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Cooling with WPCREDIT ?
Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2002 8:48 pm
by NascarFool
Has anyone tried this with a Via board ?
http://www.viahardware.com/haltcooling.shtm
I tried it on my Dragon Plus and my temp dropped 11ºC idle. Right now I am playing MP3s and surfin' the net at 34ºC, before I was at 45ºC.
Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2002 9:14 pm
by dadx2mj
Somebody correct me if I am wrong but I beleive all those cooling programs use the Halt command telling the CPU to stop when there is nothing to do which in turn keeps it running cooler when it is not busy. They do nothing for temps when the CPU is under load. Win2K and XP use the same command all ready and therefore the programs are not needed. When I was running Win98 I used Rain with good results too
Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2002 9:27 pm
by Sean
Will this work on a AMD 761 chipset?? (WITH Via 686B South?)
Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2002 9:57 pm
by NascarFool
My temps dropped and I am running WinXP Pro.
Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2002 10:02 pm
by dadx2mj
Wow that is suprising might have to check that out. But my temps with the Alpha 8045 are great. I have had SETI running all day and I am at 37c with it still under a full load
Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2002 10:25 pm
by NascarFool
Now, if I play Medal Of Honor AA, the temp jumps up to 45ºC but comes back down after I stop playing.
Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2002 10:56 pm
by dadx2mj
Well I tried it but could not see any difference. The Alpha is keeping my CPU so cool now that I am not going to worry about it. Maybe I did something wrong setting it up but I dont think so. Anyway I have been running under a load all day with SETI and have not gone over 37c so I am happy. If your temps are running even a little high I would give it a try any cooling for free is good.
Posted: Fri Apr 05, 2002 8:44 pm
by VidmanII
I use it on my KR7A-RAID and generally I'm at 23C system temp and 28C when surfing. Gaming gets me about 44-45C. Just make sure you tweak the right registers for each particular brand of mobo as they are different from brand to brand.
Posted: Sat Apr 06, 2002 9:24 am
by Sean
What should I back up before I try this? Does it only edit the registry?
Posted: Sun Apr 07, 2002 12:37 am
by NascarFool
I don't think it makes any changes in the registry. The second program loads on boot up to hold the changes. So if something doesn't work right, just remove the program. I've had no problems with it on my Dragon Plus.
Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2002 5:09 pm
by Sean
Ok, I decided to try this.
But, where do I geth the "plugs" for AMD671/Via 686b? I only see KY133 and KT266/a...
Anyone know?
Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2002 8:58 pm
by PreDatoR
As far as i know its only a Via trick and won't work on any am 761 boards.
Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2002 9:19 pm
by Sean
I did some research, and found a PCR file to support the AMD761 chipset. I changed the correct registers, but it only went down by about 4F.
Using CPUCooL gave me better results, so I think I will just stick to it.
Posted: Thu May 02, 2002 1:31 pm
by Emo
I used WPCREDIT on my Epox 8KHA+ running Win XP Pro and it caused a continuous rebooting until I went to default cpu speed. Modification of Register 95 didn't make a difference but changing Register 92 lowered the cpu temp significantly (8-9C). Too bad it crashes my system.
Posted: Tue May 28, 2002 2:38 am
by chottoED
whoa momma... that's a big difference..
i got a 20F drop in idle