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ForceSystem Monitor Release V3.0.6You can also follow us in the Rainmeter Forum [link]
What is ForceX System Monitor:
FXSM is a simple GUI that will display the status of vital components of your system. Features include:
1. Monitor 1, 2, 4, 6, 8 core cpu (Hyper threading)
2. Monitor the current number of Processes <--- New 1.4
3. Monitor the current "Top Process"
4. Monitor the System Uptime <--- New 1.3
5. Monitor system RAM usage
6. Monitor system SWAP file usage
7. Monitor Network Utilization and WAN / Local IP addresses
.....a. Monitor your total upload and download <--- New 1.4
............1. To reset your upload / download counter just click on "Total UL or Total DL". This will set the count back to 0.
8. Choose to monitor up to 7 HDD
.....a. Monitor the current read / write bandwidth for each drive
.....b. Monitor drive space usage for each drive
.....c. Drive meters change color to red when a drive reaches 90% <--- New 1.3
9. Dynamic naming of HDD's in the skin <--- New 2.0
10. Dynamic NT selection for number of connections <--- New 2.0
11. (Optional) Monitor the systems CPU temperature via SpeedFan <--- New 2.0
12. (Optional) Monitor up to 2 system GPUs temperatures via SpeedFan <--- New 2.0
13. Volume meter<--- New 2.1b
14. Open Drive by clicking on the drive letter / name<--- New 2.1b
Install
2.1+
Uses the Rainmeter skin installer
2.0
The downloaded zip file contains a folder named ForceX extract and place this folder into your "Documents/Rainmeter/Skins" folder. Your directory structure should look something like this after: "Documents/Rainmeter/Skins/ForceX"
Tips & Information
Dynamic setting of network connection type based on versions of windows. XP, Vista, 7, & 8 is working, but may need more testing on many different versions of windows to make sure i got all the naming conventions correct.
Network Issues: (the following goes for all Rainmeter skins)
Set your network speed in the FXSM_V2_Settings.inc file.
Current setting is 18000000 for 18Mb or 2MB
ONLY DO THIS IF NETWORK MONITOR IS DISPLAYING THE WRONG SPEEDS AND YOU HAVE SET YOUR SPEED BASED ON YOUR ISP OR LOCAL LAN
Wireless addon NIC or USB set your Interface number to 0 if 1-5 do not work.
For those of you that may be having problems with the network graph displaying incorrect network speed; you will need to change the interface number under Network Interface Settings in the FXSM_V2_Settings.inc file. The current interface is set to 3 this is the network interface number on my machine which is the second network port on the motherboard. So make your changes accordingly. Usually 1-5. This goes for all Rainmeter skins you may download, though I have placed this information in the settings.inc file so you only need to make changes in one place. Other skins you may need to change the numbers on many different lines.
HDD Settings:
Change your drive assignments in the FXSM_V2_Settings.inc file. Current drive associations are:
Drive1=C:
Drive2=E:
Drive3=F:
Drive4=G:
Drive5=H:
Drive6=I:
Drive7=J:
Setting up SpeedFan:
SpeedFan is required to be installed in order for the skin to report system temperatures.
To setup SpeedFan:
1: Download and Install from [link]
2. Set SpeedFan to startup with windows by adding it to the startup folder.
3. Configure SpeedFan to monitor your GPUs and CPU. Do this by clicking Configure and selecting the check boxes by the GPUs and CPU. The order of the selection list will be how you set up SpeedFan in the FXSM_V2_Settings.inc file. The top most listed item will be number 0. The second will be 1 and so on.
4. Edit the FXSM_V2_Settings.inc files SFCPU= "your number here", SFGPU1 = "your number here" SFGPU2 = "your number here"
5. Refresh the skin.
Change Log:
3.0.6
Changes:
1. Centered the CPU and GPU temperature bars
2. You can assign a max value for Fahrenheit & Celsius in the FXSM_V3_Settings.inc file. This affects how the temperature bars and graphs scale.
3.0.5
Changes:
1. Gave the HDD meter it's own internal separation var in the FXSM_V3_Settings.inc file. Change "HDDPadding" to adjust the vertical spacing of the HDD meters independent of the rest of the skin.
3.0.4
Fixes:
Fixed the audio + date & time component internal padding.
3.0.3
New Features
1. Custom title bar padding
Fixes:
1. Fixed some color assignment names
3.0.2
New Features
1. Added a fan RPM monitor for CPU & 2 AUX fans.
3.0.1
New Features
1. Added Fahrenheit as a temperature option
3.0
New Features
1. Modular components - Pick and choose the components you want and the order you want them to be.
2. Support for transparency out of the box. The default setting is transparent with priority for viewing the skin.
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Comments: 199
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I've been using Forcex for many many years. Just recently, I noticed that it has been using 100% CPU (one thread) constantly. The rainmeter menus are noticeably sluggish.
I've been using the same configuration. I did upgrade to windows 10 about two months ago but I don't recall noticing the 100% usage until the past couple of days. I haven't touched the configuration for a long time so I have no idea what might be causing this.
