beta 31 (Oct 19, 2007)
Ok, you guys who claim that Speed Fan doesn't work ... you must read the instructions.
And the instructions say that you must ... YOU MUST ... first install the latest full version, 4.33, before installing the beta, which is only a patch. -
horsecharles
Reviewing 4.34 Beta 30 (Oct 19, 2007)
To all scemi cornutti claiming SpeedFan doesn't work on Vista:
Firstly- under Supported OS, Vista's NOT listed!!!
Secondly- & however: it DOES work on Vista!!!
Just read the istruzioni!!!
You know, this does not bode well for your poor girlfriends either-- that, nowithstanding, you're nevertheless able to somehow masterfully dissect their G-Spot instruction manuals... in spite of ...
Attention Far Right: this a perfect example of why Monogamy is so unrealistic!!! But hey, that's a topic for another day / different forum. -
Adrian79
Reviewing 4.34 Beta 30 (Oct 18, 2007)
build 33 is out, download from publisher website, because this download only has the .exe file (no intalltion setup file)
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almico
Reviewing 4.34 Beta 21 (Oct 9, 2007)
Adrian, did you ever read install instructions before posting thing that are absolutely wrong?
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hell0
Reviewing 4.34 Beta 21 (Oct 9, 2007)
Nice... I wish S.M.A.R.T. were better implemented, and I'd love to be able to hide the tray icon. Other than that, it works well for me. Which is good, because my mainboard's native CPU fan throttling feature is utterly useless.
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guru_v
Reviewing 4.34 Beta 19 (Oct 8, 2007)
Yes, much better on my nForce 4 board. Now to see if it works better on the ATi Radeon board in the other room.
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uberfly
Reviewing 4.33 (Sep 18, 2007)
The previous version would also not run on my P5B-E. New version works great. This is a very good tool for overclocking, etc.
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almico
Reviewing 4.33 Beta 18 (Aug 27, 2007)
SpeedFan works great on the P5B. Most likely you downloaded the beta and didn't properly install it.
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covex
Reviewing 4.33 Beta 18 (Aug 24, 2007)
Not running on P5B, Intel Core 2 Duo 6400, Geforce 7600GS...
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kashin
Reviewing 4.32 (Apr 19, 2007)
It's very good, and the price is right! I was using MBMPro a few years ago, but I was never really happy with it. Then I found SpeedFan and I've been using it on all my computers ever since then. Definitely a must for everyone who wants to see their system's temperature, voltage, and fan readings.
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hook_
Reviewing 4.32 (Mar 2, 2007)
Hmmm... 4.32 says my CPU fan is going 30 000 RPM. Yeah, right... Let's go back to 4.30.
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harpyboy
Reviewing 4.32 (Mar 1, 2007)
lgjivic: Can't you at least try this version first before rating it? Do you even have a brain for commonsense like this? sighh...
Works great in Vista x64, that's the only thing I'm looking for. Most tweaking tools are taking their time with Vista x64 development. -
lgjivic
Reviewing 4.32 (Feb 28, 2007)
Usefull program, but never suported remembering of fan speeds after reboot. Every time you reboot your system you have to adjust fan speeds all over again. That is the reason why I don't use it anymore.
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jpm01
Reviewing 4.32 Beta 17 (Feb 21, 2007)
One of the rare softs with which you can see the real processor temperature the temperature of the processor and of the hard drives can be monitored in the system tray or on the G15 LCD screen with LCD studio don t tell you how useful it is a must have
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photonboy
Reviewing 4.32 Beta 17 (Feb 9, 2007)
**AMD USERS**
The new AMD HSF (heatsink/fan) has a built-in fan speed controller. Not only is the minimum speed 3000RPM which is quite high, but it can NOT be turned off and it causes problems when used with the motherboard fan speed control.
I managed to find my configuration for this Speedfan version for my Asus A8N-SLI Premium and altered the CPU to 50%. What this is altering is the voltage from the motherboard via the IT8712F chip so the base voltage for the AMD fan is turned lower. My motherboard (Asus Q-fan) fan speed control is off in BIOS with software removed(or disabled). What a difference!!
I'll be replacing the fan (not the heatsink) or soldering to bypass the control circuitry, however if you can get this method working it's really good alternative as a temporary or permanent solution.
I'm not sure if you can get Speedfan to automatically start at 50% after a REBOOT but that's not a huge issue. It only takes 5 seconds to open it and click down to 50%. (You may need to change this for warmer climates. Check the CPU temperature for your model.)
