d00m42 Posted September 5, 2009 Share Posted September 5, 2009 Temperature Monitor (what I used to use in Leopard) doesn't work in x64 SL (but it does in x86). Does anyone know of an x64 capable temperature monitor application? I would like to do some stability testing with mprime/memtest but I don't want to destroy my CPU... I know I could set a BIOS alarm, but I'd rather have a live temperature update to be safe. At this point I'm 95% sure that the rare occasions I still do get GSODs or KPs related to kernel_task, they're issues with my overclock stability rather than kexts etc. I have EVERYTHING working in x64 on my EP45-UD3R, and it's really fast. The system gets a 6100+ in Geekbench x64 (E8500@4.03 GHz, 6GB RAM@850 MHz, eVGA 9800 GTX+). I tested these clocks in Windows XP a month ago or so, and they were fine... I wouldn't go much higher, but 4.03 was pretty solid. If needed I could always drop back down to 3.8 CPU/800 RAM which is just about as stable as stock 3.16 GHz. Also, instability could be caused by the fact I'm using one RAM kit that's 2x2GB, and one that's 2x1GB together. They're both Corsair XMS2 PC6400 (800 MHz), 1.9V, but the smaller kit can run at 4-4-4-12 while the other kit runs at 5-5-5-18. Because of this I'm just running both of them at 5-5-5-18. I just need some recommendations for an app that will tell me the temp of both cores as I'm using mprime in SL x64. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muzo178 Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 Temperature Monitor (what I used to use in Leopard) doesn't work in x64 SL (but it does in x86). Does anyone know of an x64 capable temperature monitor application? I would like to do some stability testing with mprime/memtest but I don't want to destroy my CPU... I know I could set a BIOS alarm, but I'd rather have a live temperature update to be safe. At this point I'm 95% sure that the rare occasions I still do get GSODs or KPs related to kernel_task, they're issues with my overclock stability rather than kexts etc. I have EVERYTHING working in x64 on my EP45-UD3R, and it's really fast. The system gets a 6100+ in Geekbench x64 (E8500@4.03 GHz, 6GB RAM@850 MHz, eVGA 9800 GTX+). I tested these clocks in Windows XP a month ago or so, and they were fine... I wouldn't go much higher, but 4.03 was pretty solid. If needed I could always drop back down to 3.8 CPU/800 RAM which is just about as stable as stock 3.16 GHz. Also, instability could be caused by the fact I'm using one RAM kit that's 2x2GB, and one that's 2x1GB together. They're both Corsair XMS2 PC6400 (800 MHz), 1.9V, but the smaller kit can run at 4-4-4-12 while the other kit runs at 5-5-5-18. Because of this I'm just running both of them at 5-5-5-18. I just need some recommendations for an app that will tell me the temp of both cores as I'm using mprime in SL x64. i'm looking for an x64 temperature monitoring tool as well. i wanna know if i am on fire or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scorcho Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 you should just boot into the 32-bit kernel to test until temp monitor is updated to 64-bits. alternatively, why not just get a bootcd and test your hardware using command line tools? that way you isolate the environment (no potential OS/hackintosh bugs to kill your setup) and if you crash you don't have to worry about hard drive corruption, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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