Talk:SpeedFan

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drive-by tagging

This article received a drive-by tag of advert, npov, and cleanup, with no discussion in the talk page. I'm not disputing any of it, but removed the tags until someone can discuss the relevant points. wraith808 (talk) 18:25, 24 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

SpeedFan crashed my computer

I edited this article after SpeedFan crashed my computer & corrupted the registry. I chose to reinstall XP rather than take my chances, since registry corruption was obvious; my computer is for professional multi-track audio recording, and I can't have any instability. I found so many references to this happening to others that I had to warn people about this, hence my added "Dangers" section.

I'm not a regular wiki contributor, and I don't have an account, but if you want to contact me you can do this via d0s4d1@yahoo.com.

dosadi (talk) 01:51, 17 July 2010 (EST) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.72.87.247 (talk)

This is correct. Any kind of power failure, unclosed files, and so on, can cause corruption. BTW: If you had a system restore point from before installing SpeedFan, this could have been fixed in 5 minutes. 71.196.246.113 (talk) 20:01, 10 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Some n00b undid my edits with no talk page

User 109.154.160.28 undid the edits I made in SpeedFan's article. This user has made no other Wikipedia contributions.

My edits were appropriate, pointing out the risk of installing Ring 0 software (software that can do *anything* to your computer). I documented links to discussion forums & web pages that showed evidence of the software causing computers to crash, which carries the risk of data corruption.

So who is this 109.154.160.28 who changed it? Can we have a discussion first? I'm going to restore that section for now, and if I did something wrong, can someone tell me rather than just change things with no conversation?

Crashes attribution

The entire section of crashing is attributed to one unverified forum post. This hardly seems accurate. D0s4d1 (talk) 07:18, 14 February 2011 (UTC)Keila[reply]

Actually, it even says in the manuals of these types of programs that they can crash the PC... It warns you in SpeedFan specifically that disabling fans or tweaking CPU speeds can 'lead to system instability'. On some chipsets, just 'probing' them with the wrong method will crash some chip on the bus, possibly even including the bridges. That's why there's a big warning on the chipset tweaker in pretty much ALL such programs. SpeedFan, i8k, etc. Go look them up. ;) Calling it a rootkit is partially correct, in the same way that a parallel-port bit-banging driver or antivirus is. The actually correct technical terms are pointer or reflection or redirect or vector depending on the technology (Intel used the term interrupt vector and DOS programmers kept the term, for example). It's essentially like a software interrupt but patches the pointers instead of instructions. 71.196.246.113 (talk) 20:11, 10 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Crashes attribution

To 71.196.246.113 and to the attention of a real Wiki editor:

1) You failed to provide a rationale for deleting my text, but deleted it anyway.

2) You have not registered an account, so I don't really know you or your editing history. This makes it difficult to evaluate your response to me because after reading your comments above, I feel like I was talked down to or dismissed by someone who expects to have a final say on the matter.

3) One example I added was presented as an eye-witness account, which was my own personal experience with the software. If you dispute the accuracy of that eye-witness account, say why. Or was that an implied ad-hominim?

4) If SpeedFan's manual states that this type of program can crash a PC, that information is valid for inclusion in this Wiki article. Since you deleted my text, why don't you add that instead, with a citation. The statement should be sufficient for the casual computer user to understand the risk, which is an ordinary but tangible risk.

5) Many of the statements you made in your arguments here are true but irrelevant. The comments do not seem to constitute evidence pertinent to the main point at issue, which is that my section contained a useful caution to the casual user of this computer software. Please argue on the point, not around it.

6) Is someone from SpeedFan company changing this page? This is the second time someone anonymous has just deleted something without a useful discussion here.

The point is that it is Ring 0 software and hooks deep into the OS--which is risky, but necessary for this type of program to function since it monitors low-level hardware attributes. I don't care if it is called a hook, an interrupt vector, a redirect, or whatever, but that activity carries inherent risks any time it is used by any program. My edit illustrated that risk in general, specifically to this software, and specifically in one particular case. The researcher of that case study can draw their own conclusions because it is backed up with data and observations. Your argument here is not.

D0s4d1 (talk) 10:30, 9 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]