Temperature Monitoring
PassMark software does not produce a temperature monitoring application, however we do provide support for many third party system monitoring applications currently available. By using BurnInTest with these applications, is it possible to Burn in your hardware while monitoring and logging the temperature of your CPU(s) and/or your motherboard.
In the case of each temperature monitoring application…
- Check that your mainboard supports temperature monitoring. This can be done from the documentation that comes with the board / computer or from the manufacturers web page.
- Ensure that the third party monitoring application is correctly installed.
See below for a list of supported applications.
- Check that third party monitoring application supports your motherboard.
Each application comes with a list of supported boards. See below for
more details on the supported applications.
- Check that the third party monitoring application is a compatible
version. See below for a list of compatible versions.
- Run the third party monitoring application, then Run BurnInTest.
- Make sure temperature monitoring is turned on in BurnInTest (from
the Test preferences Window) and if required, the temperature source
value is selected. For Hmonitor, up to two sources can be selected for
display and logging in BurnInTest.
- Start testing.
BurnInTest reads the CPU temperature values from the third party monitoring
application, displaying them on the screen and writing them to disk if
logging is turned on. Please bear in mind that the accuracy of the temperature
values in BurnInTest depend entirely on the third party application in
question.
About Intel Active Monitor
Versions tested with BurnInTest: 1.19
Intel Active Monitor monitors CPU temperatures, motherboard temperatures,
voltages and fan speeds. It contains some basic system information and supports
programmable alerts. It is compatible with most new Intel motherboards.
Intel Active Monitor is available from http://www.intel.com/design/motherbd/active.htm
About Hmonitor
Versions tested with BurnInTest: 3.1.2.5 and 4.0.1.2
Hmonitor Pro monitors and displays hardware parameters collected by the
several sensor chips, installed on certain motherboards. The program can
monitor voltages, CPU temperature, Motherboard temperature and cooler
fans RPMs. It is fully customizable with alarms that can be set to go
off when the temperature goes too high. In addition to this there is a
built in "thermo control" function, that kicks in when the CPU
is idle. Hmonitor can be used under Windows 98 or 2000/XP operating systems
on Intel-based personal computers.
Hmonitor is currently available at http://www.hmonitor.com/.
About MBM (Motherboard Monitor)
Versions tested with BurnInTest: 5.3.3.0
MBM monitors CPU temperatures, motherboard temperatures, voltages and
fan speeds. It contains some basic system information and supports programmable
alerts (also email alerts or application launch on alert), and logging.
MBM is available from http://mbm.livewiredev.com/
About SpeedFan
Versions tested with BurnInTest: 4.08
SpeedFan monitors CPU temperatures, motherboard temperatures, voltages
and fan speeds. It allows the user to alter fan speeds to aid the overclocking
enthusiast. It reports system information - in particular SM Bus info
and SMART attributes.
SpeedFan is available from http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php