*Again,I used this for correcting for the new AMD HSF which has auto fanspeed control. You are turning OFF the onboard fan control and turning the motherboard fan control chip to 50%. -
kooshini
Reviewing 4.32 Beta 17 (Feb 9, 2007)
Yay Vista support finally - used to crash my system last time. Plus it works with my E6700 to get the true temp like core temp beta does...
I'm giving this a 5 as it saves me using 2 programs from now on.
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Caiyoo
Reviewing 4.32 Beta 8 (Dec 10, 2006)
Great program! My only problem is trying to see the "charts" tab -- dark colors on a dark background and no way to change them. :(
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RunsWithSissors
Reviewing 4.32 Beta 4 (Oct 27, 2006)
I downloaded this zip file and I can't even get it to install without major errors. The last version had major problems in displaying and setting up events (right side of screen cut off and button control logic not working properly). If these things could be fixed - it would be a great program - if I could load it.
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Yannis123
Reviewing 4.32 Beta 4 (Oct 26, 2006)
A dutch version would help me to get more prfit off this program. Still: it works!!
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cricri_pingouin
Reviewing 4.31 (Oct 12, 2006)
Does exactly what it says on the tin, and I never had a problem with it. That makes it easy to decide a rating!
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bourgeoisdude
Reviewing 4.30 (Oct 2, 2006)
This is a really nice program that is small but effective. Heck, the SMART attribute analysis in and of itself is an exceptionaly useful feature, in addition to the well-known features. Saved me a lot of work with diagnosing hardware issues too,as it notified me of the hard drive "getting close" to reaching threshold settings (e.g., prior to an official SMART error).
4.30 fixes the Vista bugs, greatly improves detection of newer Intel processor-based chipsets, and fixes some of those offset temperatures on the old Socket 754 mobos that showed system board temperatures exceeding 120 Celsius (which was obviously incorrect). -
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lgjivic
Reviewing 4.29 (Sep 17, 2006)
Nice piece of software, but from my point of view it has one big minus. It can not remember fan speeds... every time you boot up your OS you have to adjust fan speeds all over again.
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slow-motion
Reviewing 4.29 (Aug 21, 2006)
Nice little program, it even could read the sensord on my no-name motherboard. I only got one problem and that is that with one game the program stops reading my temps.
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almico
Reviewing 4.29 (Aug 6, 2006)
lgjivic, you simply need to properly configure SpeedFan and fan speeds will be automatically reduced as soon as possible, that is: when temperatures will start decreasing a little bit showing that fans are running too fast.
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Crono`
Reviewing 4.29 (Aug 3, 2006)
More features than hmonitor (or maybe i didn't find fan speed automatic variations there), plus it's freeware.
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dhry
Reviewing 4.29 (Aug 3, 2006)
Yeah, I'm going to say that http://hmonitor.net is smaller and better.
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1uk3
Reviewing 4.29 (Aug 2, 2006)
Great little program. I've been using it for ages with Win XP. Although my motherboard isn't 100% supported (cheap motherboard).
Shame I can't get it to work with Vista x64 Beta 2 Build 5472.
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bourgeoisdude
Reviewing 4.29 (Aug 2, 2006)
The new hard drive details with the recent updated versions is an awesome feature--even with version 4.29, there are some older dells that have the "hidden" features of monitoring temperatures and fan speeds, but it still doesn't read them even if the dell thing is enabled. Still, a very nice program considering its size.
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lordgibbness
Reviewing 4.29 Beta 13 (Jul 27, 2006)
Mystiqq, it should still be possible to use MBM5 with not problems. I use it and it is working perfectly.
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Mystiqq
Reviewing 4.28 (Feb 9, 2006)
Its getting there but i still miss some of the Motherboard Monitor features.
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cyberguy
Reviewing 4.28 (Feb 9, 2006)
Lately there have been startup problems for me. When the program is set to autostart with Windows AND start minimized, the program will start, but there is nothing in the task tray. I know it is working because the fans start slowing down - you just can't see or control it.
I have to go into task manager, shut the program down, and start it again. This is a pain.
When it works properly, it works well so i will give it a 4 this time around. -
HcoolP
Reviewing 4.28 (Feb 9, 2006)
best monitoring progam ive had ever its small light on mem usage and gives u almost everything u could want from such a program.
been using it for years and its getting better and better each build :) -
almico
Reviewing 4.28 Beta 11 (Jan 25, 2006)
Beta versions require a specific install procedure clearly stated on the website. Several "Unable to use I/O" errors are simply the result of not having read them.
