To apply the changes click on "Update".
Note that currently the changes will not be saved, i.e. any changes won't survive a restart of VCool.
Fixed a bug in the Nforce 2 SMBus routine
fixed "silent" crash
Nforce 2 cool bit (?) added.
Not sure if this is really the cool bit as it is influenced by other bits as
well and the power saving seems to be less than on other systems. You probably
have to turn off the halt detect bit to achieve cooling with this bit.
Switched to VC7
Fixed a bug in the detection routine for Asus sensor chips.
fixed sensor detection loop (100% util)
Added Nforce detection and smbus (experimental)
fixed detection of some via chipsets
If you want to help the development of VCool you can download the latest alpha
version from this section.
Keep in mind that this is an alpha version which means that it is by no means
feature complete or intended for normal use. The sole purpose of alpha versions
is to test certain stuff on various systems as I need to get feedback for different
hardware.
The current version includes a Dump Data feature that attempts to save various information about your hardware into a file (vcool_dump.log). Please return that file along with the specs of your system and any additonal info you may have (e.g. from MBM).
Depending on your board you might be able to see and change the status of the halt detect and the cool bit.
In the new version each data you can retrieve from the system is associated with a channel. The current version has a feature called channel setup that should give you a list of the autodetected channels on your system. You'll be presented with a window that should look like this one:
|
| You can
select a channel by clicking on it in the list. This will fill in the
edit boxes with the selected channel data. You can name the channel and
enable or disable it. You can also activate a mini window for the selected
channel. To apply the changes click on "Update". Note that currently the changes will not be saved, i.e. any changes won't survive a restart of VCool. |
You need to download this archive first.
Then unzip the files to a folder of your choice (Caution: do not overwrite previous versions of vcool).
If you're unning NT/W2K/XP you need to install the driver using the loaddriver
executable: Copy vcool.sys to your system32 folder and run loaddriver.exe, enter
the path to vcool.sys and press "Install" and "Start". Check
out the Beta Page for some more details
Note: If you're alread running the latest beta version of VCool (1.8b10) you
can skip this step as the alpha version uses the same driver.
If you're runnig a previous version of VCool please terminate it before starting the Alpha version by double clicking on vcool.exe in the explorer.
With VCool-Alpha running (double click on vcool.exe in the explorer) right click on the "VC" Icon in the system tray to bring up a popup menu.
Select Dump Data - vcool should produce a file called "vcool_dump.log" in the folder where the alpha executable resides.
Feel free to toy around with the channel setup and the mini windows.
Send an email to mpet@bigfoot.de
with vcool_dump.log attached. Be sure to include you system specs (board, chipset,
etc) and any other useful information you might have, e.g. the actual temperatures/voltages/fans
from the BIOS or MBM, etc.
Also include any problems you encountered or other observations.