Add Feature to Specify "Offset" For Any Reported Parameter, But Especially Temperatures

Provide ability for user to specify "offsets" to reported datapoints to correct 
or calibrate the parametric data.

(I did search for this issue 20110912.1600UCT but did not find it. If this 
duplicates an existing feature add request I apologize.)

Using "Temperatures" as an example...
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What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
EXPECTED: The reported temperature for a CPU or HDD that reflects the 
ACTUAL/REAL-WORLD temperature.
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SEEN INSTEAD: A raw reported datum. Generally speaking, on many motherboards 
these raw data don't reflect REAL-WORLD temperatures...for various reasons. For 
example, your OHM (and other similar "system status" programs)report some 
temperatures as 19.0C when in fact the AMBIENT room temp is 25.0C (+/- 
0.5C)...But without active cooling it is impossible for ANY temp to be below 
room ambient...certainly not 6degC!

Many motherboards/BIOS inaccurately report the device temperatures. They may 
assume the wrong sensor type (e.g. thermistor v. diode, use the wrong data 
interpreting algorithm, etc..for CPUs/cores/etc, HDDs, and "system".

EXPECTED: The reported temperature for a CPU or HDD that reflects the 
ACTUAL/REAL-WORLD temperature.
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SEEN INSTEAD: A raw reported datum. Generally speaking, on many motherboards 
these raw data don't reflect REAL-WORLD temperatures...for various reasons. For 
example, your OHM (and other similar "system status" programs) report some 
temperatures as 19.0C even when the AMBIENT room temp is 25.0C (+/- 0.5C)...But 
without active "chiller" cooling it is impossible for ANY temp to be below room 
ambient...certainly not by 6degC!

Many motherboards/BIOS inaccurately report the device temperatures. They may 
assume the wrong sensor type (e.g. thermistor v. diode, use the wrong data 
interpreting algorithm, etc..for CPUs/cores/etc, HDDs, and "system".

The user should be able to specify an "offset" to help compensate for these 
errors and provide more meaningful/accurate reports. It also allows the user 
the ability to make temperature readings consistent between monitoring 
programs...thus reducing confusion and possible errors in making sure temps 
don't exceed critical values.
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What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
0.3.2beta
WinXP pro 32bit
WinXP pro 64bit
WinMCE2005 32bit
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Please provide any additional information below.
N/A
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See attached file.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by transgen...@gmail.com on 12 Sep 2011 at 5:21

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OpenHardwareMonitor.Report_20110912.1600UCT.txt

yang123vc / open-hardware-monitor

Add Feature to Specify "Offset" For Any Reported Parameter, But Especially Temperatures #271