Hi
I have 2 basic questions,
1. I was looking at the displays that fit in the 5 1/4" drive bays. All I really want to do is monitor cpu and case temps, simple functions like that. I'm more of a hardware guy but complicated software throws me for a loop. Do you have software that does this, what's it called and can a newbie use it?
2. I want to be able to see displays both day and night. Which background color and interface would you recommend for my purposes?
Many thanks
newbie question
I'm the same way you are mainly hardware, and the software theu use is great. The software is lcdc which uses motherboard monitor 5 ( i may be wrong on rhe version), so if you can get motherboard monitor 5 working you shouldnt have any problem with getting the temps.
lcdc is really easy to use and has a crap load of differnt things to monitor, and there are alot of people making plugins, for all kind of stuff.
i dont know which color is the best for day/night veiwing but I have the new usb model with a blue background and white/yellowish characters and it is very easy to see during both day and night.
I was lucky enough to win this as a prize and at first was thinking that I would never use this, but man was I WRONG, If i had more money I would probably buy a bigger one (my current one is a 2 x 20 version)
lcdc is really easy to use and has a crap load of differnt things to monitor, and there are alot of people making plugins, for all kind of stuff.
i dont know which color is the best for day/night veiwing but I have the new usb model with a blue background and white/yellowish characters and it is very easy to see during both day and night.
I was lucky enough to win this as a prize and at first was thinking that I would never use this, but man was I WRONG, If i had more money I would probably buy a bigger one (my current one is a 2 x 20 version)
Oh s*** is that supposed to be smoking
Just download mbm5 and try it 
Smae goes for the lcd software, try before you buy - you don't need an lcd to test it.
On another note if you're just looking to display simple things as you say then lcdc might be a little OTT (over complicated and $17.50) - there's plenty of other software that'll do the basic temps/system info (see http://www.matrixorbital.com/applications.htm for downloads).
Cheers,
Rob.
Smae goes for the lcd software, try before you buy - you don't need an lcd to test it.
On another note if you're just looking to display simple things as you say then lcdc might be a little OTT (over complicated and $17.50) - there's plenty of other software that'll do the basic temps/system info (see http://www.matrixorbital.com/applications.htm for downloads).
Cheers,
Rob.