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    RTX 5000 Hotspot Overlay: Show Blackwell Temps in MSI Afterburner

    MSI Afterburner cannot natively show a GeForce RTX 5000-series GPU hotspot temperature because NVIDIA’s public monitoring interface does not expose that telemetry on Blackwell cards. On Windows 10 and Windows 11, the practical solution is to use HWiNFO’s Blackwell hotspot sensor and display it...
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    HWiNFO 8.50 Adds MSI Claw 8 Fan Monitoring and NVIDIA Measured Clocks

    HWiNFO 8.50, released on July 8, 2026, adds MSI Claw 8 fan-speed monitoring, improves Intel Nova Lake support, updates Intel PresentMon, and expands NVIDIA GPU telemetry with measured core, memory, and XBAR clocks for Windows users who live inside sensor panels. The update is not glamorous in...
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    Why Task Manager Shows Fewer CPU Cores and How to Fix It

    When Task Manager shows fewer cores than your CPU’s spec sheet promises, it triggers an immediate alarm: is Windows misreporting, is some software throttling the chip, or is the processor literally losing cores? The truth lives between these possibilities. In many cases the fix is a handful of...
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    Free Windows Diagnostic Toolkit to Fix Slow PCs

    Over the years I’ve built a compact, free toolkit of Windows utilities that quickly expose the usual suspects when a PC slows down: low disk space, runaway background processes, flaky RAM, overheating hardware, or an aging storage drive. The MakeUseOf piece that started this conversation lays...
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    Microsoft Defender Flags WinRing0 Driver as Vulnerable: What You Need to Know

    Microsoft Defender Antivirus has recently begun flagging the WinRing0 driver as a security threat, specifically identifying it as "VulnerableDriver:WinNT/Winring0." This detection is valid due to known vulnerabilities in the driver, notably documented under CVE-2020-14979. Understanding WinRing0...
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    Optimize Your GPU in Windows 11: Tips and Tools for Gamers and Creators

    The graphics processing unit (GPU) is a crucial component of modern computers, especially for individuals who indulge in gaming, video editing, or 3D rendering. While Windows 11 does a good job of managing the GPU automatically, dedicated tools can enhance performance by providing more control...
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    Fans not working

    Since I've taken up gaming I've been paying particular attention to CPU core percentages and fan speed. I have a Rainmeter Widget that shows bar graphs for the individual cores. I've seen it peg all four cores at 100% for almost 10 minutes during game installation. The fans never came on. I used...
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    • Forum: Windows Hardware
  8. stgarf

    Windows 7 Troubleshooting Frequent BSOD Errors on Fresh Windows 7 Installation

    Hey Guys, I'm having trouble with a fresh install of Windows 7 32-bit on this pc. Here is the synopsis from BlueScreenViewer and attached are my minidump files. ================================================== Dump File : 070510-13343-01.dmp Crash Time : 7/5/2010 7:12:55 PM Bug...