This one will . http://mbm.livewiredev.com/

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Thanks very much, doc and Johnw; I will check into that. Take care.. ~Tommyo

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Tommyo--- Don't you have a Dell? None of my Dells had temp monitoring.

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More here Tommyo 1) Hot Chips, Cool Replies http://www.langa.com/newsletters/2001/2001-03-15.htm http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=12802724 The current "Explorer" column at WinMag.Com ( http://content.techweb.com/winmag//columns/explorer/2001/06.htm ) discusses how heat is the enemy of electronic devices--- including the CPU chip inside your PC. That article also shows you where to get software that can monitor the temperatures inside your PC, or even help to cool your CPU through a special software instruction that prevents "rapid idling" when your CPU briefly is between tasks. Reader Paul Hampton shows why this matters: Fred: As an electronic reliability engineer I can even quantify the discussion of CPU temp. A commonly accepted approximation of failure rate in electronic circuitry is that For every 10C (about 18F) you can reduce the temperature a device operates at, the life will approximately double. So, if a CPU is running at 80C (176F) and a fan or other cooling device can get that temperature down to, say 60C (140F) the device will last about FOUR times as long as the uncooled CPU. Thanks, Paul. Indeed, making sure your PC is adequately cooled isn't some arcane "angels on the head of a pin" topic: It pays off in better operation and longer system life. And heat problems can crop up unexpectedly, as reader Joe Davis discovered: Hi Fred: I've been using Mother Board Monitor ( http://mbm.livewiredev.com/ ) for a while now and it's saved my butt twice recently.... My Seagate tape drive failed (for the second time in two years) and when I removed it and restarted my system the temp climbed very quickly.... The empty drive bay was the cause. The air flow was bypassing the mother board altogether, so I put some packing tape over the open bay and in less than a minute the temp dropped 5°. So the lesson is, don't have open drive bays or card slots in your computer cover. Today, I noticed the temp climb again and thought my cpu fan must have stopped so i pulled the case off and a rubber band that had been wrapped around a ribbon cable had broken and gotten stuck in the cpu fan! Without monitoring software, Joe might not have known about either problem. His first trouble--- poor airflow--- would have shortened his system's life. The second problem--- a stopped fan--- might have led to erratic operation or even a destroyed CPU! Heat matters. Check out what you can do about it--- for free!--- at http://content.techweb.com/winmag//columns/explorer/2001/06.htm

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Thank you JohnO and Johnw... yes, I have a Dell 2350. It is running "like a top"; couldn't be any better. I guess I have no worries about the temps, I was only curious as to what the pc was running as I've never taken the cover off yet to blow out dust. Past experiences tell me that "if it aint broken......leave it alone." I don't smoke here, and I have no pets; so maybe the pc is fairly clean anyways. I'll read up on those monitoring sensors tonight after dinner but now that I think about it, I don't think Dell has them. Thanks very much for your replies!!! I'm very appreciative. ~Tommyo

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