What's New ---------Version 2.

10 (June 14, 2011) ---------------------------- Added support of Intel Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) - Added support of SMBIOS 2.7.1 standard - Added detection of Intel Xeon (Sandy Bridge), Intel Xeon (Westmere-EX), Intel Core i7 Extreme (Sandy Bridge), Intel Core i5 (Sandy Bridge), Intel Core i3 (Sandy Bridge), Intel Pentium (Sandy Bridge), Intel Core i7 Extreme Mobile (Sandy Bridge), Intel Core i7 Mobile (Sandy Bridge), Intel Core i5 Mobile (Sandy Bridge), Intel Core i3 Mobile (Sandy Bridge), Intel Celeron (Sandy Bridge), Intel Atom (Lincroft), AMD FX series, AMD Phenom II XLT, AMD Athlon II XLT, AMD Athlon II XL, AMD A series, AMD C series, AMD E series, AMD G series processors - Added detection of new processors features: Process Context Identifiers, Time Stamp Counter Deadline - Some minor bugs fixed - Updated program database Version 2.08 (December 20, 2010) -------------------------------- Added detection of Intel EP80579 processor - Fixed detection of Intel Core i7 (Gulftown), VIA Nano processors - Fixed detection of cache size and parameters of Intel Core i7 (Gulftown) processor - Some minor bugs fixed - Updated program database Version 2.07 (November 18, 2010) -------------------------------- Added Turkish language support - Added support of SMBIOS 2.7 standard - Added detection of Intel Core i7 (Sandy Bridge), Intel Core i7 (Gulftown), Intel Celeron Mobile (Arrandale), Intel Atom (Tunnel Creek), AMD Opteron 41xx, AMD Turion II Neo Dual-Core, AMD Athlon II Neo Dual-Core, AMD Athlon II Neo, AMD Sempron X2 (Regor), AMD V Series Dual-Core, AMD V Series (Geneva) processors - Added detection of new processors features: F16C Instruction Supported, AMD Core Performance Boost, AMD Light Weight Profiling (LWP), AMD FMA4 Insruction Supported, AMD TBM Insruction Supported - Fixed detection of Intel Core i5 (Lynnfield) processor - Some minor bugs fixed - Updated program database Version 2.06 (June 22, 2010) ---------------------------- Added reading of SPD information on nVidia MCP89 south bridge - Added detection of Intel Xeon (Clarkdale), Intel Xeon (Gulftown), Intel Xeon (Beckton), Intel Xeon (Jasper Forest), Intel Pentium Mobile (Arrandale), Intel Celeron (Jasper Forest), AMD Phenom II X6, AMD Phenom II X4 (Zosma), AMD Phenom II Mobile, AMD Turion II, AMD Turion II Neo, AMD Athlon II Mobile, AMD Athlon II Mobile Neo, AMD V1xx Series processors - Fixed detection of Intel Quade-Core Xeon (Dunnington) processor - Fixed program hang-up during S.M.A.R.T. test in some rare cases - Some minor bugs fixed - Updated program database Version 2.05 (February 08, 2010) --------------------------------

Added Portuguese language support Added calculation of Host Writes parameter on Intel SSD Added support of Intel SSD S.M.A.R.T. parameters Added detection of Max Turbo Clock of processors with Intel Dynamic Acceleration Technology. Added detection of Intel Core i7 Mobile (Arrandale), Intel Core i5 Mobile, Intel Core i3 Mobile, Intel Atom (Pineview), AMD Athlon II processors Improved support of Intel Lynnfield/Clarksfield family processors Fixed detection of Core i5 (Clarkdale), Core i3, Pentium (Clarkdale) processors Some minor bugs fixed Updated program database

