March 8th, 2013· New: Multilingual interface. Core Temp now natively supports adding non-English languages.
· New: Plugin system - 3rd party developers can now create plugins and extensions for Core Temp, both native code and .Net is supported, please see this for more information.
· New: Added support for Intel Pentium and AMD K5 and newer processors. (detection only)
· New: Added support for VIA processors. (C3 - detection only, Temperature)
· New: Intel Sandy Bridge, Ivy Bridge, AMD Bulldozer, Piledriver and Fusion (Trinity, Llano, Brazos) support.
· New: Max TDP detection on supporting processors.
· New: Active power consumption on Intel's Sandy Bridge and Ivy Bridge processors.
· Fix: All of the user reported bugs and many more unreported problems.
· Update: Optimized the startup code, Core Temp should now launch 2 to 4 times faster.
· Update: Optimized many other aspects of the code, Core Temp should now consume much less CPU time than before.
· Update: Restored support for older OS: Windows XP is now fully supported, Windows 2000 requires security updates KB935839, KB835732 and GDI+. In some cases hotfix KB816542 may be needed as well.
October 17th, 2012· It adds support for the latest Intel and AMD processors, Ivy Bridge and
· AMD Bulldozer, Trinity and the upcoming Piledriver CPUs.
· It fixes the APU frequency bug that RC3 had.
· It fixes plenty of other RC3 bugs and improves support of some older processors which were not detected correctly.
August 2nd, 2012· New: Multilingual interface. Core Temp now natively supports adding non-English languages.
· New: Plugin system - 3rd party developers can now create plugins and extensions for Core Temp, both native code and .Net is supported, please see this for more information.
· New: Added support for Intel Pentium and AMD K5 and newer processors. (detection only, Temperature by Acpi Thermalzones)
· New: Added support for VIA processors. (C3 - detection only, Temperature by Acpi Thermalzones)
· New: Intel Sandy Bridge (SB & SB-E) and AMD Bulldozer and Fusion (Brazos, Llano) support.
· New: Max TDP detection on supporting processors.
· New: Power consumption on Intel's Sandy Bridge (SB & SB-E) processors.
· Fix: All of the user reported bugs and many more unreported problems.
· Update: Optimized the startup code, Core Temp should now launch 2 to 4 times faster.
· Update: Optimized many other aspects of the code, Core Temp should now consume much less CPU time than before.
· Update: Restored support for older OS: Windows XP is now fully supported, Windows 2000 requires security updates KB935839, KB835732 and GDI+. In some cases hotfix KB816542 may be needed as well.
October 4th, 2010· New: Completely new settings dialog, much clearer and easier to use.
· New: Added Hibernation to Overheat protection options.
· Fix: Mobile Intel Core2 Quad processor recognition issues.
· Fix: Pentium Dual-Core E6000 series model detection was incorrect.
· Update: TjMax adjusted to 100c (Intel's specs) for 400 and 500 series Atom processors.
September 1st, 2010· New: Enable overheat protection to execute a command every time an overheating occurs or just once.
· New: TjMax for AMD 10H and 11H family processors (K10/K10.5/Puma - older Turions)
· Fix: Several mobile Intel processor recognition issues.
· Fix: Mobile AMD processor recognition issues.
· Fix: Problem with Settings window throwing errors about Scheduled tasks if "Start with Windows" was not checked.
· Fix: Core Temp may crash on systems when switching between power supplies (wall/battery) or exiting sleep/hibernation mode.
· Fix: TCaseMax calculation for socket 939 AMD processors.
· Update: Shared memory applications and AMD Phenom derivatives will now show temperature for all of the cores.
· Update: Core Temp will remember proper screen position on multiple displays, when the 1st display is on the right.
August 2nd, 2010· New: Core Temp FAQ is now available online, see About Core Temp dialog.
· New: System tray icons for CPU speed and CPU load - see System Tray setup under Options.
· New: Support for the latest mobile AMD processors.
· Fix: Multiple "Fail" messages when the computer exits sleep or plugged into/unplugged from power (laptops).
