History

History

Version 4.04

Especially for Benchtest.com there now is the option to lower interval log to 1/10 of a minute (6 seconds)

Version 4.03

Added the option to turn of the Resource checking (Windows 9X only), when this is on, your system will not go into automatic standby mode. Because of this when you run 4.03 1st time it will be off, if you want to keep using it please turn it on on the Resource tab.
Fixed the error some of you had where the log files where created in the root or in C:\windows
Added code for the GL518SM chip
Added code for the GL520SM chip, this is not fully tested but should work
Added support for the W83781D, W83782D and W83783S via the SMBus
Option to select the Charset in the language file, this means that languages like russian will appear okay in MBM. For info check out the English language file
Option to select how the voltage in the voltage group should be displayed, so either Core Voltage or Voltage Core, again this is to make it more compatible with other languages then english. For info check out the English language file
Added the graph option as display, personaly I think it's plain ugly, but will do for now
System Info will show a bit more info on the chip found
Russian and Chinese Traditional added as language files
Hopefully fixed the date & time problem, it should show date and time in the format of your country as set in the regional settings of your windows control panel.
Many thanks go to Jonathan Teh for his help on the SMBus

Version 4.02

Fixed a fault I made in the Fan3 division which had big impact on some PC's (beeping and reseting), sorry about that.
A total re-desing of the MBM.DLL, this means that any version lower CPUIDle 5.5 beta - 4 will no longer work with MBM. MBM itself will still work with any CPUIdle (launching & closing of CPUIdle). I know some of you won't like this but it was needed, the MBM.DLL was getting a mess to maintain.
some small visual fixes

Version 4.01

MBM should find the new CPUIdle 5.5 correctly on all machines in the registry (the location of this key got changed)
As requested by several, there are some changes to the voltage alarm:
- You can set voltage alarm for each voltage, default values are:
  - Core 0: 5%
  - Core 1: 5%
  - +3.3: 5%
  - +5: 10%
  - -5: 10%
  - +12: 10%
  - -12: 10%
- You can turn the alarm on/off per voltage
- You can monitor both the Core voltages if needed
Fixed crash on FanTemp calibration
Hopefully fixed the bad layout with the large font option of windows (I trully hate that option <g>)
Text will align up better in all languages
Option to change VUmeters into Digital meters
Removed most of the CPU info for combatibily reasons
Spanish language file included

Version 4.0

In the system tray MBM will use around 1% resources, this is 90% less then 3.x
Full support for Intel P2/3's with Thermal diode inside the CPU on board that have a W83782D or W83783S chip connected to an Intel CPU with diode and. GigaByte GA6-BXE is a good example.
Added support for TempFan, a device that can change your Fan port to a temperature port, great for all users of an Abit BH6, BX6 or Asus P2L97 who only have a motherboard sensor. As I write this the device is not yet avaible for the big public but should be soon. Check out the FanTemp FAQ on my page.
Added support for several languages. As I write this English, Dutch, Swedish, Italian and French is included, other language will probably follow later as small downloads of about 8K.
E-mail support, MBM can send you an e-mail on an alarm or at set intervals, either via SMTP or MAPI, using RAS (your dial-up network) or trying to send it via LAN
Changed tab setup, no more pull down boxes but buttons instead.
Added a medium view, to view VUMeters, Voltages and Fans
9X users can place their resources under the VUMeters
All log files can be saved as CSV now
Simplefied the Fan alarms
More CPU info in the system info section
User can choose what tabs he wants visible.
Negative readouts from Winbond chips can be turned on
Play wave on CPUIdle launch
Fixed wave bug that meant that some soundcards where unusable after MBM played a wave until you closed MBM
Many other small changes, some you might not even like <g>

Version 3.84 & Lite 2.3

Added support Intel Pentium II/III that have a therminal diode. This only works if:
- you have such a CPU
- you have either a Winbond W83782D or a Winbond W83783S on your board
- the board supports this, this means that even if you have the above, if the board does not have a connection from the diode to the chip it won't work.
You now have the option to re-oder the icons after X seconds...handy when you run MBM on startup and the icons are in the wrong order in your system tray
Changed the overal Ignore Fan Alarm X times to Ignore Fan Alarms X seconds and you can do this per fan.

