Mobile Meter

woodyear99 · May 10, 2005, 07:28 PM

Just wanted to share a useful laptop utility that shows real time cpu and HDD heat levels as well as your CPU frequency and charge rate. I checked under options and saw that my battery wear level is at 35% no wonder I have such poor battery life these days.

http://dssc3031.ece.cmu.edu/~tamaru/...erreadme-e.htm

GNetX · May 12, 2005, 03:21 PM

Cool utility, thanks for sharing it! I haven't found many system status monitors that work very well with my laptop yet, but this one seems to be doing ok

(Acer Aspire 1603LC)

woodyear99 · May 12, 2005, 04:15 PM

Hehe yeah its strange there aren't that many laptop specific utilities...

thegave · May 17, 2005, 02:54 PM

you know an even better utility is Centrino Hardware Control www.pbus-167.com which even includes a utility for overclocking ATI cards.

woodyear99 · May 17, 2005, 06:33 PM

Yeah but this works on non centrino cards, I also have powerstrip for overclocking but its pointless on a laptop, it runs too hot and overclocking it could cause more probs than benefits I'd say unless you have some sort of cooling solution like a cooling pad etc.

thegave · May 20, 2005, 05:35 PM

I guess it depends on how good your computer vendor's cooling solution is. I can game my Mobility Radeon 9700 at 500/300MHz without problems and that's just with the rear propped up because I have a ginormous battery pack.

yoda133113 · May 22, 2005, 08:20 AM

overclocking isn't always stupid, my MR X700 laptop never really gets hot, surprising gateway actually made a good system

May 10, 2005, 07:28 PM	#1
woodyear99 DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 33 Rep Power: 0	Mobile Meter Just wanted to share a useful laptop utility that shows real time cpu and HDD heat levels as well as your CPU frequency and charge rate. I checked under options and saw that my battery wear level is at 35% no wonder I have such poor battery life these days. http://dssc3031.ece.cmu.edu/~tamaru/...erreadme-e.htm

May 22, 2005, 08:20 AM	#7
yoda133113 DriverHeaven Addict Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Virginia, USA Posts: 309 Rep Power: 0	overclocking isn't always stupid, my MR X700 laptop never really gets hot, surprising gateway actually made a good system __________________ [color=Yellow]Guild Wars Character: Corrupted Bubbles[/color] "The muffin isn't picky, Timmy. Nor is it tasty! But it is powerful. All hail the muffin!" Cosmo, Fairly Odd Parents "Everyone is entitled to his own opinion. He is not entitled to his own facts." Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan [color=Sienna]Gateway M680X P-M 750 1.86 GHz Alviso Mobility Radeon X700 128 MB 1 GB 400 MHz DDR2 60 GB 5400 RPM Hitachi HD QSI DVD+-RW DL 17" Widescreen [/color]

May 12, 2005, 03:21 PM	#2
GNetX DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Nottingham, UK Posts: 44 Rep Power: 0	Cool utility, thanks for sharing it! I haven't found many system status monitors that work very well with my laptop yet, but this one seems to be doing ok (Acer Aspire 1603LC)

May 12, 2005, 04:15 PM	Thread Starter #3
woodyear99 DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 33 Rep Power: 0	Hehe yeah its strange there aren't that many laptop specific utilities...

May 17, 2005, 02:54 PM	#4
thegave -=[DHzer0point Team]=- Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 96 Rep Power: 0	you know an even better utility is Centrino Hardware Control www.pbus-167.com which even includes a utility for overclocking ATI cards.

May 17, 2005, 06:33 PM	Thread Starter #5
woodyear99 DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 33 Rep Power: 0	Yeah but this works on non centrino cards, I also have powerstrip for overclocking but its pointless on a laptop, it runs too hot and overclocking it could cause more probs than benefits I'd say unless you have some sort of cooling solution like a cooling pad etc.

May 20, 2005, 05:35 PM	#6
thegave -=[DHzer0point Team]=- Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 96 Rep Power: 0	I guess it depends on how good your computer vendor's cooling solution is. I can game my Mobility Radeon 9700 at 500/300MHz without problems and that's just with the rear propped up because I have a ginormous battery pack.