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Laptop thermometer?

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jee pee Posted messages 31888 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   -

Hello

I would like to know if there is a thermometer that can be plugged into the USB port? Thanks in advance to anyone who will respond!

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    Pierr10 Posted messages 13833 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   5 843
     

    Hello,

    Do not forget that a thermometer only indicates its own temperature!

    So if it is placed outside the computer, it will not be able to indicate the temperature of the components.

    It is simpler to retrieve the temperatures from the sensors already installed inside the computer.

    Use HWiNFO https://www.hwinfo.com/download/

    Take the free version and download from Local (U.S.). It is a zip file.
    You extract the executable HWiNFO64.exe

    It works without installation. You will find the results under the Sensors tab.

    What is well designed is eloquently stated,
    And the words to say it come easily.
    (Boileau)

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  2. MPMP10 Posted messages 47365 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   18 978
     
    Hello,

    A simple search with a search engine will tell you!
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    1. brucine Posted messages 24922 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   4 180
       

      To my knowledge, there is nothing like the temperature of a PC itself, but only that of certain components.

      We don't really know how the keys in question work and what utility they would carry to measure what, but the interest leaves me speechless; software utilities for these measurements undoubtedly exist, and some may allow exporting them and recording a history, and if the last point has any interest, they do not lack.

      Note that outside of any utility, PowerShell makes it easy to measure the processor temperature and log it.

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  3. jee pee Posted messages 31888 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   9 981
     

    Hello,

    Thermometer to measure the PC temperature or ambient air temperature ???

    For the PC you actually need to read the sensors of the components, no extra device needed.

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    1. brucine Posted messages 24922 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   4 180
       

      Hello,

      I hadn’t thought of the first scenario but it escapes me even more.

      In a professional environment there are probes connected to recording devices, all of which must be traceable, tamper-proof, and capable of sending alarms if the allowed range is exceeded and for how long; this is typically the case for professional medicine refrigerators and probably cold rooms in other fields.

      But when moving around with the computer and measuring the ambient temperature there, where no one knows whether the measurement is certified and thus admissible, nor whether its approximate display is of any interest (what do I care if, due to weather or heating/cooling, it’s 18 or 35°C where I am and at home there are of course classic thermometers that are always "on"...)?

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