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    fixed: AIDA64 + Windows 8.1 BSoD (Asus Z87-Deluxe + i7-4770K)

    in Bug reports

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    We've tested it on our Asus Z87-Pro motherboard, and it seems this issue is due to a BIOS bug of Asus Z87 Series boards.  We've notified Asus about this issue, hopefully they will fix their BIOSes.  I'm not quite sure however why only Windows 8.1 throws a BSoD when reading from the invalid memory address provided by the ACPI BIOS.  It works similarly on our test systems: under Win7 and Win8 no BSoD is generated, the memory reading simply fails.

     

    Until Asus could fix the BIOS, we'll implement a workaround in AIDA64 to avoid the BSoD.  It will be rolled out as a new AIDA64 beta release in a few days.

     


    Thanks,

    Fiery

    RAM temperature monitoring

    in Hardware monitoring

    Posted

    Industry standard memory module temperature monitoring is called DIMM-TS (TS = Thermal Sensor).  You can activate that feature in AIDA64 / main menu / File / Preferences / Stability.  You don't need anything else, it can be any motherboard or CPU, as long as your memory module does have a DIMMTS compliant thermal sensing diode.

     

    In case DIMM temperature(s) do not appear on the AIDA64 Sensor page after enabling that feature (and after restarting AIDA64), then please right-click on the bottom status bar of AIDA64 main window --> Sensor Debug --> SMBus Dump (Full), and copy-paste the full results into this topic.

    Any conflict between two monitoring softwares running together ?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    CPU utilization measurement shouldn't collide with each other, even without synchronization.


    What would cause a collision is the low-level hardware interrogation features, like sensor readings (temperature, voltage, fan speed measurement).  But most of the software out there are synchronized together, so only those software could cause a headache that don't use synchronization.  Some of the software that do use synchronization:

     

    AIDA64 (of course ;) )

    CoreTemp

    CPU-Z

    EVGA E-LEET

    GPU-Z

    HWiNFO32/64
    HWMonitor

    Motherboard Monitor

    MSI Afterburner

    Rivatuner

    SIV

    SpeedFan

     

    One of the software that doesn't use synchronization, even though their authors were asked numerous times to do so: Asus AI Suite.

    PrefetchW ?

    in Brainstorming

    Posted

    PrefetchW should be the line "AMD 3DNowPrefetch", but regular AMD 3DNow! supporting processors also support PrefetchW.  It is not supported by current Intel processors, but Windows 8.1 will still work on them.  I admit it's quite odd :) We've asked Intel, and they said PrefetchW can be executed on current Intel processors, although it is executed as NOP (no operation / no instruction).  AFAIK next-generation Intel Core processors codenamed Broadwell will officially support PrefetchW.

     


    Regards,

    Fiery
     

    fixed: CPU Core Voltage wrong (ASRock Z77 OC Formula)

    in Hardware monitoring

    Posted

    Thank you.  It seems your motherboard has a few tricks up its sleeves :)  The CPU Vcore seems to be influenced by the onboard CHL8326 VRM controller.  Please right-click on the bottom status bar of AIDA64 main window --> Sensor Debug --> ISA Sensor Dump.  Copy-paste the full results into this topic.

     

    Then right-click on the bottom status bar of AIDA64 main window --> Sensor Debug --> SMBus Dump (Full).  Copy-paste the full results into this topic.

     

     

    Thanks,

    Fiery

    AIDA64 Plugin for AlphaCool LCD

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    I'm sorry to hear about your issues and see that you're getting frustrated :(  Please try to give it a bit more tries, it really should work.

     

    If there's no AIDA64.INI file in the AIDA64 installation folder, then a default layout of AIDA64.INI file is created when you perform step #3.  If the file isn't created, then AIDA64 may not have the necessary rights to write a file in your AIDA64 installation folder.  Make sure to have administrator privileges, you need that to use AIDA64 low-level hardware features like sensors monitoring.

     

    Also, you can try moving AIDA64 files to C:\AIDA64 folder, it could make it easier to handle file permissions.

    PCH temperature (Asus Z87-Deluxe)

    in Brainstorming

    Posted

    In other Sabertooth Z87 logs the PCI-E #1 and PCI-E #2 temperatures are listed as "PCIE-1" and "PCIE-2".  Are you sure you haven't renamed those? :)  Or maybe between two BIOS updates Asus changed those labels?

     

    BTW, when it comes to sensor-related issues, AI Suite II = AI Suite III  ;)

    PCH temperature (Asus Z87-Deluxe)

    in Brainstorming

    Posted

    Thank you.  We've fixed the Chassis Fan #4 reading.  Make sure to upgrade to the latest beta version of AIDA64 Extreme Edition available at:

     

    http://www.aida64.com/downloads/aida64extremebuild2522cfs6y7mpqjzip

     

    After upgrading to this new version, make sure to restart Windows to finalize the upgrade.

     

    Let me know how it works.

     

    As for the temperatures, on your system AIDA64 gets confused, because you've got Asus AI Suite II installed, and -- I suppose -- you've renamed the temperature labels in it.  When AI Suite II is installed, AIDA64 doesn't use its low-level EC sensor functions, and relies on AI Suite II calls to gather sensor information.  And that only works properly as long as you use the default labels.  You can revert back to the default labels, or uninstall AI Suite II to make all temperatures appear properly in AIDA64.

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