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some guy
Reviewing 4.28 Beta 11 (Jan 24, 2006)
did not work on my motherboard incorrect reading from the bios temps. said 70c the bios says 45c
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Aires
Reviewing 4.28 Beta 11 (Jan 24, 2006)
Been getting a "Unable to read I/O" error message for too long now that I've stopped using it anymore. Which is a shame because it was very good software. I'm sure the author must be aware of the bug and it's on Google if you do a search. But like I said it's been too long now.
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photonboy
Reviewing 4.28 Beta 11 (Jan 23, 2006)
Beta version didn't work at all for me, and the previous version detected 7 temperatures when I only have 2 sensors. Strange that the Beta detects LESS than the previous version. Perhaps it is more picky and so the previous wrong results simply are not shown. I tried to Scan but it didn't do anything. It only had two motherboards listed for my manufacturer, so this program has a LONG way to go and I know it has been around for a while so I don't think much work has been done on it. It didn't even show my Hardrive in the Beta although it got it right in the previous version. The ONLY thing it shows in the Beta is my CPU.
I know there are a lot of 5's out there, but I have to rate it by how it works on my system and that is not well at all. I should have given it an even lower score, but I think people would be angry with me.
Also, a word of caution. Most or all programs that monitor hard drive temperature or SMART capability prevent the drive from shutting down as per the Power Settings in the Control Panel.
Check out HDD Thermometer which is free. I know there are other software programs including ones from your motherboard manufacturer. (Giga-byte's is ugly and huge) -
bourgeoisdude
Reviewing 4.28 Beta 11 (Jan 23, 2006)
Love it, still usin beta 6 but im getting beta 11 right now. Have this loaded in browser cache so if I have a bad experience with this version i'll edit.
EDIT: No, no problems. No huge changes for me either, but it's only a newer beta so that's expected. -
ModderXManiac
Reviewing 4.28 Beta 11 (Jan 23, 2006)
Nifty and just plain splendid for overclocking and seeing the effectiveness of new cooling systems.
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brotherS
Reviewing 4.28 Beta 6 (Dec 29, 2005)
Great, tiny tool! I'm using it mostly to just display the CPU temp in the tray, the fan speed graphs are nice too!
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mgdn
Reviewing 4.27 (Nov 27, 2005)
nifty! cool. throttles my amd 3700+, CnQ enabled, fan pretty well. i got one question though - when i change it to 0% below desired t1 - t2 range, it doesn't stop the fan altogether.... or may be it shouldn’t, any light on this will help.
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christoofar
Reviewing 4.27 (Nov 8, 2005)
not sure what "hiwayracers" trip is, but he is comparing apples & oranges. Speedfan's main goal is to control fan speeds based on user-specifed temp settings, not as a diagnostic app. Works a treat on my Asus P4800-SE mobo, though not so good on my Intel D915GAG. Price is right too!
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azimov
Reviewing 4.27 (Nov 8, 2005)
Sorry some guy, But my NOD32, detected a TSR.com virus threat.
Time Module Object Name Threat Action User Information
08/11/2005 15:57:46 IMON archive http://www.almico.com/speedfan427.exe probably unknown TSR.COM virus
I'm sure this is a false positive as I have been using Speedfan for may a year and haven't seen any problems. I have sent it of to ESET for review as a false positive. -
jafo818
Reviewing 4.27 (Nov 8, 2005)
My 2.50.25 version of NOD32 detects this as a virus as well. I'm sure it's a false positive (let's hope!). Speedfan is the next best thing to MBM. :)
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httpd.confused
Reviewing 4.27 (Nov 7, 2005)
It's obviously a false positive. My copy of NOD32 2.5 doesn't detect anything, by the way. (No idea what ModderXManiac is getting jollies over above...)
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dejavu
Reviewing 4.27 (Nov 7, 2005)
What happened?
NOD32 shows http://www.almico.com/speedfan427.exe probably unknown TSR.COM virus.
I use version 4.26 without any problem! excellent program!
This FALSE POSITIVE happened when I try to download under a way which NOD32 to interpret as malicious activities (A MISTAKE). Is FALSE POSITIVE. I got the file speedfan427.exe (NO VIRUS)! Speedfan is a great tool, congratulations to Author! -
kashin
Reviewing 4.26 (Sep 24, 2005)
Hey Blackhole8746, Intel's Active Monitor is laughable. It looks disgusting, is a memory hog and doesn't come nearly with as many options as SpeedFan. The ability to read SMART information of HDDs for instance.
All the other monitoring programs made specificially for your brand of motherboard are also crap. I have yet to see one that isn't ugly, has useless garbage like skinning, and is not a memory hog. SpeedFan is all those and more! -
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BNuser
Reviewing 4.26 (Sep 14, 2005)
nVidia support seems really to be improved, now I can monitor my GF6800 without hangs. Very nice!
