Marty wrote to me about this program. He says
"... a small freeware program they have called "Rain" that will cure
any case of laptop overheating. Basically what it does is to put the
processor into a suspend mode by executing an "HLT" instruction (halt)
when it is not actively computing. Although used mainly by "overclockers"
whose CPU's generate enormous amounts of heat, I have used this program
successfully on my laptop whose fan was running about 90% of the time and
it was still running very warm. Now the cooling fan rarely if ever
comes on, the laptop is as cool as can be, and there's NO effect on
computing power or speed."
Website
- Freeware
Quote from the website - Originally designated as tool for the serious
overclocker, this is a cooler program with few frills. During the
installation, you may set up Rain to optimize for a list of older
processors - the most recent being the Pentium Pro and Celeron (the
original version - pre Celeron A). As Rain version 1.0 was written
before the Celeron A was brought out, Rain incorrectly identifies the
Celeron A, Celeron II, and all Pentium III CPUs as a Pentium Pro.
This does not hinder the effectiveness of the HLT instruction.
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Rain - cool off
your CPU