I'd appreciate any help.
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I have the same problem, i have an overclocked cpu and i would like it to show the real speed.
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Amazing skin, does anyone know how to make the clock speed read correctly though, I have overclocked and it still shows the stock speed.
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Love the skin! I just have one little issue with it, i can't seem to snap the Date/Time or the Sound/Date/Time to the far right of my screen, it sits around 1100 pixels horizontal but it wont go all the way over on my 1080p screen to match up with the other widgets. Any suggestions?
The regular sound widget works just fine by the way
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Amazing skins dude, I love em! Small question tho, will GPU monitoring ever be supported?
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First, I wanna say thank you. This is exactly the kind of clean, detailed rainmeter skin I've been looking for. I just need to to find a clean ToDo list, small, clean weather bar, and a battery bar (for my laptop).
Second of all, would it be alright with you if I customize the colors a bit for my personal use?
Lastly, I tried to integrate it, but failed, as this is far from my specialty. jsmorley's USBDrive skin has the ability to detect usb drives and two commenters on his post figured out how to make the bar appear and disappear based on whether or not one is detected. Here is the link to it: jsmorley.deviantart.com/art/US⦠. I would love to have this as part of your skin if this is something that you would like to do. Of course I don't expect it, but would be ecstatic if it could be done
Anyway, thank you again, and have a nice day.
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For some reason, Processes, Top Processes and some other HD graphics are not working. Any idea why?
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Is there a way to display multiple gpu usage as well as VRM1 temps?
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There is no GPU usage monitor only temp. There is no VRAM support in the current version, you will have to mod it in.
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Is it just me or does the Fan RPM not work? Also, WAN IP isn't showing up as the fellow below me said. I also run Windows 10
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RPM : Make sure the settings .inc file match your speedfan settings.
I have not fixed the IP for Windows 10 yet.
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MY HDD bar for external USB HDD shows GREEN even when the external drive is disconnected/not present? It is kind of misleading.
How to I configure the HDD bar so that when the drive is disconnected/not present the bar does not show GREEN? Or even better a text saying "DISCONNECTED" appears along the bar?
Thanks in advance.
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I have not tried to use any USB drives. I will have to look into this.
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I'm getting the auxtin temperatures instead of the real cpu temp, anyway know how to fix ?
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ok nevermind i didnt read the tutorialΒ
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Nice work! heres a tip though, if you want the volume bars and arrows to change instantly when u click them, addΒ [!Update][!redraw] to the end of your existing bangs. like so:
[MeterVolumeDown]
Meter=String
FontFace=#Font1Name #
FontSize=8
FontColor=#font1 #
AntiAlias=#AA #
X
Y=15r
Text="<<"
LeftMouseUpAction=[!RainmeterPluginBang "MeasureWin7Audio ChangeVolume -10"][!Update][!redraw]
[Quick_Volume_10%]
Meter=IMAGE
X=0r
Y=0r
W=18
H=6
LeftMouseUpAction=[!RainmeterPluginBang "MeasureWin7Audio SetVolume 10"][!Update][!redraw]
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send me ur code through Notes, ill take a look
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Measure
Plugin=WebParser
URL=www.tell-my-ip.com/index.html
RegExp(.*)
StringIndex=1
UpdateRate=30000
link Download program ? i dont want skin !! please help me !
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Any chance of adding a output selector to the sound skin? Β See SoundDevice 1.1Β manci5.deviantart.com/art/Sounβ¦
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When using Speedfan this widget shows that my CPU is always 23c and GPU is 31c and never updates, anyone have this issue? using something like coretemp by it self the temperature changes constantly in real time, speedfan configuration does nothing.
Windows 8.1 Update 1
ForceX 3.0.6
Speedfan 4.50
Intel Core i5 4670k
Nvidia Geforce GTX 770Β
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Nevermind, I fixed it, thank you for this awesome widget by the way
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Hi. I discovered this skin few months ago, and I really like it. Thank you for this great skin.
Because Sppedfan never ran well on my computer, I've been working to do it compatible for HWinfo plugin. Now It shows a lot of more information, and I have added a lot of new features and new skins.
In honor of this skin, I called it "FORC3XT"
Here you can find it:
recogniz3r.deviantart.com/art/β¦
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Really like this Skin for RainMeter.Β Great Job!Β I have been looking to replace Windows Sidebar Gadgets, and this perfectly fits the bill.Β
I have started customizing, and have ran into a bit of an issue with the CPU Core Activity.Β Temps work great, and the overall CPU usage % is correct, but the independent core readings are always showing 100% (blue bar all the way across).Β Screenshot here:Β lookpic.com/O/i2/735/n6nWjfsD.β¦
I have an Intel 970 i7 with 6 Physical cores.Β I have seen a few other post about the same thing.Β Any thoughts on how to fix this issue?Β Thank you.
