Version 0.99.5.26 - 3rd August, 2009 - Fix: Incorrect clock speeds reported on some systems. * - Fix: At startup Core Temp shows 0 (?) or 21 (?) on AMD K8 series. - Fix: Turion MK series recognition was wrong. - Fix: Properly detect Atom and Core i7 engineering samples. - Fix: Tri-Core AMD CPUs incorrectly shown as having only 2 cores and 2 threads in 64bit Core Temp binary. - Fix: System tray text was off center. - Fix: Penryn (mobile Core 2) processors reported as having 85C TjMax instead of 90C. - Fix: Settings window would open centered, and sometimes out of the desktop area. - Fix: System tray icon very small in Windows 2000/XP/2003. - Fix: AMD Athlon X2 4x50e series detected as 3x50e. - Fix: Using a negative offset on AMD systems results in "42949672xx�C" being displayed. - Fix: Add support for Mobile Athlon 64 X2 TK-xx series and Turion 64 MK-xx series. - Fix: Workaround added for when Core Temp fails to find supported CPUs on Phenom based systems. - Fix: PROCHOT signal from Intel CPUs was not picked up correctly. * - Fix: Core Temp would start out of the desktop area, and the main Window couldn't be seen/accessed. - Fix: False overheating warning on AMD systems. - Fix: False readings of over 200C� on AMD systems. - Fix: High/low temperatures would be reversed when "Show distance to TjMax" was enabled. - Fix: Clicking "Defaults" button in settings would enable logging when it should be disabled by default. - Fix: 23xx and 83xx series AMD Opterons recognized as 83xx and 23xx respectively. - Fix: System tray icons appear incorrectly on AMD K10 and newer CPUs. - Fix: "Show highest temp of each CPU" systemtray icon configuration sometimes reports duplicate readings. - Fix: G15 applet did not work after resuming from Sleep/Suspend. - Add: Completely new code for processor speed detection. * - Add: A comprehensive processor information window (F3 or Tools --> System information). * - Add: Thermal protection mechanism. (Look at Options menu, changed from 0.99.5.20 beta) - Add: Support for the latest AMD and Intel CPUs. - Add: Mini mode for GUI. (Double click anywhere to switch between modes) * - Add: Per core temperature offset adjustment. (Look at Options menu) - Add: Screenshots are now taken in the lossless but very compact PNG format. - Add: User defined text colors for main Window. (Options --> Settings) - Add: Show high/low temperatures. (Press F6 or the Tools menu to reset values) - Add: On/Off switch for G15 applet in Tools menu. - Add: Running several instances of Core Temp is now possible (enable in Settings). - Change: Temp turns Orange when temperature is over TControl, and Red when CPU is thottling/critical. - Change: Reorganized menu. - Change: TjMax for mobile Atom processors changed to 90C. - Change: "Lion" codename for AMD Turion was changed to "Griffin". - Change: Completely dropped support for older Windows NT OS, Windows XP or up is required. * (For Windows 2000: download GDIPlus.dll here http://www.dll-files.com/dllindex/dll-files.shtml?gdiplus) Version 0.99.4.65 - 23rd January, 2009 Major changes: Completely rewritten base code. Core Temp is now available in both 32 and 64 bit versions. - Add: CPU detection improved, efficiency improved, speed improved, clock speed detection improved. - Add: Initial support for Core i5 (Lynnfield). - Add: Automatically detect Core i7/i5 series TjMax. - Add: Show real-time TDP of Core i7 processors (still needs work). - Add: Alternative clock speed detection for Core 2, i7 and i5 series and up. - Add: Support for all currently available and some future processor families. (Intel & AMD) - Add: Temperature changes color when temperatures hit high levels to alert the user. (Orange = hot, Red = critical) - Add: Show (!) besides the temperature of a core which hit critical temp as a notification of past overheating. - Add: Invalid temperature values are followed by (?) for both Intel and AMD. - Add: AMD AM2 65nm K8 based processors get a 21c offset to fix incorrect temperature reporting (info from AMD). - Add: AMD Black Edition processors identified by "BE" suffix after PR rating. - Add: Display time and date on G15 LCD. - Add: Complete DPI awareness - Core Temp GUI now scales perfectly with any DPI setting. - Add: Rewritten algorithm for "Register dump" function, works much faster and more accurate (no ghost devices). - Add: Redesigned log file system: 1) Settings window allows to start logging when Core Temp starts. Logging can be toggled on or off from the Options menu or simply by pressing F4. 2) Layout is completely changed. Now it's easy to create graphs and the output is more coherent and understandable. 3) CSV file format is preserved. 4) Each logging session creates a seperate log file named with time and date of session start. 5) Logging is now off by default. - Add: Register dump provides much more information: 1) Supported instruction set. 2) Supported features. 