9.6.0 (WMI rebuild, new Event monitoring)

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Important! If you are using tools for the first time, please read the Beginner's guide and AlienFX-GUI readme to configure its concept and operation principle.

Fan-SDK_V1.zip has binaries built against older fan control versions; use it only in case you know what you're doing (or have Aurora R7), Check the readme file inside the archive first to configure it to work!

Changes in this release:

This release is a bit experimental, but I don't detect any issues so far.

Fan control SDK:

• WMI access code reworked, especially for temperature sensors. As a result, I got a significant (about 5 times) boost in performance (so monitoring consumes less CPU and operates faster).

Light control SDK:

• The default APIv4 effect group changed to avoid stuck lights (it seems like the light chip can have OOM in some cases). Now it is not stored in any way until the save command.

AlienFan-GUI, AlienFX-GUI:

• Bug fixed: Some flaws in mode change and sensor values update

AlienFX-GUI:

• Event monitoring was reworked and now uses WMI instead of PDH. It has some pros and cons:
  • Now event monitoring REQUIRES administrator privileges to run correctly.
  • Updates are way faster and more precise, with less CPU consumption.
  • I can add more events to track. In close plans are:
    • CPU Frequency (in percent of max)
    • GPU RAM consumption
    • CPU Throttling indicator
  • Feel free to request more events; it's easy to add now.

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