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Mystiqq
Reviewing 4.26 (Sep 13, 2005)
Personally i think they (manufactures) should be more open with the sensor stuff. Like the good old Motherboard Monitor couldnt go open source after the author decided to stop development, because he had to sign NDA to get the nessary info to make the monitor to work, if i recall right.
It would be better to have one program to support all motherboards etc. that way you could make addons to monitor/log the health of your computer(s) rather than having multiple software for each indivitual motherboard (etc). Those programs usually dont provide anything more than basic capability of monitoring and are rather weak if you want/need something more advanced. -
Blackhole8746
Reviewing 4.26 (Sep 13, 2005)
Nice work, but most boards especially intel already come with software to monitor temepratures, voltages, and fan speeds like Intel Active Monitor... Manufacturers build sensors in boards to collect that information (temp, speed etc.) the program doesn't get that info itself... So the least the manufacturers could do is make software of their own to display info from the sensors... They dun wait for someobody else to do it for them
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peterj1978
Reviewing 4.26 (Sep 13, 2005)
@some guy:
Why not help out instead of complaining?
Take the side of your pc and tell us what the manufacturer/modell and everything you can find out about your chip that is monitoring temperatures/fans and such and maybe it could be added?
Maybe the creator of the software (which is free) doesn't have access to the kind of motherboard that you have otherwise he would have added it.
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kashin
Reviewing 4.26 Beta 11 (Sep 7, 2005)
Hey "some guy" are you going to come back for every single beta release and give this program a 1, just because it doesn't detect your messed up motherboard? Dude, just get over it and move on. I think you have waaay too much free time on your hands to come back every time and give it a 1 just out of spite.
Oh and now for the review. We have in this house 7 different motherboards (5 of them currently in use.) Two of them are Intel, two are Asus, one Chaintech, one A-bit and one Gigabyte. This program has worked with every single one of them so far and best of all it's free!! -
p0rt1s
Reviewing 4.26 Beta 11 (Sep 4, 2005)
asrock 266? is that some board to run dishwashers? works great on my dell laptops, my office compaq laptop, my opteron (asus board) and all others i've tried with.
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some guy
Reviewing 4.26 Beta 11 (Sep 4, 2005)
how can I give it any higher then a 1 if it can't read my asrock 266 board. If the bios can read it then a program aswell should be able to read it so I give it a 1 for not supporting my board, cheap or not.It may be a great program if it read my board Id give it a 5.
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ArKay74
Reviewing 4.26 Beta 8 (Aug 31, 2005)
Version 4.24 works smoothly on my K8N Neo4. Didn't try this new one yet.
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httpd.confused
Reviewing 4.26 Beta 8 (Aug 31, 2005)
Works great with my board. :)
I also find it ironic that this freeware author is much more responsive than most shareware and commercial software authors/vendors I encounter. -
kazso
Reviewing 4.26 Beta 8 (Aug 31, 2005)
Still doesn't work with my MSI K8N Neo4 motherboard. And this isn't an old or cheap one...
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wizard68sc3
Reviewing 4.26 Beta 8 (Aug 30, 2005)
wHat is an 266 asrock. Is this maybe from an old 266 model? Anyway my AMD athlon thorobred 1800+ works perfecly fine with this software, or should I say this perfect software.
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kashin
Reviewing 4.26 Beta 8 (Aug 30, 2005)
Hey there "some guy", perhaps in the future you shouldn't opt for the cheapest possible motherboard. I'm willing to bet that *NO* monitoring software can read what ever messed up sensors your crappy motherboard has. That is no reason to give this excellent program such a low rating.
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ModderXManiac
Reviewing 4.26 Beta 8 (Aug 30, 2005)
Your the same guy that bashed the last version of this. Asrock 266 IS A CHEAP BOARD. If they dont support that old cheap p.o.s. by now, they will never.
STOP RATING THIS 1 FOR THE SAKE OF YOUR CHEAP BOARD. -
some guy
Reviewing 4.26 Beta 8 (Aug 30, 2005)
positive havent found one monitor tool that will give a acurate reading on this 266 asrock board says my cpu temp 70c while the bios says 43c
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BobTheVeg
Reviewing 4.26 Beta 8 (Aug 30, 2005)
Reviewer: some guy Aug 25, 2005
Version: 4.26 Beta 4
dosnt support asrock m board 266
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eviljolly
Reviewing 4.26 Beta 4 (Aug 25, 2005)
Great simple program. Supports my Asrock K8-Z Combo board just fine, although the motherboard does not support fan control, it works great as a light temp monitor program. Uses about 1.5MB/ram while minimized displaying CPU temp in the system tray.
