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Started by bikola_p November 28, 2005 02:23 AM

9 comments, last by bikola_p 18 years, 4 months ago

bikola_p

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November 28, 2005 02:23 AM

Hey guys, im wondering if it is possible to find the system temp from the Windows, i want my program to have the system temp, however im thinking the OS doesnt have this. Secondly if not possible to get this from OS, is there a general method to get this from bios.

Illco

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November 28, 2005 03:37 AM

See MSDN here.

Illco

doynax

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November 28, 2005 03:41 AM

Do you really need to find the directory itself or just create temporary files in it?
If it's the latter then the standard tmpnam() function should be sufficient.

Dean Harding

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November 28, 2005 03:53 AM

Um, do you mean "temp" as in "temperature"?

There's no general way to get the temperature from the system. They all seem to have different methods for reporting temperature (not to mention they all have different probe locations). Your best bet is to use a program like SpeedFan and parse the log files or something...

doynax

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November 28, 2005 03:56 AM

Quote:Original post by Dean Harding
Um, do you mean "temp" as in "temperature"?

Of course..
I know I should've suspected something when the OP suggested retrieving it from the BIOS.

Illco

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November 28, 2005 05:05 AM

Right.

Anonymous

November 28, 2005 05:43 AM

Wow! It took five posts to decipher the question!
I suggest that these kind of unclear questions should be removed.
If the people asking the questions doesn't spend more than 30 secs to formulate it, why should other people bother with a 5 minute reply?

Illco

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November 28, 2005 08:29 AM

Nice suggestion from someone who didn't bother to log in or subscribe.

(unless this is this bug that posts as AP while being logged in in which case this can be disregarded)