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I want to access the blue screen CMOS settings in Win 98SE to check
the CPU temperature. How can I accomplish this when I bootup my computer? I am not of the computer generation so please make your reply easy to follow. Thanks. |
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usually by tapping the "DEL" key while booting the computer
this could be another key depending on your model of computer ..see listing on page here http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/bios_manufacturer.htm wrote in message oups.com... I want to access the blue screen CMOS settings in Win 98SE to check the CPU temperature. How can I accomplish this when I bootup my computer? I am not of the computer generation so please make your reply easy to follow. Thanks. |
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I want to access the blue screen CMOS settings in Win 98SE to check the CPU temperature. How can I accomplish this when I bootup my computer? I am not of the computer generation so please make your reply easy to follow. Thanks. The procedure for invoking the BIOS setup varies between different BIOSs. The procedure should be displayed on your screen briefly during bootup. To stop the process so that you can actually read what's there, push the "Pause" button on your keyboard (probably in the upper right part of the keyboard.) To restart things, push any key. -- Tim Slattery MS MVP(DTS) http://members.cox.net/slatteryt |
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On May 2, 9:04 am, "Haggis" wrote:
usually by tapping the "DEL" key while booting the computer this could be another key depending on your model of computer ..see listing on page here http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/bios_manufacturer.htm wrote in message oups.com... I want to access the blue screen CMOS settings in Win 98SE to check the CPU temperature. How can I accomplish this when I bootup my computer? I am not of the computer generation so please make your reply easy to follow. Thanks. Thanks Haggis. The Delete key was the answer. I was able to locate my MB manual which confirms that Delete was the appropriate key. I was not continually pressing it early enough in the bootup sequence. The CPU/MB temps are normal. I was checking because Everest was showing a CPU temp 20C hotter than normal. So much for the reliability of Everest, which is OK for general, even minute information about everything on my computer. Thanks again. |
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On 2 May 2007 07:46:46 -0700, "
put finger to keyboard and composed: On May 2, 9:04 am, "Haggis" wrote: usually by tapping the "DEL" key while booting the computer this could be another key depending on your model of computer ..see listing on page here http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/bios_manufacturer.htm wrote in message oups.com... I want to access the blue screen CMOS settings in Win 98SE to check the CPU temperature. How can I accomplish this when I bootup my computer? I am not of the computer generation so please make your reply easy to follow. Thanks. Thanks Haggis. The Delete key was the answer. I was able to locate my MB manual which confirms that Delete was the appropriate key. I was not continually pressing it early enough in the bootup sequence. The CPU/MB temps are normal. I was checking because Everest was showing a CPU temp 20C hotter than normal. So much for the reliability of Everest, which is OK for general, even minute information about everything on my computer. Thanks again. Programs such as Everest, Motherboard Monitor, Speedfan rely heavily on user feedback to provide accurate system monitoring functions. In my own case I've had to modify the configuration files for MBM before its display would match the BIOS report. As a Win98 user I would recommend a program such as CpuIdle. This program HaLTs the CPU when it is idle, resulting in a drop in CPU temp of around 10degC. Other CPU cooler programs include Rain, Waterfall, VCool, and AmnHLT. - Franc Zabkar -- Please remove one 'i' from my address when replying by email. |
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YW!