Version 3.831 & Lite 2.2

Fixed NT bug

Version 3.83 & Lite 2.2

As some users requested you can now place an alarm if your resources drop below a certain level (9x only)
Support for the new Winbond chips W83782D and W83783S

Version 3.82 & Lite 2.1

Added the function "RestartLM78" which I had removed in 3.8, on some machines the LM78/79 would not initializise without this function

Version 3.81 & Lite 2.0

Added support for ShutDown Now! so you have an option to turn your PC off when a selected alarm goes off, please read the help file about all the details
Under General 2 you now have the option to show the VUMeters horizontal instead of vertical.

Version 3.8 & Lite 2.0

Added support for more LM75's this means I needed to change some layout of MBM Full, like MBM Lite it now has listboxes where you can select the sensor you want to readout.
Because more LM75's can be readout this means a whole bunch of new motherboard will be compatible.
To make it all a bit more simple for other boards the Asus TX specific compensation (intel, amd, cyrix) has been removed and replaced with a simple compensation button
The above means that the "old" users that have an Asus TX now have to select LM75 -2 for CPU readout and add their compensation value on the compensation tab
Moved the CSV symbol from Log Tab to General 2 Tab
Made some internal changes to MBM Lite so it is easier to add more sensor at a later date
Renamed SystemInfo.DLL to SysInf.DLL since on some machines the long file name would cause troubles
Updated the help file........ hope I got it all

Version 3.75 & Lite 1.11

Large font issue with the Full version is fixed
all sensors can now have a negative compensation for those who can't get the correct correct NTC compenent.

Version 3.74 & Lite 1.1

Fixed a small problem with Lite, ALT+TAB would make is show up even if in system tray
I have been asked for new icons for the DLL files as I got messages that these icons where similair to a virus, as soon as I find the option to change DLL Icons in Delphi 4 I will..... just can't find it <g>
You can now enter the symbol you want to use in the CSV file
As requested there is no longer a real limit on the Interval size, well the limit is a MaxInt which stands for 2147483647, so that should keep most of your happy
I changed the InstallShield project, you can now select 1 of 3 possible installs:
- Typical : Both MBM 3.74 and MBM Lite and Help Files
- Compact: Only MBM 3.74
- Custom: You can select what you want installed
There is 1 glitch in the Install Shield project, it will always create a short cut to the 3 main items (MBM Full, MBM Lite and Help Files) even if you did not install all of them. There seems to be no real fix of it except creating a small program that would remove them after the install but this would make the D/L bigger again...... if anybody has another idea please let me know.

Version 3.73

Changed the Fan Division, the default settings should be fine with 90% of the users
Moved the Splash screen into the DLL, this way both MBM 3.73 and MBM Lite can use the same.
Added MBM Lite 1.0 Beta 2 to the installation

Version 3.72

After much pressure <g> the Swap option is back, in a little bit diferent shape since there are now more sensors to swap between, it can be found in the Visual section under System Tray
Moved the Show Temperature in System Tray from General 1 to System Tray tab together with the Swap Temperature in System Tray
Fixed little bug when you would 1st check the LM75
Changed the Log Tab a little bit, looks more open now
Moved the Write Log files ? options from the General 2 tab to the Log Tab
You can now give each sensor it's own color, this way it is much clearer which sensor is displayed when/where
Added a message for 1st time users where a sensor recomendation is given depending on the chipID
Added the option to write the Interval Log as a CSV file that can easly be opended using Excel for instance.
Log Files will no longer be erased but send to the Recycle bin (as a good win9x program should do <eg>)

Version 3.71

Added Shutdown CPUIdle at temperature X, This means that you can let MBM launch and close CPUIdle when needed.
Changed a DLL location, this could cause CPUIdle to not find MBM.....my fault :-)
I have had many mails asking for the SWAP feature to return..... am still thinking about this.
Added Date to Interval log as requested
Increased the max interval log time from 20 minutes to 200 minutes