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Tene
Reviewing 4.26 Beta 4 (Aug 25, 2005)
Yet another great update to a great piece of software ...
Only qualm, as usual is aesthetics. Though a manifest file sorts this out (as I pointed out to the author a while ago). Bad styling (notice the two buttons that are fixed despite msthemes).
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ModderXManiac
Reviewing 4.26 Beta 4 (Aug 25, 2005)
aruprc,
they stopped updating MBM about 1.5 years ago, so there is no way you can compare it to this. Also, this program is completely free, no commercial counterpart unlike MBM. And its up to date. It gives better fan control, smaller memory footprint, and is just more customizable.
Best system monitoring software around. -
Mystiqq
Reviewing 4.25 (Jul 21, 2005)
Number one "PC meter". :)
It still lacks some "essential" features, such as someone descriped before my post. I think things like automatic shutdown is a must. -
aruprc
Reviewing 4.25 (Jul 21, 2005)
almico,
If you can put a OSD feature like MBM as well as the ability for the system to shut down once a parameter is exceeded, this program would be truly among the best. -
almico
Reviewing 4.25 (Jul 21, 2005)
SpeedFan 4.25 adds events. You can easily configure events to do anything you like (including calling any shutdown script or run your favourite movie if the CPU is too cold) :-)
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kashin
Reviewing 4.25 (Jul 21, 2005)
Simply the best. I was a MBM user for a long time, but this is much much better!
PS. - Please don't ever make it look anything like MBM Pro. That thing had the most disgusting interface I have ever seen! -
ArKay74
Reviewing 4.25 (Jul 20, 2005)
"Service cannot be installed", even after I had uninstalled the old version from the Device Manager by hand. Must be a bug, 4.24 installs just fine so I'll stick to that version.
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mmebane
Reviewing 4.25 (Jul 20, 2005)
@anomoly: Are you kidding? On the download page, it says "The latest version is SpeedFan 4.25." The words "SpeedFan 4.25" are a direct link to the download.
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some guy
Reviewing 4.25 (Jul 20, 2005)
ounce again another progee that can't read my asrock board, so I give it 1
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anomoly
Reviewing 4.25 Beta 9 (Jun 12, 2005)
how wonderful. free to download I hear (2x) but not a single url to do so without registering-any version. I have aopen ax4spe maxii & it is apparently not compatible. Plan on getting supermicro dual cpu mobo-if it is compatible? may finally give proper review. Most mobos come with this software, including mine, which I don't even use.
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httpd.confused
Reviewing 4.24 (May 18, 2005)
What are you talking about, Alfredo? The issues I wrote about a year ago? Of course they've been remediated, and that's why I said so in the billion reviews I wrote since then. I am a strong supporter of yours, both in reviews and via PayPal.
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bobad
Reviewing 4.24 Beta 18 (May 9, 2005)
Excellent!!! Works just great on my Asus P4C800-E Dlx motherboard. Wish it worked on more boards. My friends want to use it, but can't use it. (Gigabyte boards for 1)
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BogdanSHA
Reviewing 4.24 Beta 8 (May 7, 2005)
SlowNeasy, "Free (and easy) registration is needed only to download the latest beta. The standard version is always available for free and without registration." ...stupid people...
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oayz
Reviewing 4.24 Beta 8 (May 6, 2005)
Program is great but it does take a time to master it. After this your cPC become cool and quiet.
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almico
Reviewing 4.24 Beta 8 (May 6, 2005)
Free (and easy) registration is needed only to download the latest beta. The standard version is always available for free and without registration.
There is a bug tracking system online and I do try to answer to all emails and reports I do receive.
SpeedFan works absolutely great on my ABIT BP6 and on my ABIT NF7-S rev. 2.0
Obviously, I give it a 5 :-)
TEDBIERI: it looks like /NONVIDIAI2C command line switch should fix your issue.
SOME GUY: if your BIOS says 38C and SpeedFan says 30C it might be because Windows uses HALT command, which is not used in BIOS (and causes a temp drop).
TOWNS54: no computer was ever hurt by changing fan speeds in 5 years.
XIPPON: are you sure any tool can show SMART on your motherboard?
BLACKCHERRY: did you find FAQs and the step-by-step tutorial in the help file unuseful?
HUNTERB: the help file includes explainations on SMART readings. You can find an article online too.
CHRISJS162216: you seem to have experienced a broken download.
HTTPD.CONFUSED: all of your issues were fixed long ago.