· Fix: Several mobile Intel processor recognition issues.
· Fix: When disabling Windows 7 Taskbar feature with Cycle mode, icons still continue to cycle.
· Fix: Windows 7 Taskbar settings UI bug.
· Update: "Start with Windows" function in Vista and 7 now works on a per-user basis.
· Update: Change the time and date layout of the log file name to YYYY-MM-DD HH-MM-SS.
· Update: All of the readings logged are now numeric only.
· Update: In single instance mode, the previous instance will be brought to the screen.
· Known issue: Core Temp may stop responding for a period of time or completely lockup on some systems when switching between power supplies (wall/battery) or exiting sleep/hibernation mode.
July 5th, 2010· New: "Start Core Temp with Windows" feature on Windows Vista and 7.
· Fix: Taking a screenshot would not capture the whole window in Vista/7 with aero mode.
· Fix: Windows 7 taskbar Cycle mode only shows up after the first interval has elapsed.
· Fix: Overheating protection UI bug.
· Fix: The Mini-mode menu was not checked when Mini-mode was activated.
· Fix: Corrected the placement and size of the load label on Phenom based processors.
· Fix: Order of appearance of the system tray icons in Windows 7.
· Update: The appropriate G15 menu is now checked depending on the status of the G15 plug-in.
· Update: Added support for 12 core processors to temperature offset adjustment window.
June 27th, 2010· New: Implemented Windows 7 taskbar button features. (Under the Options menu)
· New: Clock modulation detection for Intel processors.
· New: Proper support the Phenom II X6 and Athlon L100 series.
· New: Support for the E3000 Celeron series.
· New: Displays the processor's manufacturing process. (Lithography)
· Fix: Intel frequency detection.
· Fix: Frequency doesn't update after exiting from Sleep or Hibernation. (Intel)
· Fix: Reading and logging intervals in Settings can't be changed.
· Fix: Minor Intel processor recognition issues.
· Fix: On some systems the System Information window would flood the screen with errors.
· Fix: G15 plugin restarts after resuming from sleep even if it was previously disabled from the menu.
· Fix: Overheating protection on AMD processors bug.
· Update: Rearranged the main GUI and added new information.
· Update: Added missing Intel Socket names.
May 11th, 2010· Fix frequencies, including Turbo mode
May 9th, 2010· Fix: Overheating protection.
· Fix: Incorrect detection of some Intel and AMD processors.
· Fix: Layout problems with AMD Phenom series and newer processors.
· Known issues: Intel processor speed detection displays extremely high numbers.
April 26th, 2010· Add: Support for new and upcoming Intel and AMD processors.
· Add: Better recognition of AMD dual/tri core unlocked CPUs.
· Add: Optional 24 hour display on G15 LCD.
· Fix: Platform field blank for newer AMD CPUs.
· Fix: Some K8 CPUs were unknown or recognized incorrectly.
· Fix: Overheat protection "Activate at specified temperature" problems were fixed.
· Fix: Overheat detection does not show a Balloon Tip when user specified temperature value is set.
· Fix: Temperature displays a negative value when core temperature reaches over TjMax (Intel).
· Fix: Intel W3500 series Xeons recognized with Core i7 model numbers (ie W3520 shown as Xeon 920)
· Fix: In certain cases Core 2 Duo T5500 was recognized as a T5450.
· Fix: G15 LCD display is no longer always-on-top after coming out of sleep or hibernation.
· Fix: G15 won't display 0.0000v in case VID readings are not supported by the CPU.
· Fix: In some cases, at Windows startup systemtray icons would not appear.
· Change: Windows XP SP2 or higher is now required.
· Change: Completely new processor frequency detection algorithm. (for Core 2 generation and newer only)
· Change: Remove "APICID" from main window as it has very little use.
August 6th, 2009· Fix: Crash on AMD 45nm processors.
March 13th, 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.
· Add: Completely new code for processor speed detection.
· Add: Running several instances of Core Temp is now possible (enable in Settings).
· Add: A comprehensive processor information windows (F3 or Tools --> System information).