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This happens from time to time mostly after the computer comes out of sleep mode and i don't know why. To fix it simply right click on the CPU monitor and select refresh skin. This will fix the stuck bars.
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I just started seeing this problem in the last few weeks.Β Refreshing the skin or rebooting doesn't seem to clear this issue up.Β I don't know if one of the patches Microsoft released lately caused this or not being I never had this problem since October.
Processes always stays at 0 and Top Process always is blank.
Total CPU and System Update is working fine.
I'm running Windows 8.1.1 64-bit, Rainmeter 3.2.0 beta r2326 64-bit.Β Also the official release was doing the same.
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Thanks for the reply.Β I ended up fixing it by modifying the activity bars along with the rest of the CPU Skin to pull data from HWiNFO instead of SpeedFan and "PerfMon.dll".Β Problem solved!Β Thanks for the great skin.
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Does this not work with an AMD Fx 8 Core? It show's me that all my cores are at 100% for some reasonΒ
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This is awesome! Β I was looking for exactly this (a tool that monitors loads and temps of things like CPU, GPU, and also network monitoring, etc.). Β It's working flawlessly for me right out of the box. Β I downloaded and installed SpeedFan, which actually BSOD my machine twice (I had done some OC Tweaking and hadn't rebooted yet, so I'm not sure if that was the real cause). Β I reverted the changes, then reinstalled SpeedFan. Β I then downloaded and installed ForceX and popped up the monitors--> everything's working without any manual tweaking at the moment. Β I not the fan speeds will need my manual tweaking once I decide to monitor that, but thanks so much!
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Hey man, my CPU readings are inccorect. I can't read the SpeedFan's plugin in Notepad++ and don't fancy unpacking it in IDA :-P. I don't believe #SFCPU# should be the value as it's reading 70~*c, whereas my temperature in SpeedFan is 40~*c.
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You might be reading the wrong value from speedfan. You need to make sure you are accessing the correct temp monitor from speedfan in the skin.
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Make sure to read the description above on how to configure the skin and speedfan.
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Does this skin interpret each thread as a core, also?
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Yes. If you have a 4 core i7 it will show as a 8 core CPU.
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Love this skin, its almost perfect for what I'm looking for, which is a replacement for what I used to have with the Sidebar Gadgets. All I would like to say is I wish Sammaelus had posted his mod, it sounds like it would have been awsome! Anyway thanks again for your hard work!
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Pretty good work!
Do you have any plans on releasing a CoreTemp Version? SpeedFan gives different readings every time I shut down, Instead of CPU temp it start showing Core temp, and Motherboard temp for GPU, also, GPU fan is not reading at all some times, had any trouble like that?
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At this time I don't have any plans for the skin.
As for SpeedFan what I do is remove all temp monitors from speedfan's list so that only the CPU and GPU are left. Then assign those list positions into the .inc file. Just remember the first item in the list is 0 (zero) not 1.
I know there are others that have modded the skin to use other monitoring software such as sammaelus. If he has it posted you can give it a try.
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Hello,
this is hands down my most favourite skin for rainmeter (from those I saw and tried so far), i'm not the arty type so I'm more after compact and comprehensible information
I've been tinkering and hacking away at your skin, and modified it to such extent that I thought someone might like the changes and hence I was wondering what is your policy on redistribution.
The changes are mostly "under the hood" the look is pretty much the same, I rewrote 90% of sensors to use HWiNFO, wrote a new GPU Monitor skin fitting with the theme, added Top processes list, etc. Basically reshaping your vision to better fit with mine
At it's current state it's just a mess of copypasted stuff all over the place and as I start to think of packaging it in the future I need to know whether I am allowed to reupload the theme (with due credit given ofc) or whether I should keep it personal.
Oh, i'll attach a screen of what I did so far.
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I really like the GPU meter you created from FXSM.Β Can you share your skin?Β Thanks!
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here you go,Β drive.google.com/file/d/0Bwy5vβ¦
it evolved a bit since the image I posted. it only uses 1 external plugin that is HWiNFO as the topprocesses was causing me memory leaks. i remade the top processes part after getting inspiration form the rainmeter official skin. This is how it looks nowΒ i.imgur.com/zbbTKKW.png
all props to original forcex creator
uses slightly modified feedreader sorted from www.deviantart.com/art/FeedRea⦠all credit to its original author
also uses colorchanger.lua script i got off rainmeter forum but acn't find the link, all credits to its author
you will need hwinfo rainmeter plugin fromΒ www.hwinfo.com/forum/Thread-Raβ¦
you will also need some basic knowledge of editing rainmeter skin, whats packed is just for my personal setup i.e. tracking 6 cores, sensor id's from my hw, monitoring 4 hdds etc.
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Thanks!Β I was able to configure everything to work properly.Β Really like using HWinfo.Β Thanks again.
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I forgot to take off my ip form the pic, so deleted it, but since there ain;t no obvious way to edit posts, I had to doublepost.
correct pic here:Β imgur.com/NIFOC88
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Dude this is awesome! Where can I download this?
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