DARKPEPE: there are 293 confirmed motherboards that can change fan speeds with SpeedFan. -
tedbieri
Reviewing 4.24 Beta 8 (May 5, 2005)
I said this before but guess this will have to be the last time I try this program, it simple does not like my motherboard and video. This time it it worked for a bit then my screen went blank and I lost my monitor driver and my smbus driver, TG for system restore!!!!
Gigabyte MB GA-8SQ800
Abit Video TI4200 8x
Monitor Sony 19"
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httpd.confused
Reviewing 4.23 (Apr 13, 2005)
Bite your tongue. You do not want Microsoft taking over this type of functionality. The reason is that it's highly technical, and requires constant updating and tweaking. These are things that Microsoft does not excel at.
It works, it's free, and the support is better than with many shareware applications--be happy with that. If you like it, donate--I did. -
Cekay
Reviewing 4.23 Beta 8 (Apr 4, 2005)
A tip for Bill Gates: Buy the license for this great program and include it in your next windows release!
I just love this tool since over 2 years now! -
robmanic44
Reviewing 4.23 Beta 8 (Mar 28, 2005)
What I like most about this program is the meticulous instuctions for setup and configuration. It works well with a minimum of prep. Keep up the good work.
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some guy
Reviewing 4.23 Beta 7 (Mar 26, 2005)
I would give it a 5 if it worked with my crappy asrock m266a motherboard the cpu temp shows 69c but the bios temp shows 40c all other readings are the same as bios though. Can't find one program that works with this board, 2.4 overclocked to a 2.8 it was chaep though guess ya get what ya pay for:(
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httpd.confused
Reviewing 4.23 Beta 7 (Mar 26, 2005)
Please note the following from the author's page:
"[T]his beta is packaged with so many changes that great care should be taken before setting and forgetting it."
http://www.almico.com/sfbetaprogram.php -
ModderXManiac
Reviewing 4.22 (Mar 14, 2005)
Great program, better than Motherboard Monitor.
As for the guy with the Dell, of course it doesnt work. They use Intel mobo's w/ restricted access to certain bios features; in this case its the temperature probes. You cant overclock a Dell anyway, so this program is useless to you.
Thats no reason to give this program a score of 1. Build your OWN computer, and you'll see that this works great. DUDE'S DO NOT BUY DELL! Dont be a n00b! -
Nogard
Reviewing 4.22 (Mar 14, 2005)
It don't work with Dell Dimensions. It would a good tool if it worked with Dell Dimensions. Let me explain why I gave it a 1. The interface isn't the best. The unistall wasn't smooth. It left a file on my computer. But I'm not here to overclock my computer just wanted to see my temp to my HDD.
As for the guy that calls me a n00b. I hate to tell you but I'm a computer software developer and I don't have much time to build a computer. -
robertmc8
Reviewing 4.22 Beta 11 (Mar 5, 2005)
For all those who can't get to work. You need to copy and pasted the speed fan exe into speed fan folder in C:program files speed fan. and said yes to it. Then will be updated that way.
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BNuser
Reviewing 4.22 Beta 6 (Mar 1, 2005)
Issues arose when I changed from a GF4200 (no problems) to a GF6800. It keeps reeding from the bus and stuck there forever, sometimes it even don't start up anymore (only tray icon, but no GUI). CPU temp goes up, because it's on 100% as someone mentioned here. I simply can't use the Program anymore. If thats fixed, it's in my autostart again. I still rate it 4, since it's perfect for my needs normally.
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Darth-Revan
Reviewing 4.22 Beta 6 (Mar 1, 2005)
Well very very good Program but... when first started my temperatures were not CPU, motherboard, hard disk etc... but temp1,temp2,temp3 etc... I had to do their names manually and I don't know if I did them well :(.
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some guy
Reviewing 4.22 Beta 6 (Mar 1, 2005)
the readings very to far from my bios readings, I haven't found one monitor program that realy works with my crappy asrock mother board, MBM 3.5 tell'S me my cpu is at 70c this one tells me its at 30c my bios tells me its about 38-40c, I wish I had one that worked cries, so i give it a 2 for the fact it dosen't work with my motherboard.
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DataBitz
Reviewing 4.21 (Feb 19, 2005)
Great program, still have an ongoing problem with speedfan 100% CPU when temperature readings from GF5600 are enabled.
