TomKatt

I suspect that your original layout was properly showing the utilization for the individual cores, and some of them had %'s higher than the overall average (which makes sense). Glad you got it sorted.

From what I understand, AIDA64 calculates many of it's sensor values a bit differently than how Windows displays it in Task Manager. Also, I had to experiment with the 'Windows 11 CPU utilization measurement workaround' option in Preferences -> Stability as the default settings were way off until I disabled that option (Win 11 / 13600K). It looks like the Sensor Panel individual cores are showing similar data to Task Mgr in your screenshot - is it possible that the graph is fairly close and those spikes did occur?

Well, don't I feel silly... I went to test this and discovered that the POS driver installer I originally used apparently disabled my sleep settings. The irony is that the POS software isn't even needed - the generic Prolific driver works fine and no additional software is necessary. Thanks for taking the time to reply.

The whole case fan space is super competitive which is why all the big players have developed their own proprietary protocols so they can lock you into their ecosystem. I'd suspect that they treat this like the recipe for Coca Cola and they're not motivated to release it publicly. Unfortunately, I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for this to happen - probably the only way to figure this out would be reverse engineering the data lines with hardware monitoring such as logic analyzers etc, and there's simply no payback (or guaranteed results) for that kind of investment.

I'm new to AIDA64 but have noticed that it's hardware readings frequently differ from what is reported in Windows and other similar apps like HWinfo... I think that I saw a post suggesting that AIDA64 uses their own code to obtain sensor data as opposed to how others obtain it. That just seems a little odd to me - you'd think it would be relatively straightforward to get this information from the system - apparently it is not?

New user here - I'm testing AIDA64 with a POS VFD display and so far so good - everything seems to be working correctly and I have AIDA64 set to autostart with Windows and minimize to the system tray with hardware monitoring running in the background. I noticed that the cpu utilization percentages were way off but I seem to have resolved that by disabling the Win 11 cpu workaround stability option (W11 Pro / 13600K / Z790). However, it seems like AIDA64's monitoring is now preventing my system from going to sleep - the monitor screen goes into power save, but my system stays running. If I close AIDA64 my system will go to sleep as expected when it times out. I've done a bit of Googling and it seems the majority of AIDA64 sleep inquiries are related to some failure with the system waking back up (frozen screens etc)... I am looking for a solution to the opposite problem - Is it possible for the pc to enter sleep if no activity is occurring other than AIDA64 running in the background? Thanks for any suggestions. EDIT - These are nice 2 x 20 vfd displays with usb interface for dirt cheap ($20 shipped) on eBay. They are NOS and as such brand new condition - mine still had the plastic film on the cover. They are quite large, about 8" wide and 2" tall, but the case and hinged bracket on the back mean they look professional and you can just place it on your pc. Granted, they are limited to ASCI characters but for the price and vfd uniqueness they are a steal at $20 and work with AIDA64 via the POS lcd interface. EDIT 2 - Turns out the POS driver I installed (that wasn't even needed - generic Prolific serial driver works just fine) disabled the sleep settings on my pc. lol

No problems! I appreciate the speedy reply! I will test the Pertelian module and post back results tonight.

Pardon my ignorance, but as this is a serial COM display I intend to use a COM port on my mobo for communication. The display itself has no usb interface. As such, I don't believe there is any USB data to dump? I guess that I could use a usb->serial adapter, which would simply yield the serial chip used... In this case, it would likely be a std FTDI or similar device.

Hello all - new AIDA64 user. I recently acquired a 24 char x 4 line Noritake CU24043-Y1A VFD that has a serial COM interface. I note there are one or two COM options in AID64, but none that offer a 24 column layout. I've glanced through this thread, but seeing how it goes back over 10 years I suspect much of the older posts are now out of date. I'd guess that some basic serial option exists that could be modified to 24 char lines? I'm not a VFD expert, but I believe that my display follows the Noritake protocol and I do know that it provides direct location indexing in addition to special features like brightness and flashing. Would anyone be able to provide a starting point? I'm not coding expert, but I can usually hack my way through something. TIA se-cu24043-y1a.pdf