Version 2.04 (October 26, 2009) ------------------------------- Added support of SMBIOS 2.6.1 standard - Improved DDR3 memory modules support - Added detection of Intel Quad-Core Xeon (Lynnfield), Intel Core i9, Intel Core i5 (Clarkdale), Intel Core i3, Intel Core i7 Mobile, Intel Core i7 Mobile Extreme Edition, Intel Pentium (Clarkdale), Intel Celeron (Wolfdale), AMD Opteron (Magny-Cours), AMD Athlon II Dual-Core, AMD Athlon Neo X2, AMD Athlon X2 (Conesus), AMD Athlon (Sable), AMD Athlon (Huron), AMD Turion II Ultra Dual-Core Mobile, AMD Turion II Dual-Core Mobile, AMD Turion Neo X2, AMD Turion X2 (Conesus), AMD Sempron X2, AMD Sempron (Conesus), DM&P Vortex86DX, DM&P Vortex86MX processors - Some minor bugs fixed - Updated program database Version 2.03 (June 17, 2009) ---------------------------- Added support of DDR3 memory modules - Added detection of Intel Dual-Core Xeon (Bloomfield), Intel Quad-Core Xeon (Bloomfield), AMD Six-Core Opteron processors - Added detection of memory modules manufacturing location for some vendors - Some minor bugs fixed - Updated program database Version 2.02 (March 31, 2009) ----------------------------- Added detection of Intel Lynnfield, AMD Opteron (Santa Rosa), AMD Athlon (Lima), AMD Athlon Neo, AMD Sempron Dual Core (Tyler), AMD Sempron (Huron) processors - Added Insyde BIOS for Acer support - Added new command line switch /C - specify comment - Fixed program hang-up on Intel Core i7 based computers - Some minor bugs fixed - Updated program database Version 2.01 (December 04, 2008) -------------------------------- Added support of SMBIOS 2.6 standard - Added detection of HD DVD-R DL, HD DVD-RW, HD DVD-RW DL write features - Added reading of SPD information on Intel P55 chipset, VIA VX800/VX820 chipset, VIA VT8237S, nVidia MCP73/MCP78/MCP79 south bridges - Added detection of Intel Quad-Core Xeon (Gainestown), Intel Dual-Core Xeon (Gainestown), Intel Core i7 Extreme, Intel Core 2 Quad Mobile, Pentium Dual-Core (Wolfdale), Intel Core 2 Solo (Penryn), Celeron M (Penryn) processors - Fixed detection of AMD Family 11h processors - Fixed detection of Intel Atom clock multiplier

- Fixed the error 'File astra32.dat not found' appearing on some computers - Some minor bugs fixed - Updated program database Version 2.00 (July 31, 2008) ---------------------------- Added multilingual support. English and Russian languages are supported - Added reading of SPD information on SiS 662 chipset - Added detection of Intel Nehalem-EX, Intel Xeon MP (Dunnington), Intel Atom (Diamondville, Silverthorne), AMD Opteron (Shanghai), AMD Phenom (Deneb, Propus, Heka, Regor), AMD Phenom X3, AMD Athlon X2 (Brisbane), AMD Athlon 64 X2 (Lion), AMD Athlon 64 (Richmond), AMD Athlon (Orleans), AMD Sempron X2, AMD Sempron (Keene, Sable), AMD Mobile Sempron (Sherman), AMD Turion 64 X2 Ultra, AMD Turion 64 X2 (Lion) processors - Improved support of VIA C7 processor - Added detection of new processors features: FMA Instructions Set, AES Instructions Set, Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX), Dynamic Acceleration Technology, MOVBE Insruction Supported, PCLMULQDQ Instruction Supported, XSAVE Insructions Supported, OS Supports XSAVE Instructions - Added new command line switch /LL - load language file - Fixed program hang-up during ASPI detection on some configuration - Some minor bugs fixed - Updated program database Version 1.56 (February 21, 2008) -------------------------------- Added reading of SPD information on Intel ICH10 hub and nVidia MCP67 south bridge - Added report of chipset code name - Added detection of memory modules max case temperature - Added detection of Intel Quad-Core Xeon (Yorkfield), Intel Dual-Core Xeon (Wolfdale, Wolfdale DP), Intel Core 2 Extreme (Penryn), Intel Celeron Dual-Core, Celeron (Yonah), VIA Isaiah processors - Added detection of new processors features: Intel Trusted Execution Technology, 64-bit Debug Store - Improved support of AMD Phenom family processor - Added new command line switch /SKIPSERVER - do not run the program on a server operating system - Fixed support of DDR2-1066 memory modules - Updated program database Version 1.55 (November 12, 2007) -------------------------------- Improved multiprocessor support - Added detection of CD/DVD device physical interface type (ATAPI, Serial ATAPI, SCSI, USB, Fibre Channel, IEEE) - Added detection of DVD-RW DL, HD DVD-R DL, HD DVD-RW, HD DVD-RW DL read features - Added reading of SPD information on Intel Tolapai processor - Added detection of Intel Quad-Core Xeon (Tigerton), Intel Dual-Core Xeon (Tigerton), Intel Core 2 Extreme Mobile, Intel Pentium Dual-Core Mobile (Merom), Intel Celeron (Conroe-L/Merom-L), AMD Embedded Opteron, AMD Athlon 64 X2 (Tyler), AMD Turion 64 X2 (Hawk, Griffin) processors - Added detection of new processors features: x2APIC Architecture, AMD SSE5A Extensions - Added $DAY$, $MONTH$ and $YEAR$ macros support in batch mode - Added PCI devices dump and CPU dump at the end of the text report - Fixed program hang-up during S.M.A.R.T. test on some HDD - Fixed reading of SPD information on some memory modules - Updated program database

