Software update: SpeedFan 4.02

sjolmers writes: “Dec 20, 2001 SpeedFan 4.02 released.
another update of this great little program! †
Below is the changelog for this new version

4.02 – new detection routine for WINBOND chips
– fixed a bug in the CONFIGURATION dialog that prevented some users from accessing all available options when using large fonts on some video cards
– by popular demand, I’ve added online a list of motherboards that are know to change fan speeds. You can find it here
– restored and verified full support for W83697HF PWMs. I managed to figure out how to use them by walking through those million errors on the datasheet 🙂
– previous releases could issue a “WARNING : GIVEIO.SYS not started” without informing that the following second attempt actually succeeded. Now everything is more informative 🙂
– fixed a bug when too many temperatures are detected
– added preliminary handling of specific sensors’ options (you can find them, for a few Winbond sensor chips, in the configuration dialog under the ADVANCED tab)
– added support for ALi M1535D+ from ALi Cyber ​​ALADDiN
– added support for DELL CPU temperature and for fan speeds, even if these readings are the result of some hacks and not the result of a public datasheet. Any info from DELL would be much appreciated. Anyway, please note that reported temperatures seem to be REALLY HIGH. I wouldn’t play with fan speeds if not absolutely sure. But so many of you asked for DELL support, so… now you should have it 🙂
– configuration option named ENABLE DELL FANS has been changed to ENABLE DELL SUPPORT
– added detection and full support for MC1066
– SMART temperatures are now read every minute
– all readings are forcibly updated after any configuration change
– fixed CPU USAGE under Win9x
– added full support for ALi M5879
– removed a false detection of an LPC47b37x that may happen sometimes when a W83627HF is actually there
– added preliminary detection for LPC47M15X (PLEASE REPORT)
– added preliminary detection for EMC6D100/EMC6D101 (PLEASE REPORT)
– added two SMART status indicators that show a summary of drive fitness and performance
– added preliminary support for PC87360
– added preliminary support for PC87363
– added a new command line parameter (/TIGERMP) to add full support for TYAN TigerMP
– fixed a bug when associating PWMs that could lead to a DEBUG message
– added /NOTIMER command line parameter that will avoid SpeedFan from updating values. This option is useful to see if SpeedFan is able to properly detect your hardware and stop right after having done that
– added /NOSMARTSCAN command line parameter. This option will force SpeedFan not to probe SMART devices. This is useful if you’re having problems at program startup right after HD probing. This has occurred a couple of times and the reason should be in a bad driver for the HD controller
– fixed “PROCESSOR PERFORMANCE OBJECT NOT FOUND” error. Now it’s trapped and a nice message is displayed. CPU usage won’t be available, but everything else will be.
– decoded some additional info about DIMMs
– added preliminary support for ServerWorks OSB4 (I need reports)
– added preliminary support for WINBOND W83L784 (I need reports here, as datasheets, guess what?, are incomplete, missing or full of errors :-))