Whats the dangers of CPU monitoring programs?

I did a search on the forums MG recommended alot of programs for this kind of thing so I downloaded SpeedFan and before I installed it I was wondering what are the dangers of CPU monitoring software? Like is it gonna delete my BIOS or something I am so nervous about it.

I wanted to try SpeedFan out because the GM5478 computer from Gateway shipped with a design flaw (BIOS will auto reboot the PC at random times, usually one or two times a month) and I plan on upgrading the BIOS with Gateway's patch and I will take all necessary precautions but I want to make sure the thing isn't overheating either though I doubt it. So I decided to monitor the CPU to see if I can catch temperature spikes.

 

I have SpeedFan running all the time. There are absolutely no worries. Why would you be worried in the first place?:confused

 

I alsop use SpeedFan alongside with ThrottleWatch.

 

one thing you might want to stay away from, is some of the programs let you tweak settings along with monitoring things. If you're worried, I wouldn't do any tweaking, and you'll be fine with them. I use HWMonitor, and I've used speedfan too.

 

Personally, I'm not a fan of SpeedFan (no pun intended) as it can provide erroneous and inaccurate readings (at least it did in some older versions; I haven't used it in quite some time). Like thesmokingun above, I prefer HW Monitor. But that's just my preference. Another good app is Sandra Lite. There's a full (not free) version, and the free 'Lite' version. Regardless of which monitoring software you use (SpeedFan included) there is no risk of any hardware damage whatsoever. That's why we run this software, to AVOID any potential hardware damage caused by high temps or spiking voltages.

(I like CoreTemp a lot also )

 

Paranoia. I am very very paranoid nowadays. :XDD

Ok, now that I know it's safe let me start monitoring the motherboard temperatures. I plan to update my BIOS soon and I'm trying to make sure that before I do that it is the infamous glitch that comes with my comp's BIOS version and not overheating. So far it seems to be the restart glitch but I'm monitoring my computer's temp to make sure. I like to be safe then sorry. :XD

 

EDIT: Nevermind, Core Temp appears to still be calibrating itself to my system the temperature range is much more realistic now.

Core Temp has four fields the actual temp reading, followed by low, high, and load. The actual CPU temp reported is actually kissing the beginning of the low range by the high value is only one or two degrees different from the low value, but Core Temp is showing all readings are safe. So what are the low and high fields reporting to me if those are the thermal thresholds shouldn't there be a much larger difference between the two?