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Old February 22nd, 2004, 12:34 AM
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Cpu Software Cooling a Good Idea
I recently read an article that suggested using software to help cool your cpu. It works by stopping the cpu when is it not in use. Are these a good thing to use or do they shorten the life of the cpu?

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Old February 22nd, 2004, 03:13 AM
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I recently read an article that suggested using software to help cool your cpu. It works by stopping the cpu when is it not in use. Are these a good thing to use or do they shorten the life of the cpu?

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I have heard they work if you are running a WinMe OS or before but just waste resourse in with XP OS
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Old February 22nd, 2004, 03:35 AM
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Thanks I am running 98 so I'll keep it
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Old February 22nd, 2004, 04:39 AM
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Thanks I am running 98 so I'll keep it
Hi Enat,
A bit of personal experience, for your amusement...
I have an Asus A7V classic and when I upgraded AsusProbe it decided I needed 'Cooling' too. I got occasional flaky behavior--no BSODs, but software crashes. When I'd turn off Cooling in the Close Program window, the crashes would cease. The only way I could find to disable Cooling permanently was to rename the executable :blink:
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Hey enat, take a look at this nifty site for Rain.
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Old February 22nd, 2004, 05:03 PM
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Thanks guys, if I start getting crashes I'll disable it.
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