3) Manufacturing node. 4) Default CPU speed, multiplier range and maximum VID. 5) Bus ratio multiplier. 6) Processor and OS thread counts. 7) Cache: Count and size. 8) Processor topology. 9) PCI register dump also lists device names when "PCIDEVS.TXT" file is added to Core Temp's directory. Link: http://members.datafast.net.au/dft0802/downloads.htm (scroll down a little) 10) Better output layout, easier to read. - Fix: Core Temp crashes on Intel multi-processor platforms with Socket #0 unpopulated. - Fix: Countless minor bug fixes due to rewritten code base. - Fix: System tray icons do not appear after explorer.exe crash/restart - Change: Core Temp will now work with A0 and A1 revisions of 65nm Core 2 processors. - Change: Core Temp will not work on some/all virtual machine software. - Change: TjMax values for 65nm Core 2 series adjusted. Version 0.99.3.15 - 13th September, 2008 - Add: Properly detect Nehalem TjMax. - Add: Option to change text & label color in main Core Temp window. (settings in INI file for this version) - Add: Temperature values change color when temperature goes above a certain value (TCC Offset, Intel only). - Add: Proper recognition for Intel's E5000 and Q8000 desktop series. - Add: Code optimizations to reduce CPU usage on Intel processors. - Add: Improved Atom support. - Fix: Minor bugs fixed. Version 0.99.3.0 - 22th August, 2008 - Add: Correct TjMax values for 45nm Core 2 series, according to this document: http://intel.wingateweb.com/US08/published/sessions/TMTS001/SF08_TMTS001_100r.pdf - Fix: When TjMax = 0 (undefined) "Delta to Tjunction" was not added to the temperature string. - Fix: On the fly CPU speed didn't pick up changes when EIST was disabled (only C1E active). Version 0.99.2.9 - 18th August, 2008 - Fix: Start with Windows option was broken in 0.99.1. - Fix: Default color for the second system tray icon is invisible with WinXP blue theme. - Fix: Save screenshot function would create a corrupted BMP in some viewing software. - Fix: Nehalem does not report VID like earlier CPUs. VID field now disabled for Nehalem. - Fix: Incorrect 65nm Turion X2 code name detection. - Fix: Potential bug of improper K10 and up recognition. - Fix: Enabling distance to Tj.Max with "Highest temp." for system tray would show the largest distance to Tj.Max instead of smallest. - Fix: Vendor ID and Device ID values were reversed in the register dump file. - Fix: 3/4 temperatures logged for Phenom X3/X4 instead of 1. - Add: Support for Core Temp plugins. (Still in beta phase and not in GUI yet). - Add: Full support for AMD's Puma platform CPUs (in previous version reffered to as Griffin). - Add: Initial support for 45nm AMD processors. - Add: Update K8 and K10 recognition code to support all currently known CPUs. - Add: Default TDP detection for Nehalem. - Add: On the fly CPU speed detection. - Add: Close to system tray option. - Change: Log file is now produced in CSV format - easily import your logs into Excel. - Change: Logging interval is now in Seconds instead of miliseconds. - Change: Default logging interval is now 10 seconds. - Change: Logging is now off by default. Version 0.99.1.17 - 10th July, 2008 - Fix: Layout when using upto 125% DPI. - Fix: Layout problem and extra systemtray icons with Phenom. - Fix: Potential crashes while saving a register dump file. - Fix: Core Temp icon wasn't showing in About box. - Fix: Menu shortcut keys were not available for all menu items. - Fix: A few old unnoticable bugs. - Add: Initial Intel Nehalem support. - Add: Initial support for AMD's Griffin cores - Untested. - Add: Improved Intel Atom support. - Add: Support latest AMD K8 CPUs. - Add: Support for HyperThreaded CPUs. Core Temp will only display the physical cores and average load on each core. - Add: Support for Pentium E5000 series. - Add: Display core and thread count per CPU. - Add: GUI Adjustments of Temperature offset and G15 applet via the Settings window. - Add: Create a screenshot function. Access from "Options" menu or by F9 shortcut. - Add: Shortcut key for register dump file: F7. - Add: Update register dump output: APIC ID, CPU number, Core number, Thread number. - Change: Move all settings to the ini file out of the registry. - Change: Rename ini file to CoreTemp.ini. - Change: Temperature offset adjustment works for AMD CPUs as well. - Change: Atom Tj.Max adjusted for more accurate readings. - Change: Cleaned up code a little bit. Version 0.99.0.16 - 18th May, 2008 - Fix: Incorrect recognition of 45nm Mobile Intel CPUs. - Fix: CPU temperature not displayed in Core Temp window on Phenom CPUs (0.98 and 0.98.1). - Fix: CPU load would sometimes display -1% load. - Fix: AMD K8 would sometimes spike to 206C, the false reading is now ignored. - Fix: AMD K8 sometimes constantly reads -49C. - Fix: Core Temp does not show up automa...
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