wrote in message oups.com... On May 2, 9:04 am, "Haggis" wrote: usually by tapping the "DEL" key while booting the computer this could be another key depending on your model of computer ..see listing on page here http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/bios_manufacturer.htm wrote in message oups.com... I want to access the blue screen CMOS settings in Win 98SE to check the CPU temperature. How can I accomplish this when I bootup my computer? I am not of the computer generation so please make your reply easy to follow. Thanks. Thanks Haggis. The Delete key was the answer. I was able to locate my MB manual which confirms that Delete was the appropriate key. I was not continually pressing it early enough in the bootup sequence. The CPU/MB temps are normal. I was checking because Everest was showing a CPU temp 20C hotter than normal. So much for the reliability of Everest, which is OK for general, even minute information about everything on my computer. Thanks again. |
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On May 2, 6:23 pm, Franc Zabkar wrote:
On 2 May 2007 07:46:46 -0700, " put finger to keyboard and composed: On May 2, 9:04 am, "Haggis" wrote: usually by tapping the "DEL" key while booting the computer this could be another key depending on your model of computer ..see listing on page here http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/bios_manufacturer.htm wrote in message groups.com... I want to access the blue screen CMOS settings in Win 98SE to check the CPU temperature. How can I accomplish this when I bootup my computer? I am not of the computer generation so please make your reply easy to follow. Thanks. Thanks Haggis. The Delete key was the answer. I was able to locate my MB manual which confirms that Delete was the appropriate key. I was not continually pressing it early enough in the bootup sequence. The CPU/MB temps are normal. I was checking because Everest was showing a CPU temp 20C hotter than normal. So much for the reliability of Everest, which is OK for general, even minute information about everything on my computer. Thanks again. Programs such as Everest, Motherboard Monitor, Speedfan rely heavily on user feedback to provide accurate system monitoring functions. In my own case I've had to modify the configuration files for MBM before its display would match the BIOS report. As a Win98 user I would recommend a program such as CpuIdle. This program HaLTs the CPU when it is idle, resulting in a drop in CPU temp of around 10degC. Other CPU cooler programs include Rain, Waterfall, VCool, and AmnHLT. - Franc Zabkar -- Please remove one 'i' from my address when replying by email. Thanks Franc. I am not into artificially lowering the temperature of the CPU. I know what the temperature ought to be in the CMOS settings, Everest was giving me a 20C higher number, just want to verify that my CPU temp was normal. Thanks again. |
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wrote in message
oups.com... On May 2, 6:23 pm, Franc Zabkar wrote: On 2 May 2007 07:46:46 -0700, " put finger to keyboard and composed: On May 2, 9:04 am, "Haggis" wrote: usually by tapping the "DEL" key while booting the computer this could be another key depending on your model of computer ..see listing on page here http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/bios_manufacturer.htm wrote in message groups.com... I want to access the blue screen CMOS settings in Win 98SE to check the CPU temperature. How can I accomplish this when I bootup my computer? I am not of the computer generation so please make your reply easy to follow. Thanks. Thanks Haggis. The Delete key was the answer. I was able to locate my MB manual which confirms that Delete was the appropriate key. I was not continually pressing it early enough in the bootup sequence. The CPU/MB temps are normal. I was checking because Everest was showing a CPU temp 20C hotter than normal. So much for the reliability of Everest, which is OK for general, even minute information about everything on my computer. Thanks again. Programs such as Everest, Motherboard Monitor, Speedfan rely heavily on user feedback to provide accurate system monitoring functions. In my own case I've had to modify the configuration files for MBM before its display would match the BIOS report. As a Win98 user I would recommend a program such as CpuIdle. This program HaLTs the CPU when it is idle, resulting in a drop in CPU temp of around 10degC. Other CPU cooler programs include Rain, Waterfall, VCool, and AmnHLT. - Franc Zabkar -- Please remove one 'i' from my address when replying by email. Thanks Franc. I am not into artificially lowering the temperature of the CPU. I know what the temperature ought to be in the CMOS settings, Everest was giving me a 20C higher number, just want to verify that my CPU temp was normal. Thanks again. Just a reminder that the cpu is processing more after the operating system is loaded, and your startup stuff is churning away. Everest itself is an application the PC is processing during the temp-taking. There's more to it than that as well. -- Dave Apathy and denial are close cousins |
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On 3 May 2007 05:51:39 -0700, "
put finger to keyboard and composed: On May 2, 6:23 pm, Franc Zabkar wrote: As a Win98 user I would recommend a program such as CpuIdle. This program HaLTs the CPU when it is idle, resulting in a drop in CPU temp of around 10degC. Other CPU cooler programs include Rain, Waterfall, VCool, and AmnHLT. - Franc Zabkar Thanks Franc. I am not into artificially lowering the temperature of the CPU. I know what the temperature ought to be in the CMOS settings, Everest was giving me a 20C higher number, just want to verify that my CPU temp was normal. Thanks again. AFAIK both Windows XP and Linux "idle" the CPU in much the same way as CPUIdle, so the technique may not be artificial at all. - Franc Zabkar -- Please remove one 'i' from my address when replying by email. |
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