MSI PC Alert4, COOLER XP.......what is it??

[SteveDeBeave]

What does this COOLER XP program do? It is part of the PC Alert4 software that comes with MSI boards. My O/Ced 1600 goes almost cold if this program is running.

Anyone try this software?

 

[BowlingNut]

i've been wondering how it does it to, i thought maybe it reduced voltage or the bus speed but i'm not too sure.
what board are you running, i've got a kt4 ultra (non fisr dammit).

 

[SteveDeBeave]

Got a KT4V in this one. I'm suspicous of this software, must turn voltage or something to get the XP down that cold? Think I'll leave it off until I find out more about the program.

 

[Ricola]

The cooler XP program uses a built-in function of the CPU to temporarily halt the CPU. That way it only uses the power it needs to complete the tasks. I actually use it whenever I'm not doing anything that needs full cpu power (like games or Audio recording). There used to be a program called 'Rain' which was very popular in its day.

Rico

 

[Minot]

I actually asked the same question after I set up an MSI K7T-Turbo2 Motherboard with an Athlon XP 1600. I found that Cooler XP alters the voltages ever so slightly, but it gets the desired cooling effects through halting the CPU when necessary. Temperature wise it works! After leaving my system to idle all night I will normally wake to find the CPU temp at 27°C (roughly 78°F). That's an incredible temp.

Apparently there is a large debate as to whether running the Halt command actually increases your CPU's chance for failure and decreases the number of years it will run. One person estimated that it might decrease the CPUs life from 8 years to 6. If I'm still running an XP 1600 in 2008 then I've got a problem. So I wasn't too concerned with that possibility. I'm not even sure if it is true. At the same time, the program decreases the temp on the CPU from temps in the mid-40°s C to the upper 20s°C. It would be nice to hear more about the actually inner workings of the program, but I can attest that it gets the job done when it comes to cooling and I am happy using Cooler XP.