Arachne at FreeLists---The Arachne Fan Club! On Fri, 09 Oct 2009 14:48:36 +0930, Greg Mayman wrote: > On Wed, 07 Oct 2009 06:37:50 -0700, "Destiny" <destiny2b@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Are there utilities for dos that can:? >> cpu sleep >> stop keyboard polling >> throttle >> In effect cool cpu. > Hmmm... I'm no expert in this, but I believe that setting the CPU speed > lower does run it a lot cooler. > And since DOS does not have as much going on as Windoze does, even when > DOS is at its busiest, there should be no great problems in running it > lot slower than is needed for Windoze. I decided to see if such a thing were reaally needed in DOS After about 5min of running in DOS, rebooted to Linux to check temps. Starting lm_sensors: loading module adm1025 smsc47m1 OK adm1025-i2c-0-2d Adapter: SMBus I801 adapter at efa0 CPU Temp: +100.4°F (low = +32.0°F, high = +260.6°F) M/B Temp: +84.2°F (low = +32.0°F, high = +260.6°F) Stopping lm_sensors: OK I then rebooted back to DOS and ran many CPU intensive programs for about 90min Next step was to reboot into Linux to check the temps again. Starting lm_sensors: loading module adm1025 smsc47m1 OK adm1025-i2c-0-2d Adapter: SMBus I801 adapter at efa0 CPU Temp: +118.4°F (low = +32.0°F, high = +260.6°F) M/B Temp: +104.0°F (low = +32.0°F, high = +260.6°F) Stopping lm_sensors: OK _______________________________________________________________________ With only an 18°F temp rise on the CPU after 90min of intensive use... IMO, no such thing as a CPU sleep program is needed in DOS -- http://www.glennmcc.org/ Arachne at FreeLists -- Arachne, The Premier GPL Web Browser/Suite for DOS --