temp reading software, many not compatible w/ 64-bit vista

[adsmith82]

tat and coretemp are not working on my 64-bit vista (are they supposed to?) I have been using speedfan, I'm not sure what else to use. I just started overclocking. Using a P6N Platinum and e4300, I tried 2.4 first and then 2.7. I don't want to go any higher just yet until I know I am getting accurate temp readings.

For stock and then for each overclock, I ran orthos until temp seemed to stabilize (5-ish minutes). Then I stopped orthos until temps seemed to stabilize again (a couple minutes) and recorded temp readings. I also ran superpi to test performance. Here's what I found so far:

200x9 (1.8GHz)
25C idle
43C load
1M SuperPi - 31.060s

266x9 (2.4 GHz)
28C idle
48C load
1M SuperPi - 23.859s

300x9 (2.7 GHz)
29C idle
52C load (speedfan gave me a flame icon here, is that bad? I thought 65C and below was fine)
1M SuperPi - 21.469s

I feel like I should have someone advise me as I shoot for 3.0GHz or 3.2GHz as far as temp readings (and everything else). I still don't know when or how much to adjust voltage if need be. Keep in mind I'm running stock CPU cooler. I think I should be able to reach 3.0 GHz fairly safely though. I do have a copper heatpipe and fan on the northbridge at least.

Maybe I should stay at 2.7GHz? Last thing I want is to fry the CPU. Is it safe to go for 3.0GHz at least? Advice, opinions?

 

[soydios]

Speedfan works fine under Vista x64 for me. It reads everything (including core temperatures) except for the SMART data off my two Seagate 7200.10s (it doesn't even see the ICH7R).

 

[stevty2889]

Speedfan works fine in Vista x64. The core temps are generaly being read about 15c lower than they actualy are however. The main CPU temp is reading Tcase, and should be kept at 65c or less, while the core temps read at Tjunction, and should be kept below 85c(which is the thermal throttling point). The stock heatsink is pretty crappy, but as long as it keeps your temps reasonable at 3ghz, no reason not to try. It's almost impossible to damage an Intel CPU with hight temps, because they throttle once they reach a certain point, and then shut themselves down before they can burn up.

 

[adsmith82]

I shut the pc down last night and started it this morning. The monitor did not come on, but I restarted and it said last OC attempt failed, resetting to defaults... maybe the vga just didn't inigitialize and it thought it was a bad OC attempt because I reset the PC before windows started booting? Last attempt was 2.7

 

[adsmith82]

I don't see "Tcase" or "Tjunction" in speedfan

"52C load (speedfan gave me a flame icon here, is that bad? I thought 65C and below was fine)" - so is this a problem or could I try 3.0ghz

 

[adairusmc]

I use everest ultimate in vista 64.

 

[JeffreyY]

You can run Coretemp in Vista 64 by hitting F8 on startup until you get to the Windows boot menu then selecting "Disable Driver Signature Enforcement". You have to do this each time you start up if you want to run Coretemp.

 

[Don66]

The latest version of coretemp works with Vista 64 With no problems.