Version 1.54 (July 24, 2007) ---------------------------- Added support of SMBIOS 2.6a preliminary standard - Added detection of L3 cache size and parameters on AMD processors - Added detection of new processors features: AMD SKINIT, STGI, DEV Supported, AMD Watchdog Timer, AMD 1-GB Large Page - Fixed detection of Intel Pentium family processors - Fixed detection of cache associativity on AMD processors - Updated program database Version 1.53 (May 30, 2007) --------------------------- Added detection of High Definition Audio codec name - Added detection of SCSI and USB CD/DVD devices - Improved detection of ATAPI devices - Added reading of SPD information on VIA CX700 south bridge - Added detection of monitor aspect ratio - Added detection of Intel Quad-Core Xeon (Penryn), Intel Core 2 Extreme (Yorkfield), Intel Core 2 Quad (Yorkfield), Intel Core 2 Duo (Wolfdale), Intel Pentium (Conroe), Intel Pentium Dual-Core Mobile, Intel Celeron M (Conroe-L, Merom-L), Intel A1xx, AMD Opteron (Barcelona, Budapest), AMD Phenom FX, AMD Phenom X4, AMD Phenom X2, AMD Athlon X2, AMD Sempron (Spica), AMD Turion 64 X2 (Trinidad), AMD Turion 64 (Richmond), AMD Mobile Sempron (Keene) processors - Added detection of new processors features: Streaming SIMD Ext 4.1 (SSE4.1), Streaming SIMD Ext 4.2 (SSE4.2), AMD SSE4A Extensions, AMD Misaligned SSE, AMD 3DNow! Prefetch, POPCNT Insruction Supported, Performance Debug Capab. MSR, Advanced Bit Manipulation, OS Visible Workaround, Instruction Based Sampling, AMD 100MHz Multiplier Steps, AMD Hardware P-State Control - Fixed reading of SPD information on Intel ICH6/7/8/9 hub in some cases - Fixed detection of CPU frequency in some cases - Fixed detection of Intel Virtualization Technology, Intel Extended Memory 64 Technology and LAHF/SAHF Instructions support on Intel Core 2 family CPU's - Updated program database Version 1.52 (March 05, 2007) ----------------------------- Added Windows Vista x64 Edition support - Added calculation of memory module's manufacture date - Updated program database Version 1.51 (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 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 during SCSI detection on some configuration - Fixed program crash during report saving on wrong detected empty SCSI devices - Fixed detection of AMD extended model 4 processors - Fixed detection of DNS address on multiple network card configurations

- Fixed detection of old (386, some 486) processors - Updated program database Version 1.50 (November 22, 2006) -------------------------------- Added Report Wizard - 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 1.41 (August 27, 2006) ------------------------------ Added extended information about network interface (link speed, status, gateway, DNS, WINS addresses, etc.) - 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 - Improved MS Windows Vista 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 1.40 (April 27, 2006) ----------------------------- Added ability to save a file report in HTML format - Added ability to save a file report in XML format - Added information about Windows regional settings - 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 (Conroe, Merom), Intel Core Solo (Conroe, Merom), Intel Celeron M (Yonah), AMD Athlon 64 FX (Toledo) and National Semiconductor Geode LX processors

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detection of new processors features: Intel Digital Thermometer, Operating Point Protection, AMD Invariant TSC Intel BIOS for Apple support program hang-up during S.M.A.R.T. test on some Fujitsu HDD program hang-up during PCI test on some Dell machines with Intel ICH7 detection of Intel Pentium D processor 3 PCI vendors and 51 new devices 12 monitor vendors and 398 new models 56 USB vendors and 287 new devices 22 vendors of SPD memory modules 2 vendors of PnP devices and 39 devices 1 vendor of motherboards with Award BIOS

Version 1.30 (December 8, 2005) ------------------------------- Added unique Drivers Troubleshooter function. It lists all problem physical devices with drivers not installed or not properly installed - Added detailed drivers information (driver name, provider, version, date, status, etc.) for each physical device - Added Diagnostics module containing HDD Diagnostics and Drivers Troubleshooter functions - Added detection of Intel Core Duo processor - Added $TIME$ macros support in batch mode - Added 47 new PCI devices - Added 3 monitor vendors and 45 new models - Added 8 USB vendors and 126 new devices Version 1.21 (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 detection of Video BIOS version and date - Added detailed information about external USB hubs - 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 1.20 (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

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49 new PCI devices 2 monitor vendors and 32 new models 16 USB vendors and 207 new devices 1 new PnP device