Version 3.7

Added full support for the WinBond WinBond W83781D.
Added support for CPUIdle, this means that MBM will launch CPUIdle when your selected CPU temperature has reached value X, and a future version of CPUIdle might use some of MBM core files to show your CPU temperature.
Added 2 more VU meters for the 2 extra sensor the WinBond has
Added 2 more checkboxes to turn the extra sensors of the Winbond on or off on the General Tab
Added 2 more checkboxes to show the extra sensors of the WinBond in the systemtray
When a sensor is uncheck on the General Tab then it's VU Meter will dissapear.
Adjusted the Show selection to match size as to how many VU Meters are displayed
Removed the option to change the Log Path
Added System Info section on the General Tab, thanks go to Andreas Goetz for the CPU speed routine
Combined the Motherboard Tab and the CPU Tab to 1 tab with a pull down box called Temperatures
Added the 2 WinBond sensors to Temperatures Tab, with the same options/setting as the other 2
Added a section to the Voltage tab as some users requested to be able to raise the +3.3 voltage manualy
Added a Fan Settings section to the Fan Tab, both the Fan Type and the Ignore Fan X times have been moved to this section
Removed the CPU & Fan Type tab
Added a Compensation Tab, on this Tab you can enter a compensation value for each of the 4 sensors if this is needed
Removed the "swap temperature in systemtray" option, as this is no longer needed since you can display any or all temperatures in your systemtray
Change the way you select the Font and color for the systemtray icon
Added a section Names to the Visual Tab, here you can rename the 4 sensors and the 3 fan's
Added the 2 WinBond sensors to the Log's
Added CPU speed to the log as many of you have requested
Added the 2 WinBond sensors to the UpandDown Tab
Updated the help file with all the the above <phew>
Changed the Filename in the registry that does the autostart from long to short, this caused some faults here and there.
Added CPUIdle Info section to the CPUIdle tab
Changed splash screen, being a non artistic person I kinda like this new version <g>

Version 3.62

Fixed a small problem in the Fan Alarm which sneaked in with version 3.5, thanks go to Douglas Hemminger for finding it

Version 3.61

By fixing 1 bug I created another....that's fixed in this version.... and if there is a 3.62 then that will probably fix a bug I created in 3.61 <eg>..... thanks go to Mike Constabel for finding it and testing 3.61

Version 3.6

Fixed a bug in the alarm section that Sergio found, program will now wait for you to acknolidge the alarm before checking other alarms
When alarm goes icon changes

Version 3.5

Added "Ignore Fan Alarm X Times" on the General2 tab, this should help you if you recover from a suspend mode on your PC and the fan's are not yet at full speed. Thanks go to Al Haunts for this simple solution.

Version 3.4r

Fixed the "Do you really want...." question when you use the LM78 compensation.

Version 3.4

As requested the Begin and End times will appear in the Up's and Downs Log File.
The Warning and Interval Log Files have been fixed for Netscape (thanks Sergio), this will result in a little square at the top of the html file.
As requested, when an alarm goes off you can enable or disable it on the warning dialog.
PC speaker is such a success then as of version 3.4 it will be turned on by default.
As requested, both the MB and CPU temperature can be seen in the system tray at the same time.
As requested by a user, an LM78 Compensation Value, this should not be used if you don't know why you would need it.
A little bug found on the dual MB & CPU display in the system tray has been fixed (thanks again Sergio)
Fixed a few cosmetic faults that Peter Guzis noticed
The Average section in the Up's and Downs has been made more precise thanks to Thomas George, it's now not just the Lowest and Highest / 2 but it takes all the values readout and the average of that will be displayed
The Up's and Downs help file has been renamed, the " ' " in the file name cause some trouble with Norton (thanks Ricky Mathews)
In the Up's and Down tab, txt and htm files all characters are taken away to make easier for Excel to read the file in.
The Program now also works with SOME motherboard that have the WinBond W83781D monitoring chip, the user can use the LM78 Compensation value in the same way a LM75 users would use the CPU Type compensation value.
Fixed the PC Speaker error that came with NT thanks to Stefan Hoffmeister.

