Description Under many operating systems like Windows NT and Linux the CPU issues an HALT operation when there is nothing to do. That enables a CPU build in functionality that reduces the power consumption. That keeps the CPU cool and saves money. If you overclock the CPU it is advisable to use such a program as the CPU gets hotter as specified.
Unfortunately there is no HALT operation under Windows 95 / 98. The CPU permanently checks whether there is something to do or not. Many other programs like CPUCooL put in a task at low priority which issues a HALT instruction. But it costs time to make the new program run.You can see these programs work with the Microsoft WinTop Monitor. It shows 100 % activity although there is nothing to be done by the CPU.
CPUCooL has an other technique to solve this problem. Look at WinTop and you see the difference. Wintop shows the normal idle time as before. CPUCooL integrates the HALT operation directly into Windows 95 / 98.
The other advantage is that you can only switch off this cooling function by CPUCooL. There is no other way. Even if CPUCooL is terminated the cooling functionality is still alive!
Features:
- NEW ATHLON Cooling
- Fine tuning for many PLL's
- K6-2/3+ multiplier change
- Change the FrontSideBus With this option you can vary the CPU frequency. Many mainbords support setting the FrontSideBus via SMBus. It is for these motherboards I have added this feature. It is for experienced users only and only at your own risk! Details
- Shutdown by simple keystroke You can shutdown the PC with a single key combination. That makes it easier to end the session. You find this item under Options -> Windows Shudown
- MONITORING Temperature, fan speed, voltages for many motherboards. The program displays all units, connected to an I2C Bus. It works with all chipset from Intel, ALI, VIA, AMD, and SIS motherboards. You can see the temperature, voltage and fan values of your motherboard chipset, inclusive dial-up adapter display and processor parameters.
- CPU Cooling under Windows 95 / 98 / NT / 2000 (Watch Wintop !) There's No way to switch it off! After registering you can get a small *.VXD (6K Byte) for cooling only. It works so far for all non Athlon processors and for Athlon based system with a VIA8363 and AMD760 chipset.
Benifits: There is No need to turn it on or off, No overhead (CPU Time / Memory) Cooling only, and if you wish to stop using it, you simply remove it from your system! All you have to do to receive it is to register and send the file you could generate by Help -> CPUCooL Info -> Write to file to the author at support@podien.de..
- CPU Optimization (AMD, Cyrics and Intel only ;-) )
This is the first and only program that optimizes AMD / Cyrix CPU's complete and correct. All the other tools have bugs which I have detected when implementing my optimizations.
- Memory optimization (mostly for Windows 95 / 98)
- Reads out the values programmed in the E2PROM of the SDRAM's. Every value is decoded inclusive the SDRAM manufacturer if available.
