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RE: System not recognized correctly...??? Ah, OK.  No problem.  At least  we have confirmation.  I thought I was going crazy.  :P

RE: System not recognized correctly...??? Please bear with me on this message, as it needs some explanation. All the above suggestions did not solve the problem.  Since what seemed to be stopping the fan monitoring AND control was the DELL SMI and/or the EC Support, I decided to go with EC...

RE: System not recognized correctly...??? The -9999 value you got, was that in Rainmeter only, or did HWiNFO show it as well ? HWINFO show it as well. Which sensor do you see now in HWiNFO, is it the "DELL EC" or "Compal EC" ? Well, since i'm using SW SMI, i see DELL EC. When I chose EC...

RE: System not recognized correctly...??? OK, gentlemen, I apologize for the delay, but I was getting some unusual behavior. I wanted to sort out any anomalies before I came back with a report. First, let me start by saying that I am very PC-fluent. I actually had small private business in...

RE: System not recognized correctly...??? OK, got it. I'll report back tomorrow, when I get a chance to let the laptop run for a good while to make sure. Thank you so much for such a quick response.

RE: System not recognized correctly...??? Martin, the link is not working...? :(

RE: System not recognized correctly...??? Martin, thanx for the info. I read up quite a bit on HWINFO before trying it. I never check EC Support and SW SMI at the same time (should I?). The fact that I have an R3 and not an R2 as HWINFO is showing is what's puzzling. And HWINFO never showed...

RE: System not recognized correctly...??? Do you think it's a Rainmeter issue? Seems more like HWINFO or even possibly a BIOS issue (I do have the latest updated BIOS). The fact that it's HWINFO reporting "Alienware M17x R2" seems to be what's causing Rainmeter to show "-9999" on the RPM...

RE: System not recognized correctly...??? Thanks for your valuable time.

Not sure if it's a bug in HWINFO64, but... I have an Alienware M17x R3.  Been using HWINFO64 for several months with relatively no problems, until 2 days ago. I noticed my Rainmeter skin that reports the fan RPM was showing -9999.  When I went into the  HWINFO sensor screen, the field that...