ASTRA - What's New Version 5.31 (February 09, 2007) -------------------------------- - Added detection of ATA/ATAPI devices interface type (Parallel ATA, Serial ATA I, Serial ATA II) - Added detection of SATA NCQ command - Added reading SMBIOS structures from extended memory - Added reading of SPD information on Intel ICH9 hub, ATI IXP SB600, SiS 965, SiS 966, SiS 968 south bridges and SiS 741 chipset - Added detection of Intel Quad-Core Xeon (Kentsfield), Intel Core 2 Quad, AMD Dual-Core Opteron (Hound), AMD Athlon 64 FX (Brisbane), AMD Athlon 64 X2 (Brisbane), AMD Athlon 64 (Lima), AMD Turion 64 X2 (Tyler) and AMD Sempron (Sparta) processors - Added Phoenix for Wistron support - Fixed program hang-up on SiS 5xx processor - Fixed detection of AMD extended model 4 processors - Fixed detection of PnP devices on some Intel server motherboards - Fixed detection of old (286, 386, some 486) processors - Updated program database Version 5.30 (November 22, 2006) -------------------------------- - Added ability to save a file report in CSV format - Added new command line switch /LP - Load report profile - Added new command line switch P - Do NOT include private data in the report - Added detection of SCSI devices manufacture date and start-stop count - Added detection of CD/DVD firmware date - Added detection of HD-DVD read feature and DVD-R DL, DVD+RW DL, HD DVD-R, HD DVD-RAM read-write features - Added reading of SPD information on nVidia MCP61, MCP65, VIA VT8237A, VT8251 south bridges and SiS 760 chipset - Added detection of Intel Quad-Core Xeon, Intel Dual-Core Xeon (Tulsa), AMD Dual-Core Opteron (Santa Rosa, Santa Ana) and AMD Geode LX - Added detection of new processors features: Intel Direct Cache Access, AMD Extended APIC Register Space - Added Insyde BIOS for Fujitsu Siemens support - Added 32 PCI vendors and 566 new devices - Added 488 new monitor models - Added 3 USB vendors and 87 new devices - Added 32 vendors of SPD memory modules - Added 5 new PnP devices Version 5.21 (August 27, 2006) ------------------------------ - Added support of SPD Enhanced Performance Profiles (EPP) - Added reading of SPD information on Intel ICH8 hub, ATI IXP SB200, IXP SB300 and IXP SB400 south bridges - Added support of DMI/SMBIOS 2.5 standard - Added detection of Intel Core 2 (Kentsfield), Intel Core 2 Extreme, Intel Core 2 Duo (Allendale), Intel Celeron D (Cedar Mill), AMD Athlon 64 FX (Windsor), AMD Athlon 64 X2 (Windsor), AMD Athlon 64 (Orleans, Toledo, Manchester), AMD Turion 64 X2 and AMD Sempron (Manila) processors - Added detection of new processors feature: Streaming SIMD Extension - 4 (SSE-4) - Added Phoenix BIOS for Sidus support - Fixed reading of SPD information on nVidia MCP51, MCP55 south bridges - Fixed detection of Intel Pentium D Processor Number - Added 119 new PCI devices - Added 1 monitor vendor and 106 new models - Added 4 USB vendors and 369 new devices - Added 17 vendors of SPD memory modules Version 5.20 (April 27, 2006) ----------------------------- - Added ability to save a file report in HTML format - Added ability to save a file report in XML format - Added reading of SPD information on nVidia MCP51, MCP55 and ServerWorks HT1000 south bridges - Added detection of Intel Dual-Core Xeon (Woodcrest, Sossaman), Intel Core Duo (Yonah, Conroe, Merom), Intel Core Solo (Conroe, Merom), Intel Celeron M (Yonah), AMD Athlon 64 FX (Toledo) and National Semiconductor Geode LX processors - Added detection of new processors features: Intel Digital Thermometer, Intel Operating Point Protection, AMD Invariant TSC - Added Intel BIOS for Apple support - Added $TIME$ macros support in batch mode - Fixed program hang-up during S.M.A.R.T. test on some Fujitsu HDD - Fixed program hang-up during PCI test on some Dell machines with Intel ICH7 hub - Fixed detection of Intel Pentium D processor - Added 3 PCI vendors and 98 new devices - Added 15 monitor vendors and 443 new models - Added 64 USB vendors and 413 new devices - Added 22 vendors of SPD memory modules - Added 2 vendors of PnP devices and 39 devices - Added 1 vendor of motherboards with