Download Everest Ultimate Edition
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Portable version of the system diagnostics software.
Questions about Everest Ultimate Edition:
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Temperature gauges usually come with your motherboard cd
the most you will find from vista is the "resource monitor ..." (located on tab performance, when you are in task manager (ctrl alt del))
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As above posted about a fried CPU, I disagree. I believe your CPU is fine, if it wasn't it would not post. 45C is not to hot for that processor, cooler is better, but you are no where near the danger point.
You probably need to do a repair install of Windows, it sounds like either your program got corrupted in some way, or you have a major driver problem.
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