Comments on: Notebook hardware control and monitoring software

By: Billy Hill

Billy Hill — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 04:54:30 +0000

I tried this program, and it uses 166 MB of virtual memory! Talk about a drain on system resources.

Why does it have to be that big?

By: El_Bucho

El_Bucho — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 20:37:05 +0000

Thank’s a lot, you are realy great

By: Robin Berry

Robin Berry — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 19:56:09 +0000

This is a great site – thanks so much for this addition to the net.

I just wanted to mention to others that are looking to keep their laptops cool – we ensure that all employees in our office who have a laptop use a Targus Chill Mat – it keeps the laptop cool all day long.

By: joe

joe — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 06:51:32 +0000

CJ, I have satellite m35x-s149 with celeron M 340 (1.5GHz) and I tried to monitor with Notebook Hardware Control software and I am unable to see the CPU voltage and temperature but I seem to be able to see other measurements in real-time. I use Speedfan and the same thing happend. Do you know a way to get around this? What software can see monitor the CPU temp and voltage of my notebook?

By: Steve Richardson

Steve Richardson — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 05:14:29 +0000

Great Site, useful information. Keep up the great work and thanks

By: stephen

stephen — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 10:31:25 +0000

i have a laptop whose v network card connects at 400mb/s and my LAN is star running at 100mb/s. i use cat5 cables whose maximum data transmission is 100mb/s so when i connect the laptop it shows its connected but i can not browse the web and send mails via microsoft outlook yet microsoft outlook configuration is quite okay. my network is DHCP enabled so i dont need to enter the IP[ conifuration. how do i solve this?

By: Jason Drohn

Jason Drohn — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 22:04:16 +0000

This is a great utility. Sometimes, I will use CPU-z which you can find on a lot of overclocking websites.

Just a nice shortcut, if you don’t have the install file handy for any of these applications, in Windows XP, go to start –> run ->> and type dxdiag –> and hit enter. XP has a decent tool already loaded.

By: cj2600

cj2600 — Mon, 22 May 2006 06:40:34 +0000

Nicholas,
Toshiba doesn’t provide any information on laptop CPU upgrading. You can try to upgrade it but I cannot say if it will work. You might face some problems: the laptop will not start at all; the CPU will not be recognized by BIOS, etc. So you can waste your money. I would recommend to upgrade a laptop buy increase the memory size and installing a faster hard drive (7200RPM for example).

By: cj2600

cj2600 — Mon, 22 May 2006 06:29:21 +0000

Hey Dan,
Any LAPTOP will overheat if you use it on your LAP. You asked about a laptop cooling pad and I think you have an answer in your question. You’ll find what you are looking for if you search for LAPTOP COOLING PAD in google.
I have created Toshiba Satellite M55 laptop disassembly guide. You might need it in the future, so do not forget to bookmark.

By: Nicholas

Nicholas — Sat, 20 May 2006 05:51:37 +0000

is it possible to replace a processor on the m35x-s149 mbd, i’m planning to upgrade from 1.5 to Toshiba 1.8AGHZ Processor Unit (Dothan) – K000019060 that i saw on a website for sale. i already printed out the guide on how to take apart the m35x-s149, but i just want to make sure if replacing the processor fan is possible on that mbd?