Version 3.3

It seems that on 1 NT machine so far, when uninstalling, one registry entry does not get deleted; made sure that Uninstall shield does now delete it.
As requested, the "are you sure you want to close bla bla" question, when pressing the X or selecting Exit in the popup menu can now be turned off.
As Jean Pierre Desvaux requested you can now determine the directory for the Log Files, so it won't interfere with your scandisk or Defrag of drive C:.
Also as requested, on the up and down Log you can now check a box marked "Save on Exit". This will save the highs and lows of that session when MBM exits, so you can compare it if you want to.
Added an Average section in the Ups and Downs tab. This is also saved in the updown.log file.
Fixed little error when you click from F to C or the other way around. The up and down tab now also gets updated correctly.
Included proper detection of the LM78. If it is not found then user will get a message and the program will give no values for MB temperature, Voltage and Fans.
When the program is in the System Tray it will no longer show up in the ALT+TAB list.
Fixed small bug that when you don't agree with the license agreement the program would initialize halfway. Now it won't and terminates right after you press "I don't agree".
When an alarm occurs the program will also appear on the Taskbar, so if the alarm would fall under another window then you can see it on the Taskbar.
Every Alarm (MB, CPU, Voltage and Fans) can now enable or disable their own warning message.
Every Alarm (MB, CPU, Voltage and Fans) can now have PC speaker sound when the alarm goes off. This is faster than a Wave and also works for people who don't have a soundcard (yes there still are :-) )
Created this Help file; included it in the setup routine and in the help section of the popup menu.
User can now determine the frequency of the PC speaker in the general tab.
General Tab has been enlarged using the same method as the Fan tab
The Log Files default location has been moved from the Windows Directory to the Program Directory.
Log Files are now also Saved in HTML format. I only have IE4 to test, so I hope it works on Netscape. Just used very basic HTML so it should...I hope.
On the General Tab you can now select if you want the log files to be in TXT, HTML or both.

Version 3.2

Added Code to make sure the program cannot be run more than once.
When pressing the X you are now asked if you want to close it (like before) but you can select Yes, No and Minimize.
Added Quick Check menu entry in the popup menu, to quickly check any values without having to open the program
Added the ability to click on an entry in the Quick Check menu, to get the current, max, min and alarm settings for the selected entry.
1st Time users will get a new window telling them that the program needs the LM78 and andLM75. Some people missed this on the downloading page.

Version 3.1

Fixed a bug that would show up in the Interval Log when an alarm goes off and the Interval Log is writing. Thanks to Sergio Formicola for finding this bug
If no Fan is installed, this will show as N/A in the Interval Log.
In the Warning Log I have put the Date back. Many requests came for this.
Also in the General Tab you can now select the Tab you want on top the next time you start the program.

Version 3.0

NT 4.0+ Compatible
To get the program NT compatible some changes had to be made in the program. The installation became too complex to do it manually so Install Shield 2.0 has been used. Users of previous versions before 3.0 please read the instructions on the downloading page.
Fixed an interesting problem thanks to Bill Web. If you have a Fan alarm on and the Fan would come to a full stop between 2 checks, Motherboard Monitor would just display "not available" for that Fan and not raise an alarm. This has _hopefully_ been fixed. If the Fan Alarm is on and it comes to a full stop then an error message should be displayed.
Changed the + & - buttons to a more user-friendly type. The new type can be held down to increase or decrease faster.
Changed layout of Log file. It's all in columns now and easier to compare.
Added a warnings log file, so there are now 2 separate log files -- the warning log file and the interval log file

Version 2.9

Changed Milliseconds to normal seconds for all the interval times.
Added Fan tab with all the alarm options. Since there is no way for the program to tell how many RPM a fan normally should make, you can set the standard RPM values of each fan. The % that the fan can be of these values and what should happen if the fan is off (show message, play wave, run program) are all very similar to the Voltage tab.
Added a Log Tab. This has been requested several times, so here it finally is. On it are 2 checkboxes of importance. If the 1st box is checked all warnings will be written to the Log file; if the 2nd box is checked then at intervals you set yourself (in minutes) the program writes Temperature, Voltage and Fan RPM to the file.
You can set the maximum size of the Log file; if that size is reached then the interval logging will stop, NOT the logging of warnings.
Added the selection of what to write on the interval log (Temperature, Voltage Fans).
Added the ability to start, stop, view and erase the log file via the popup menu.
Added the option to turn the 4 log file options (start, stop, view and erase) off in the Popup menu. It's of no use there unless you are planning on using the log file.
Changed the layout of the Fan tab. It now has 3 sections, 1 for each fan. The idea came from the Voodoo II 3D tab :-)
Double Clicking on the System Tray icon will now restore the window how you left it the last time, so if the window was expanded before you minimized it, double clicking will expand it also.
Removed the left click. Right click brings up the menu (like before) and a double left click will show the window. Left click has been removed until I can fix it to not show the popup menu when you double left click.
When running the program the 1st time you will get a message saying the program will continue in the system tray. Some users ran the program and were lost after they filled in the core voltage and CPU type. They never saw it in their system tray.
Replaced the checkboxes from the VU meters to the General Tab.
Made the Un-install a bit more user friendly.
Gave all windows the same look.

