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overheating protection by starting an alarm sound

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Hi everyone and many thanks to the inventor and contributors to this tiny but indispensable program.

I would like setting the overheating protection so that it executed a player (Quick Time or other) and at the same time opened a special alarm sound in my sound list, and at the highest volume. Could it be possible and, if yes, how?
I was able enough to make it open Quick Time Player but this only is quiet useless. :cry:

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Re: overheating protection by starting an alarm sound

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Hello Stefano,

I've had the same problem and suggest you to solve it the following way:

1. Make sure your sound file is a *.wav-file. If your sound file is an *.mp3-file, you have to convert it to *.wav, e.g. by using http://audio.online-convert.com/convert-to-wav.
2. Save the *.wav-file in your CoreTemp-folder.
3. Make sure that sndrec32.exe is running on your system (If you use WinXP, it is pre-installed in C:\Windows\System32. If you use Win7 or Win8, try to get a copy from a WinXP-system - I copied it from a virtual XP-machine to the C:\Windows\System32-folder of my Win7-system. Sndrec32.exe is a very small media-recorder and media-player which starts very fast, but unfortunately is not able to play *.mp3-files.
4. Start Windows' own "editor.exe" and type the following text:

start /min sndrec32.exe /play /close C:\Windows\Media\[NAMEOFYOURSOUNDFILE].wav

5. Save the file in your CoreTemp-folder, e.g. as "alert.bat".
6. Open CoreTemp, choose Options > Overheat protection.
7. Enable Overheat protection, choose a temperature or let CoreTemp do it for you by setting "Automatic" or when TJMax is reached (I manually set the temperature to 95°).
8. Enable Ballon popup and/or enable CoreTemp flashing at the taskbar, If you like.
9. Below "Execute program", type the path of your *.bat-file or browse there.
10. Configure shutdown options, if you like.
11. Click "OK" - it's all done.

The only problem is that it works only once, then you have to restart CoreTemp. :(

Hope I was able to help you.

Regards,
Holger

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Thanks hostrod. But you can uncheck "Execute once" and it will fire every time the overheat occurs.
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Re: overheating protection by starting an alarm sound

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Thanks for this useful hint!

Until now I did not even realize the checkbox behind the browse button. :eek:

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hostrod wrote:Hello Stefano,
I've had the same problem and suggest you to solve it the following way:
Regards,
Holger
Thank you very much Holger for the detailed instructions (I thank also the_coolest for precising trick).
I will act them and let you know the results.
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Re: overheating protection by starting an alarm sound

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Thank you again, Holger, the_coolest and Arthur (Lieberman).
I succeed to realize my Overheating Alarm. I made a video, and a sort of advertising.
It work very well. On the video I set it to activate over 40 °C, so it starts immediately after I click OK.

http://youtu.be/Yk7ekLk60yo (new!)

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2013

Stefano

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Re: overheating protection by starting an alarm sound

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Hello together,

there's one piece of information I would like to add to my little *instruction*:

On http://www.soundjax.com you can find lots of useful sound samples. Just search for the keyword "alert" (or "alarm", as we call it in Germany), and you will find almost every sound file you can think of. They can be downloaded both as *.mp3 and *.wav-files.

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Re: overheating protection by starting an alarm sound

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The Coolest wrote:Thanks hostrod. But you can uncheck "Execute once" and it will fire every time the overheat occurs.
Hello,

now I can tell you why I wasn't able to notice the checkbox: I am using the German translation of CoreTemp. In this version the box is only named "Starten" (in English: "Execute" or just "Start").

For the next German version of CoreTemp, I suggest to change the translation of "execute once" to "einmalig ausführen", which would be much more precise and easier to understand.

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Re: overheating protection by starting an alarm sound

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Since I wasn't responsible for the German translation, that sentence probably didn't fit in the space left for it, the German language file has to be updated to shorten that specific line of text so that it fits.
Main rig:
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X (True Spirit 140 Direct) / Mobo: Asrock Fatal1ty X470 / EVO 970 500GB + WD Blue 250GB + HDD / GPU: Dell RX 570 4GB / Mem: 2x16GB DDR4-3200 G.Skill 32GTZKW TridentZ - 32GB total / PSU: Seasonic Prime Ultra Gold 650W
NAS:
Core i7 2600K 3.4GHz @ 4.3GHz (Scythe Mugen2) / Mobo: Biostar TP67XE / 2x Inland Pro 120GB + HDDs / GPU: ATi Mach64 VT2 / Mem: 4x4GB DDR3-1600 G.Skill 8GBXL RipJawsX - 16GB total / PSU: Seasonic S12II 620W.
Secondary rigs:
Core i3 7130U / MiniPC / SanDisk SDSSDP-128G / GPU: Intel HD 620 / Mem: 1x8GB DDR3L-1600
Xeon X3430 2.40GHz @ 3.06GHz or Core i3 540 3.06GHz @ 4.0GHz (Freezer 7 Pro) / Mobo: MSI H55M-ED55 / PNY CS1111 240GB / GPU: ATI FirePro V3800 / Mem: 4x2GB DDR3-1600 G.Skill 4GBRL RipJaws - 8GB total / PSU: Seasonic S12II 620W
AMD Phenom II X4 B93 / Mobo: ASUS M2A-VM / GPU: ATI Radeon Xpress X1250 / Crucial M4 120GB / Mem: 2x2GB DDR2-800 - 4GB total / PSU: Antec 380W.

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