Prolong your PC's life ........

grandslammer · 05-09-2000, 02:21 PM

Yeah, there's rain, waterfall, cpuidle, and more...... I have most of them on my site for download.

If you'd like to try some others, help yoursleves....

M
www.bigfoot.com/~mikeprettyman

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bhess · 05-09-2000, 03:05 PM

been using rain for a while. works great

akaBruno · 05-09-2000, 03:23 PM

Bless you Jill. Good to have a caring person on board.
Thanks,

Bruno

wtp · 05-09-2000, 04:51 PM

i use CPUIdle, yes, they are great programs, it lowers my CPU by 5C sometimes. It's great!

wtp

Target · 05-09-2000, 05:27 PM

To avoid confusion for any newbies reading this, lets call out the disclaimer that these programs will only lower your CPU temperature when its not under load....meaning, that if the CPU is in use heavily (like gaming for instance), these programs have little or no effect.

When idle however, they really do lower CPU temps by taking advantage of the halt instructions.

Gutter Ball · 05-09-2000, 05:51 PM

I used to run Rain 2.0. After a few unsuccessful o/c'ing attempts of a K62-450 on my Asus P5A, Rain stopped working. Now I have my P233 o/c'd to 300 and Rain still doesn't work :/ Ah well

Guess I'll have to keep this fan blowing into my computer! I took off the extra 5 1/4 and 3 1/2 covers and have a fan blowing in...it works pretty good

akaBruno · 05-09-2000, 05:59 PM

Don't let these "Know It All's" discourage you from contributing to this forum. @$$holes are @$$holes, and sometimes people speak through them.

YGM -socalgal

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wtp · 05-09-2000, 06:04 PM

watch you bad language aka, people are helping, not cussing in this forum

wtp

newbeJill · 05-09-2000, 06:18 PM

Hey you'll, no arguing over little ol me.

Thanks for ALL your input. Jill

akaBruno · 05-09-2000, 07:13 PM

I don't think that my language crossed what are acceptable broadcasting censorships.
My point is: as Socalgal Tried to point out, a long time ago. There are no WOMEN on this site. Kiss up and make friends. Sorry I don't mean to sound sexist, or vulger.

Help people. Don't just criticize.

Sometimes plain English is necessary, in order to make a point. But don't use language to belittle others in order to make yourself look intelligent.

MDW · 05-09-2000, 07:41 PM

Back to the main subject. Does this program have to be disabled when you play games? I mean, some of the games that i play tend to lockup less if i disable all utilities other than systray and explorer.
Thanks

akaBruno · 05-09-2000, 07:56 PM

NO!!!!!! THEY DON'T

sorry, I got carried away. Programs such as Rain, Waterfall, CPU idle, only work when your processor is idling . When your crankin full open playin games or running programs that require the most out of your processor it { won't work }.

narayan · 05-09-2000, 10:22 PM

Rain rules. Smileys rule.

~edit~ For those who do not push their CPU to the max all the time, Rain can keep temps lower even when the puter is in use for other things than heavy gaming.

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newbeJill · 05-10-2000, 01:27 AM

Does anyone have any comments or thoughts about this.

RAIN

Prolong your PC's life by running your CPU at a cooler temperature.
This utility sends HLT commands to your CPU that place certain parts
of it in suspended mode, letting it run at a cooler temperature
without sacrificing any stability. The utility works on Intel, Cyrix,
AMD, and IDT chips.

To download, click here: http://www.pcworld.com/r/wbs/1%2C206...09sw%2C00.html

Ultima · 05-10-2000, 01:33 AM

Hi NewbeJill,

I think that most people here on the forum are already using Rain!!!
But, I must say, it is a very good program.
When I still had my k6-2 up and running, I used it all the time and it worked fine!!!
It dropped the temp of my cpu with about 6 degrees, it isn't much, but more then enough.

Now I have an athlon, which isn't found by Rain 1.0, nor by version 2.0!!!!

Pim