Re: Computer turns on and then just dies

Paul <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Wed, 12/4/2024 3:14 PM, VanguardLH wrote:
>
>> After a new build or change, I'll monitor temps for awhile.  So,
>> having to manually check periodically is okay instead of having
>> something always running that keeps a history of temperature
>> readings (which I'd still have to manually go check).  Something
>> that logs a history of temp readings along with alerting on
>> overtemps would be preferable.
> 
> CPU-Z, you can go to the About tab, and there is an option to Save as
> Text.
> 
> Open the file, which is MachineName.txt , and have a look.

But *I* would have to keep repeatedly saving the current statistics, and
into different log files to merge together to get a history of
temperatures.  No thanks.  That's like me standing somewhere taking
repeated pics of some scene to create a slide show rather than plant a
camera on a tripod that is scheduled to automatically take pics of the
same spot.  I'd rather have software do the chore than me doing the
mundane task.

I know I've seen a program that retained a history of temperatures.  I
use HD Sentinel which includes monitoring temps of drives, and it has a
history.  But not of the CPU, GPU, or memory modules.

> This is not a "convenient method", but it is a method, and it
> is useful when no other method has a driver for the Hardware Monitor
> or whatever.

Pretty much dictates that after booting into the OS that I would be
preoccupied with repeatedly saving to a log what are the current
readings.

I mentioned using SpeedFan (https://www.almico.com/speedfan.php)
primarily to control CPU and case fan speeds (on a defective mobo).
SpeedFan does have an option to log history into a file.  It's been 5
years, or more, since I last used SpeedFan, so I forgot it had the
logging feature.  Main window -> Configure -> Log tab, select Enabled
checkbox, Temperatures tab, select the temp you want to log, and select
the Logged checkbox.  I don't have it installed to check if that navpath
is still correct.  As I recall, I remember using temp and fan speed
history in Speedfan shown as a chart to determine what happened when I
played a game, or for some other event in which I was curious how it
might affect temps and speeds, and how fast those would accelerate or
decelerate after the event.

From a 7-year old forum post, someone said Open Hardware Monitor
(https://openhardwaremonitor.org/) has Options -> Log Sensors that will
automatically save all sensor data as a function of time at an interval
you select into a dated file into the same folder as where is the
executable for the program.  Could run afoul of Windows 7+ protection
keeping programs and program data in separate paths, so you might have
to run OHM in a folder other than under C:\Program Files [(x86)].

So, some temp monitors can log a history of temps.  I'm sure there are
more than those I mentioned.