Intel Active Monitor

[Pleb]

this is mainly a question for anti-duck, but feel free to chip in anyone:

I downloaded IAM and started installing it. The Installshield wizard popped up, and said please wait while SMBIOS driver loads, but now nothing has happened for 20 minutes, except that there's a process called IKernel using up every bit of free CPU time.

I re-downloaded and tried again, same thing.

Any ideas?

I'm using a P4 and XP Pro.

[Dymond]

I would start with format c: /s


LOL j/k but since I have no idea what the software is I can't be much help..

[Pleb]

I would start with format c: /s


LOL j/k but since I have no idea what the software is I can't be much help..

ok i'll try that

what does j/k mean?

:P

[Dymond]

Its binary for I love you..

[anti-duck]

It might be that your system isn't supported for that version. Intel in their infinite wisdom has a bunch of different monitoring utilities depending on the chipset you have. Try uninstalling IAM and using Intel Desktop Utilities (http://www.intel.com/design/motherbd/software/idu/) instead.

[Pleb]

Yea I had spotted that but I wanted to see if you had any ideas first...

Anyway, I tried both versions of Desktop Boards with no joy. As soon as the SMBIOS driver started loading it generated an error, although this time it didn't hang. It told me I needed to run it on an Intel board :(

Meh, no biggie, I'll have a look for an alternative.

Thanks anyway mr. duck.

Edit: http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php <- This lad is much much smaller than the Intel programs, and seems to be working pretty well so far.

[Dymond]

try PC Wizard too if you want so cool real time usage stats..