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EaGler
Reviewing 4.21 (Feb 19, 2005)
Its a good program, easy control fans. But at my PC after around 10min - 40 min speedfan starts to behave strangly. It goes sucking 100% CPU very strange, i have to kill it then, coz it almost kills my PC. Then start again, then after a while CPU again @ 100% and i do the same proces again. Am i the only on that has this? I have it on all versions from 4.18 till the newest im using 4.21
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madk0w
Reviewing 4.21 Beta 13 (Feb 8, 2005)
good stuff but i can't find a way to show all the temps of my hard drives (it does detect them)
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guevara
Reviewing 4.21 Beta 13 (Feb 8, 2005)
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kashin
Reviewing 4.21 Beta 13 (Feb 7, 2005)
I wish morons like towns54 didn't write their "engrish" comments and give bad ratings to this excellent piece of software. This program does exactly what it says and best of all it's free. I have been using it for a long time on many different AMD/Intel machines with great success. Ever since Motherboard Monitor Pro bit the dust, this has been the best alternative by far. If you need a really good hardware monitoring tool, give this a try and don't listen to idiots who can't figure out how to use it.
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httpd.confused
Reviewing 4.21 Beta 13 (Feb 7, 2005)
What are you talking about? Why is it "too risk to use" (sic)? All decent modern mainboards have protection circuitry built into them that will kill the power if a CPU overheating condition is encountered. Yeah, I suppose you could mess something up, if you either got totally careless, or are an idiot to begin with.
Besides, you have no leg to stand on. Guns are risky, too, but a good gun still deserves a good rating. -
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httpd.confused
Reviewing 4.21 Beta 10 (Feb 4, 2005)
Whether HDD temperature is displayed or not depends on whether the hard drive supports it, you goofballs. A lot of modern hard drives (such as my own awful WD drives) don't report their temperature. Do you expect SpeedFan to magically obtain the HDD temperature somehow? How about your own rectal temperature?
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xippon
Reviewing 4.19 (Jan 12, 2005)
on k7n400 pro2 mainboard it doesn't show hdd temperature after SMART enebled
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sockey99
Reviewing 4.19 (Dec 26, 2004)
I install SpeedFan on every customers AMD machine. Besides the fan control, I like the temperature readings for slight overclocking monitoring and the S.M.A.R.T. info.
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kashin
Reviewing 4.19 (Dec 19, 2004)
I've been using this ever since MBM Pro was discontinued. In fact, I much prefer it to MBM's ugly interface. It can also do everything MBM did and then some! If you need a good hardware monitoring tool, this is the way to go. Serious Samurize even added support for this, so you can customize how the output looks as much as you like! So far every version of this program has worked for me perfectly. No lockups or any other problems mentioned by the other reviews.
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moogleman
Reviewing 4.18 (Nov 30, 2004)
All this program seems to do is freeze my computer so I have to restart manually (it even makes the sound of when it turns off). I'm sure it's probably a decent program if it works for your computer, but for my Dell Inspiron 8100, it's useless.
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gigsvoo
Reviewing 4.18 (Nov 29, 2004)
This is a powerful tool that can alter your CPU fan, so becareful. I ran with my Intel Monitor, and it has slow down some CPU power.
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brotherS
Reviewing 4.18 (Nov 26, 2004)
Nice tool! I use it to display my CPU temp in the notification area ('systray') and *never* had a problem with it.
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httpd.confused
Reviewing 4.18 (Nov 25, 2004)
SpeedFan has been working well for me for months, and I've been running a private beta of 4.18 for weeks. Finally, my fan speed display issue is fixed!
SpeedFan truly has turned into one of those applications I can't do without--as soon as I close it, my CPU fan reverts to 100% speed, and my ears start telling me to start it back up.
Little-known trick: Use the /NOSMARTSCAN command line parameter to make SpeedFan skip all S.M.A.R.T. scanning. If you have more than one drive, this can make the difference between drives that enter sleep mode, and drives that spin continuously, due to having their S.M.A.R.T. status queried continuously. -
chichiri
Reviewing 4.17 (Oct 19, 2004)
Well some people have problems with every software, I have never had a problem with this one. Still the very best free beer hardware monitoring tool, which shines through simple functionality. If you want überslick go MBM but if all you need is the information reliably and accurately then this is your monitoring software.
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Tridus
Reviewing 4.17 (Oct 19, 2004)
Looks like people are having some problems, but its working flawlessly here.
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tedbieri
Reviewing 4.17 (Oct 19, 2004)
Tryed it again and same problem as below , tryed the switches, at one point in started to run but then crashed hard! Needs a lot more work.