Version 2.8

Added a checkbox under each VU Meter. When they are checked the program will try to check the temperature, unchecked it won't. This is -hopefully- a temporary solution for those who get a wrong readout (0C or 32F). They can now turn that check off to save resources since it's of no use for them

Version 2.7

Added the "Up's and Downs" tab. This shows the lowest and highest values reached this session. Mostly this is for people who want to see changes in temperatures when they are placing new fans etc. etc. and don't want to keep watching the temperature.

Version 2.6

Added a select Font button in the visual tab. It allows you to select what font the temperature is written on/in the system tray
Changed the checkbox "do not use degree symbol" to "use degree symbol in window" to make it more clear. Default is checked.
Removed the Color change button for the Font Text of the icon. This can be done together with the Select Font button.
Removed the Text size buttons for the Font Text of the icon. This can be done together with the Select Font button

Version 2.5

Added in the Visual section the option to Swap Motherboard and CPU temperature in the system tray every X seconds.
Made sure that if you only have Motherboard Temperature on your system you can not select the Swap option mentioned above or the CPU option in the General Tab.
Added a Fan Type option. I am still not happy about the Fan Speed so if anybody has any idea / feedback, please mail me :-)

Version 2.4

Added Un-Install option in the menu. Clicking this will Un-install the program and remove all the registry entries.
Added a confirm box when you exit the program. I found myself clicking by accident on the X instead of the _ button......this does not interfere when you close windows.
Added the option to not start minimized but start up in "Show" mode.
Moved the Web Page (as you found out getting here). /mbmonitor sounds better than /mbtemp........the program has come a long way from a simple temperature reader <g>
Made sure the Help > Web Page leads to the right page.
Fixed some Start up troubles that were gone in 2.2 but reappeared in 2.3. At times it showed a wrong temperature in the system tray for half a second or so. It should now be fixed. (thanks Thomas George)

Version 2.3

Fixed some weird bug that happened with IE 4 / Active desktop or something. It caused the program to start OFF screen, so at an -X -Y location.
Made it possible for the font size to be smaller then 7. Just remember that 7 is the lowest supported size, so if it starts to look weird, don't blame me, mail bill <g>.
Added an extra warning at the CPU selection screen when you start the program 1st time, and added warning below the VU- Meters.
Hopefully fixed the Division by 0 error one of you was getting :-)
Added the option to have a Degree symbol in the system tray if you want to.
Raised the maximum interval time to 20000ms (20 seconds) to lower CPU usage even more.
Made sure that when you change a visual item you don't have to wait for the above mentioned interval.
Added link section to my page, so if any of you have useful program that works with this program (using the RUN feature) or anything else, just drop me a mail

Version 2.2

Removed the .5 mark that some CPU Temperatures give since they messed up the System Tray display.
Added Visual Tab.
Added Option to disable the 2 lines in the System Tray.
Added Option to change the colors of the icon in the System Tray. The Icon is however only 16 colors, so not all the colors you can select will be displayed properly. Working on that but don’t hold your breath.
Added Option to change the Font size of the System Tray icon. Depending on your system setup this could give a better view.
Changed the CPU Temperature routine. Before if a Timeout appeared it would stop checking the CPU; now it will try again.
Changed Truncate F to Round off F.
Added Splash Screen (fits with my e-mail address ;-)