Version 1.11 (June 05, 2005) ---------------------------- Fixed reading of SPD information on some Intel motherboards - Fixed detection of USB 1.0 devices - Added 5 USB vendors and 43 new devices - Added 1 new monitor model Version 1.10 (May 22, 2005) --------------------------- Added support of Windows XP x64 Edition and Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition - 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 1.01 (February 21, 2005) -------------------------------- Added detection number of processor cores on die - 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 (Irwindale), Intel Xeon MP (Potomac, Cranford), 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 (Barton, Thorton, Palermo), AMD Mobile Sempron (Dublin, Georgetown, Sonora) and VIA C7 processors - Added detection of new processors features: Intel Execute Disable Bit and CMPXCHG16 Instruction - Fixed program hang-up during SPD memory detection on nForce2/3 based motherboards - Fixed program hang-up during VESA detection on 3dfx based videocards in Windows 9x/ME - Fixed detection of DDR2 memory modules size - Fixed detection of new AMI BIOS for Intel - The program works again in Windows 95 without Internet Explorer 4.0+ - Added 3 PCI vendors and 53 new devices - Added 8 monitor vendors and 499 new models - Added 1 new PnP device - Added 33 vendors of SPD memory modules

Version 1.00 (December 06, 2004) -------------------------------- Added context sensitive help - Added Phoenix BIOS for Compal support - Fixed detection of Intel Pentium M expected frequency - Updated program database Version 1.00 RC1 (November 17, 2004) ------------------------------------ Added detection of logical drives (drive letter, type, file system, size and others) - Added detection of floppy drives - Added detection of installed printers (printer name, port, type and others) - Added detection of logon domain name - Added Windows Info section (Windows installation date, registered owner, system uptime, IE version, DirectX version and others) - Added Phoenix for Viglen, Inside BIOS for HP and Inside BIOS for Compal support - Fixed detection of Pentium M (Dothan) clock multiplier - Fixed the error 'Could not initialise kernel mode driver' appeared on some computers - Fixed program hang-up during detection of Installed Software on some computers - Updated program database Version 0.96 beta (September 12, 2004) -------------------------------------- Added information about installed programs - 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 detection of Intel Celeron M (Dothan), Intel Xeon (Nocona), AMD Sempron (Thoroughbred) and AMD Sempron (Paris) processors - Added Insyde BIOS for MiTAC and Phoenix BIOS for Samsung support - Added detection of new processors features: Intel Extended Memory 64 Technology, Send Task Priority Messages and AMD Fast Save and Restore - Fixed detection of Intel Pentium M (Dothan) processor - Updated ATA drive detection - Updated program database Version 0.95 beta (June 12, 2004) --------------------------------- Added detection of USB devices (vendor, model, serial number, version, speed and others) - Added support of multimonitor configurations - Added detection of Intel Mobile Pentium 4 (Prescott) and Intel Celeron D processors - Added Insyde BIOS, SystemSoft BIOS for KAPOK, Phoenix BIOS for ALR support - Fixed program hang-up during PCI devices detection on some computers - Fixed program hang-up during VESA test on some computers - Fixed detection of mobile AMD Athlon/Duron clock multiplier - Updated program database Version 0.94 beta (April 25, 2004) ---------------------------------- Added detection of monitor (vendor, model, viewable size, serial number, date of manufacture, supported modes and others) - Added detection of video memory size - Added VESA support (VESA OEM string, supported video modes, power

management and others) - Windows 9x/ME only - Added detection of network card MAC and IP address - Added macros support in batch mode ($HOSTNAME$, $USERNAME$, $MACADDR$, $IPADDR$, $DATE$) - Added detection of SCSI devices temperature - Added reading of SPD information on Intel 6300ESB hub - Fixed L1 cache size detection of Intel Pentium 4 (Prescott) processor - Fixed detection of new Phoenix-Award BIOS - Updated program database Version 0.93 beta (February 25, 2004) ------------------------------------- Added SCSI devices detection (HDD, CD drives, scanners, tape drives) and their features (device name, type, size, SCSI serial number, buffer size, HDD rotation speed and others) - Added reading of SPD information on Intel ICH6 hub and AMD 8111 chipset - Added SystemSoft BIOS for MiTAC support - Fixed IRQ detection of PCI devices - Fixed size detection of Rambus memory modules - Updated program database Version 0.92 beta (January 11, 2004) ------------------------------------ Added reading of SPD information on Reliance CSB6 south bridge and nVidia nForce3 chipset - Added detection of Intel Pentium 4 Extreme Edition, AMD Athlon 64 FX, AMD Mobile Athlon 64, AMD Mobile Duron (Applebred) and Transmeta Efficeon TM8x00 processors - Added detection of clock multiplier of IDT WinChip2, IDT WinChip3 and VIA Cyrix III (Joshua) processors - The number of determined memory modules is increased up to 8 - Fixed detection of Intel Pentium M clock multiplier - Some bugs fixed - Updated program database Version 0.91 beta (December 07, 2003) ------------------------------------- Fixed program hang-up on computers with Asustek motherboard - Fixed program hang-up during ISA/PnP detection on some computers Version 0.90 beta (November 25, 2003) ------------------------------------- First public beta version