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I really can't review this but I have a Gigabyte GA-8SQ800 p4 3.06 hypethread with a Abit ti4200 and everytime I try to run speedfan my video disapears and I have to reboot to get it back. So the 3 is because I really don't know if it is running or not cause it kills the video. -
hunterb
Reviewing 4.17 (Oct 18, 2004)
It ran ok on my Sony Vaio P4M. The SMART detection was good and easy to read the overall status. The SMART items where hard to decypher as the values didn't mean anything to me. (temperature of 0x003600100028 = 40 degress according the a temp graph it showed on another screen). It couldn't find my CPU temp or tell me much else except some electrical info about my RAM.
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chrisjs162216
Reviewing 4.16 (Sep 28, 2004)
I would rate this a zero if I could. The thing wont even start up! It performs an "Illegal Operation" then closes. Re-installed it, didn't help.
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tedbieri
Reviewing 4.16 (Sep 18, 2004)
I really can't review this but I have a Gigabyte GA-8SQ800 p4 3.06 hypethread with a Abit ti4200 and everytime I try to run speedfan my video disapears and I have to reboot to get it back. So the 3 is because I really don't know if it is running or not cause it kills the video.
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PcBoss
Reviewing 4.15 (Aug 20, 2004)
This program is a great tool, very intresting in my opionion... I downloaded for test reasons but too bad i already have a temperature detecter installed on my machine that runs with a LCD display...
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httpd.confused
Reviewing 4.14 (Jul 23, 2004)
I'm going to go with a 5 this time, because I've been using SpeedFan for weeks, and it has been working just great. (It does still report my fan speed incorrectly though.)
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ahjefri
Reviewing 4.13 (Jun 20, 2004)
I give this software 5 ,, cuase it controls my fan speed very well ,, and it watched my HDD acuratly,, it does what it claim more than what it claims,, Keep up the good work..
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httpd.confused
Reviewing 4.13 (Jun 18, 2004)
Well, it certainly did more than "nothing" on my A7N8X-E Deluxe. I merely clicked a down-arrow control one time, changing the CPU fan speed percentage from 13% to 8%, and suddenly my system became almost totally silent, and my CPU temp began to creep up. (That, and my heart almost stopped.) I give SpeedFan just 3 stars because some of the information it reports for my board--which is listed as compatible on the home page--is wildly inaccurate. For example, it reported my CPU fan speed as well over 4,000 RPM, when it was actually more like 2,300 RPM (and isn't even capable of much more than that). The interface could also use quite a bit of polishing.
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The5y5tem
Reviewing 4.13 (Jun 18, 2004)
It did absolutly nothing. I guess it supports none of my hardware. That's quite disappointing. I might be doing something wrong though(?).
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darkpepe
Reviewing 4.13 (Jun 18, 2004)
Good alternative to MBM5 as monitoring software.
The Program name is not what it does, since this software is uesless for fan speed control.
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wdekler
Reviewing 4.11 (Feb 23, 2004)
Another bunch of hardware supported, good stuff for a freeware utility. Speedfan supports a lot more than just 9 mobo's please look at it's mainsite in the hardware section. Currently there are over 175 motherboards listed and a lot of them them are supported if hardware permits.
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Practice
Reviewing 4.06 (Aug 11, 2002)
This looks like it could be a very cool program, but correct me if I'm wrong, but it looks like it only supports about nine motherboards, my ABIT KG7-RAID not being one of them.
I also remember looking at this program some months ago, but today I see it has no added features or additional motherboard support.
I have four case fans, two low RPMs in the front and two thermally controlled in the rear. This SpeedFan program would have been great to control all four case fans, and with SpeedFan, I wouldn't of had to buy the more expensive low RPM and thermal fans. -
Dcaptony
Reviewing 4.05 (Aug 3, 2002)
Very good program. The only thing that could make it even better is to cover more motherboards. So I could make use the Clock tab. My motherboard is'nt listed. I have a Abit TH7-II with raid.
THANKS again for a GREAT Program.
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Kiriakos GR
Reviewing 4.05 (Apr 23, 2002)
As long it does not work with the ASUS boards , or the ASUS boards with it .
There is no need for testing it . -
Que2
Reviewing 4.04 (Apr 9, 2002)
If you have a Dell Notebook especially C810 it is excellent.
I use this to turn on the fans (100%) while it is in the docking station to ofset problems with the temperature of my HD getting 147F (No fan comes on because the trigger for the sensor is on the CPU temp which is normal)
If I could give it a 10 I would.
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atin90
Reviewing 4.04 (Apr 8, 2002)
This is exactly what I have been looking for for a long time. I have a case with two fans that are loud and this program reduced the noise comming from these fans by reducing the speed depending on the temperature.
I just wish that it would vary the speed on more even curve but then again that may be allready possible with the options - I just have to look again.
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