Award BIOS Version 5.11 (November 20, 2005) -------------------------------- - Added detection of Intel Xeon (Paxville, Dempsey) processors - Added detection of new processors features: Intel Virtualization Technology, AMD Secure Virtual Machine, AMD CMP Legasy, AMD CR8 in Legasy Mode and AMD RDTSCP Insruction Supported - Added detailed information about external USB hubs - Windows 98/ME only - Added Insyde BIOS for Intel support - Fixed program hang-up during external UDMA/SATA test on some motherboards - Fixed HDD S.M.A.R.T. detection on some configurations - Fixed detection of second ISA/PnP card - Added 6 PCI vendors and 337 new devices - Added 6 monitor vendors and 397 new models - Added 186 USB vendors and 241 new devices - Added 1 new PnP device - Added 38 vendors of SPD memory modules Version 5.10 (August 15, 2005) ------------------------------ - Added reading of HDD S.M.A.R.T. information (including drives using external UDMA/SATA controllers) - Added detection of IDE HDD temperature - Added detection of HDD health status (using an unique algorithm) - Added detection of Intel Processor Number - Added reading of SPD information on Intel ESB2 hub - Added detection of Intel Pentium 4 (Cedar Mill), Intel Pentium D (Presler), Intel Pentium Extreme Edition (Presler), AMD Athlon 64 X2 (Manchester) and AMD Mobile Sempron (Albany, Roma) processors - Fixed detection of double-sided DDR2 memory modules size - Fixed detection of AMD Athlon 64 X2 processor - Fixed operation on systems without PCI bus - Added 49 new PCI devices - Added 2 monitor vendors and 32 new models - Added 16 USB vendors and 207 new devices - Added 1 new PnP device Version 5.02 (June 05, 2005) ---------------------------- - Fixed reading of SPD information on some Intel motherboards - Added workaround for a bug in ASPI for USB/DOS driver (program hang-up during SCSI detection) - Fixed detection of USB 1.0 devices - Added 5 USB vendors and 43 new devices - Added 1 new monitor model Version 5.01 (May 22, 2005) --------------------------- - Added reading of SPD information on Intel ICH7 hub, SiS 5595, SiS 961, SiS 962, SiS 963 south bridges, nVidia nForce4 and SMSC Victory66 chipset - Added extended information about PCI-E devices (speed, width and others) - Added extended information about PCI-X devices (speed, bus size and others) - Added support for up to 9 external UDMA/SATA controllers and up to 24 IDE devices - Added detection of Intel Pentium D, Intel Pentium Extreme Edition, Intel Pentium 4 Extreme Edition (Prescott), Intel Pentium M (Yonah), AMD Athlon 64 X2, AMD Opteron (Denmark, Italy, Egypt), AMD Athlon 64 (Venice) and AMD Turion 64 processors - Added detection of DVD+R DL, BD-ROM/BD-R/BD-RE read-write features - Added detection of new processors feature: LAHF/SAHF Instructions - Added support of DMI/SMBIOS 2.4 standard - Added Phoenix BIOS for DEC support - Fixed detection of USB 2.0 devices - Fixed detection of DVD+R/DVD+RW read features - Added 20 PCI vendors and 467 new devices - Added 43 new monitor models - Added 6 USB vendors and 223 new devices - Added 1 new PnP device Version 5.00 (February 21, 2005) -------------------------------- - Improved User Interface - Added detection of logical drives (drive letter, type, file system, size and others) - Added detection of USB devices (vendor, model, serial number, version, speed and others) - Windows 98/ME only - Added detection number of processor cores on die - Added detection of DVD read/write speed - Added detection of DVD-RW/DVD+R/DVD+RW read-write features - Added detection of AC'97 sound codec name and its features - Added extended information about DDR2 memory modules - Added detection of AGP features: Fast Write, 4GB Addressing and Side Band Addressing - Added detection of Intel Xeon (Nocona, Irwindale), Intel Xeon MP (Potomac, Cranford), Intel Celeron M (Dothan), AMD Athlon 64 (Winchester, San Diego), AMD Opteron (Venus, Troy, Athens), AMD Athlon 64 FX (San Diego), AMD Mobile Athlon 64 (Newark, Oakville, Lancaster), AMD Sempron (Thorough...
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