Version 2.1

REALLY Fixed the GPF, which happened when resizing the resolution or running DirectX games.
Fixed GPF when screen saver kicked in. All these GPF came from the system tray routine.
Seemed to have Fixed the GPF with Matrox cards and a DOS box (fingers crossed)
Added the option to remove the Degree symbol for those people who do not have the western character set.
You can now set the interval time when the LM78 and LM75 modules are read.
Added Customize CPU option. This will make sure that all types of CPU's can be monitored, now and in the future.
Fixed strange bug when running the program the 1st time. On some PC's the 1st CPU temperature read out is wrong. Any read out after that is correct.
Created a top and bottom line in the system tray so that the temperature icon looks a bit better.
Totally changed the layout of the options screen. Each section now has it's own tab.
Made sure that on all buttons and labels I used the same True Type Font (Arial 8) so it won't change too much on different PC’s.
Added "Run at startup" option. This will make windows try to start up the program on bootup.
Removed the detection routine. This caused a lot of trouble on some PC's

Version 2.0

Fixed the GPF, which happened when resizing the resolution.
Added CPU temperature.
Totally changed the Option section.
Gave each Alarm setting it's own options tab, so for each of the 3 alarms you can run a different wave or program.
Added option to display either MB or CPU temperature in the system tray.
Added CPU selection when 1st run.

Version 1.1

Added a suspend option, for those who are using a Matrox card and work in a DOS box. As shown under Known Issues this will cause a GPF, so you now can suspend the program. I know it is no real fix, but until I find out why the Matrox driver causes this, it's the best solution.

Version 1.0

Went back to the original windows button for minimizing. The only impact this has is when using large fonts, the small panel is a bit bigger than it was before (since it needs room for the large minimize, maximize and close buttons).
Totally changed the M/B selection routine. Now you just have to select which port that comes closest to your M/B voltage setting and set the standard Core Voltage setting for your board.
Added the option to run a program when the alarm goes off.
Added the option to disable the alarm message (for if you run a program).
Fixed stupid error when calculating % off for voltage (thanks Tom George).

Beta 5.1

Added checkboxes for each Voltage reading.
Changed M/B selection to include more M/B types and the option to see which readout fits your board.
Increased the Voltage off maximum to 20%.
Changed Fan 3 calculation. This remains a dodgy part.

Beta 5.0

Added Alarm settings for Voltage Meter.
Added customized Alarm Sound option.
When Expanding panel it's no longer always on top but will appear on taskbar.
Settings will be saved when exiting the program.
Added Fan Rotation. I am not 100% sure it gives the correct RPM. It should but have not yet tested it, so any feedback is appreciated.
Fixed Large Font size troubles. (thanks Ricky Mathews}.
On 1st Startup you get a window where you have to select your M/B.
Temperature can now be displayed in the system tray instead of the static icon.
Fixed Alarm message appearing behind form problem (thanks Jeff Fisher)

Beta 4.0

Added voltage monitor. So far it gives the right voltage on P2L97 and on a TX board; however, not 100% sure about the Core Voltage on TX boards, and any feedback on how much it is off would be nice.

Beta 3.0

Swapped the C & F display on that button, to make it more logical that if you press C you get Celsius and if you press F you get Fahrenheit.
Added System Tray function. Application will start automatically in the System Tray. Double clicking will open the display window; right or left clicking will open a menu with several options.
Added minimize button to get main form back into System Tray.
Added truncate Fahrenheit option. Disabling this will give Fahrenheit users 1 number behind the . ; Fahrenheit will still jump more then Celsius since the ML78 gives the temperature in Celsius.

Beta 2.0

Added Celsius to Fahrenheit button & Conversion.
Added option screen.
Added Maximum temperature section, which allows you to set the scale.
Added the Alarm temperature section, which allows you to set the temperature where you should get an alarm.

Beta 1.0

Added the little text display top left in the VU Meter to see the precise temperature.
Added copyright notice.
Placed it on the WWW

Alpha 2.0

Created graphical VU Meter to give a graphical view of the temperature.
Added a maximum temperature of 60 degrees to set a scale for the VU Meter.

Alpha 1.0

Created simple label that displays the temperature in Celsius.
Added timer so it will update every second.
Made sure it just works right.