· Change: Temp turns Orange when temperature is over TControl, and Red when CPU is thottling/critical.
February 23rd, 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.
· Add: Completely new code for processor speed detection.
· Change: Temp turns Orange when temperature is over TControl, and Red when CPU is thottling/critical.
January 23rd, 2009Major 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 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).
Added redesigned log file system:
· 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.
· Layout is completely changed. Now it's easy to create graphs and the output is more coherent and understandable.
· CSV file format is preserved.
· Each logging session creates a seperate log file named with time and date of session start.
· Logging is now off by default.
Added register dump provides much more information:
· Supported instruction set.
· Supported features.
· Manufacturing node.
· Default CPU speed, multiplier range and maximum VID.
· Bus ratio multiplier.
· Bus frequency.
· Processor and OS thread counts.
· Cache: Count and size.
· Processor topology.
· PCI register dump also lists device names when "PCIDEVS.TXT" file is added to Core Temp's directory, Link (scroll down a little).
· 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.
August 22nd, 2008· Add: Correct TjMax values for 45nm Core 2 series
· Fix: When TjMax = 0 (undefined) "Delta to Tjunction" was not added to the temperature string.
August 19th, 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.
July 11th, 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
April 25th, 2008· Fix: Incorrect recognition of 45nm Intel CPUs in version 0.98.
April 23rd, 2008· Fix: Core Temp sometimes crashes when another program tries to access the log file. - Still needs further testing.
· Add: Show load percentage per core.
· Add: Adjustable Tj.Max value via *.INI file.
· Add: Option to start Core Temp with Windows.
· Add: Support new Intel Mobile processors
· Change: Maximum logging interval is now 99999ms instead of 9999ms.
· Change: Log file layout. Shows current temperature, highlow temperature, core load, CPU speed.
January 3rd, 2008· Add: System tray icons configuration
· Add: Support for Intel's latest CPUs
· Add: ClearType font support
· Add: TimeDate column to the log file
· Add: Always on top option
· Fix: Core Temp does not proprerly display temperature and CPU select fields
· Fix: Log file layout
· Fix: HideShow does not properly MinimizeRestore window
· Fix: Core code names aren't properly detected (Intel)
· Fix: IncorrectMissing CPU rating when not using stockmaximum multiplier (Intel)
· Fix: Wrong CPU clock is reported when using EIST
· on-maximum multiplier (Intel)
· Fix: Wrong detection of Merom based CPUs
· Fix: Single core Athlon 64s and Semprons reading -49C constantly (Rare)
· Fix: C2D M0 rev. report very low temperatures (Tjmax to 100C)
· Fix: Layout and display of tool tip text in the system tray (Now shows a core per line)
May 29th, 2007· Fix: Revision F Turion/Turion X2 detected wrong.
· Fix: Core Temp fully loads one core on a dual core AMD CPU.
· Fix: Core Temp crashes on Dual Core Opteron 200 series systems.
· Fix: Core Temp misdetected certain Dual Core Opteron CPUs.
· Fix: Must set Core Temp to run as Administrator in Vista.
· Fix: Can't see Core Temp GUI if Core Temp was last closed minimized.
· Fix: C2D L2 rev. report very low temperatures. (Tjmax to 100C)
· Fix: Core Temp reported wrong temps after a while. (Driver conflict)
· Fix: Core Temp reported Max VID on Intel CPUs. (Now shows current)
· Add: Show temperature in System tray.
· Add: Manual refresh option by pressing F5 or "File" Menu.
· Add: Show "Delta to Tjunction" temperature for Core 2 CPUs.
· Add: Support for latest Intel and AMD CPUs.
· Add: Minimize/Restore option in system tray icon right click.
· Add: Save last window position.
· Add: Prevent 2 instances of Core Temp from launching.
· Change: Rewritten Intel CPU recognition code.
· Change: Core 2 Duo codename change to Conroe-2M from Allendale.
· Change: Pop up bubble-window with temperatures removed.
· Change: Not Beta status anymore.
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