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What we promise—and what we cannot—when HWMonitor reads your machine’s nervous system.

Readable behavior, not black boxes

HWMonitor maps public sensor buses and vendor datasheets—no cryptominers, no remote uploads, and no surprise services. Kernel components exist solely to reach ACPI/SMBus endpoints that user-mode APIs skip.

Installer hygiene

Builds ship Authenticode-signed without bundled toolbars, coupon printers, or crypto miners. If a mirror ever diverges, compare hashes before executing anything claiming to be HWMonitor.

Reality-based disclaimers

HWMonitor pokes low-level registers; treat it like any diagnostic probe:

  • You assume responsibility for tuning or overclocking decisions informed by these numbers.
  • Stacking many polling tools can starve the SMBus—pause duplicates if readings oscillate wildly.
  • Never repurpose consumer telemetry for life-safety or industrial control loops.