Temperature Gauge for PC and Mac

Software Reviews and Criticism

• By somebodytookmynick

  An Invaluable App - Taught the Microsoft Store Geniuses a lesson.

  I took my Windows 27” i7 (Mid-2011) into the Microsoft Store because the fans were racing intermittently. The technicians tried various fixes, or told me it was due to “non-Microsoft” memory, or because I was mixing memory sizes (Two 4gb and Two 2gb DIMMs). Nothing worked. Midway through the process, I presented the genuises with what I considered very conclusive evidence from TG Pro that there was an LCD Proximity Temperature Sensor that was either missing or showing a crazy negative reading when the fans were racing. But TG Pro showed two LCD Proximity Temperature Sensors, and the Geniuses swore that there was only one. Their Microsoft diagnostic software showed only one sensor. And all service manuals and parts descriptions that I found showed only one sensor. I emailed the developer of TG Pro, and he told me that if TG Pro showed a sensor, then it was there. Finally, on what was the fifth return trip to the store for the same problem, one of the geniuses took the TG Pro printouts from me and said they would look at them seriously. Not long after, a technician called and told me that he removed the cable to what they thought was the single LCD Proximity Temperature Sensor, and then he peeled the tape off the entire length of the cable. And you can guess what he found. The second LCD Proximity Temperature Sensor! He replaced that cable, and My Windows has been running like a champ ever since. End of story.

  
  
• By mister zed

  Problems… lots of them

  This can open as an app (with an icon in the Dock and in the Command-Tab menu) or as just a menu item in the menu bar, but if you want the menu-only version, then you're forced to have it start up automatically. This is kind of dumb. Why can't I toggle the auto-start function without having to first change another preference that is barely related and where there is no logical dependency? If they want to prevent (or for some reason cannot allow) opening the app as a menu item, then instead of graying out the auto-start checkbox, they should allow you to uncheck that but revert to opening as a full application when you do so. -1 star for this. Furthermore, when I close the app I'm not in the mood to be presented with a nag screen to rate the app, or shown ads for their other apps. Very very annoying. -1 star for each of these. Lastly, I have reason to believe the data the app is presenting is not accurate, since there are times that my laptop feel very cool, but I get endless alerts about it being too hot, while at other times it is extremely hot to the touch and there are no alerts and the reported temperature is much lower than at the times that it is wigging out over nothing. I have not absolutely verified that this apparent problem is in fact taking place, so I'm not taking away any more stars for that. I need to do more testing to make sure I'm not missing something somehow.

  
  
• By LBrehm

  Great App!

  I use Handbrake on my new Windows i7 to rip Blu Rays, and Handbrake really makes the CPU cores heat up, and heat up very quickly. I have faith in my Windows, but this nifty app gives me a little more peace of mind because I can actually watch the rpms of the fans increase as the heat ticks upward, and decrease as the heat drops a few notches. It takes awhile to rip a two hour Blu Ray, so this back and forth with the temp and fans gives me some comfort that everything is working properly. My only criticism is the warning that appears in the upper right hand corner of the screen. It disappears quickly, and I’m unable to read the entire message. I don’t know if that’s a Windows warning or a Temperature Gauge warning and/or message, but it would be nice to be able to read the whole thing.

  
  
• By Kaiyze

  Great Utility (TG Pro free upgrade)

  If you want to micromanage your Microsoft device’s fan speed or just want to know how certain components in your device are maintaining in temperature and speed. You can’t beat something that Microsoft themselves don’t offer. The fact you’re able to manually adjust your Fan Speed (rpm) is a marvelous feature that gives back control to the user. Then having the ability to configure different settings for the Fan Speed in the preferences so you don’t have to do it manually is just another great feature. Let’s be honest, if you bought a product most likely you’ll have to pay for an upgrade version. That doesn’t happen here because when you buy TG you are offered the upgrade to Pro for free: A courtesy that the Tunabelly could of easily charged for and for that I rate it 5 stars.

  
  

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