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+----------------------------------------------------------------+ | ASTRA - Advanced Sysinfo Tool and Reporting Assistant | | Version 4.21 Jun-23-2004 | | Copyright (C) 1997-2004 Sysinfo Lab | | WWW: http://www.sysinfolab.com | | e-mail: support@sysinfolab.com | +---------------------------------------------------------------─+ 1. About This Program This program performs computer configuration analysis and provides detailed information on your computer hardware and its working modes. 2. System Requirements - processor 80286 - 450 kB of free base memory - EGA videocard - MS DOS 3.30 or higher 3. Program Features - detects 143 processor and 19 coprocessor types List of processors detected by the program: Intel: 80286 80386DX 80386SX i386SL i376 i486DX/DX2/DX4 i486DX2WB/DX4WB i486SX/SX2 i486SL i486DX2/DX4 OverDrive for i486DX i486DX2WB/DX4WB OverDrive for i486DX Pentium (P5/P54C) Pentium Mobile Pentium OverDrive for i486DX Pentium OverDrive for i486DX4 Pentium OverDrive for P5 Pentium MMX Pentium MMX Mobile Pentium MMX OverDrive for P54C Pentium Pro Pentium II (Klamath/Deschutes) Pentium II Mobile (Deshutes/Dixon) Pentium II Xeon Pentium II OverDrive for Pentium Pro Celeron (Covington/Mendocino/Coppermine/ Tualatin/Willamette/Northwood) Celeron Mobile (Mendocino/Coppermine/Tualatin/ Northwood) Celeron M Celeron D Pentium III (Katmai/Coppermine/Tualatin) Pentium III Mobile Pentium III Xeon (Tanner/Cascades) Pentium III-S Pentium III-M Pentium M (Banias/Dothan) Pentium 4 (Willamette/Northwood/Prescott) Pentium 4 Extreme Edition Pentium 4-M Mobile Pentium 4 Xeon (Foster/Prestonia) Xeon MP (Foster/Gallatin) AMD: Am386DX Am386SX Am486DX/DX2/DX4 Am486DX2WB/DX4WB Am486SX Elan SC400 Microcontroller Am5x86 Am5x86WB K5 (SSA/5 / 5k86) K6 (K6/Little Foot) K6-2 K6-2+ K6-III K6-III+ Athlon (Argon/Thunderbird) Athlon XP (Palomino/Thoroughbred/Barton/Thorton) Athlon 4 Athlon MP (Palomino/Thoroughbred) Mobile Athlon XP Duron (Spitfire/Palomino/Morgan/Applebred) Mobile Duron (Spitfire/Palomino/Morgan/Applebred) Opteron UP/DP/MP Athlon 64 Athlon 64 FX Mobile Athlon 64 Cyrix: Cx486DLC/DLC2 Cx486SLC/SLC2 Cx486DRx/DRx2 Cx486SRx/SRx2 Cx486DRu/DRu2 Cx486SRu/SRu2 Cx486S/S2 Cx486Se/S2e Cx486S_a Cx486DX/DX2/DX4 OverDrive Cx5x86 MediaGX MediaGXm Cx6x86 Cx6x86MX/MII VIA: Cyrix III (Joshua/Samuel) C3 (Samuel 2/Ezra/Ezra-T) Antaur Centaur/IDT: WinChip WinChip2/2A WinChip3 Rise: mP6 mP6-II Transmeta: Crusoe TM3xxx Crusou TM5xxx Efficeon TM8xxx NexGen: Nx586 Nx686 UMC: U5D U5S U486DX2 U486SX2 IBM: 386SLC 486SLC/SLC2 486BLX3 Texas Instruments: Ti486DX/DX2/DX4 Ti486SXL C&T: 38600 38600SX National Semiconductor: Geode GX1/GXLV/GXm Geode GX2 SiS: 55x List of coprocessors detected by the program: Intel: 80287 80287XL 80387 i387SL i487SX RapidCAD Cyrix: 82x87 83x87 84x87 EMC87 IIT: 2C87 3C87 4C87 4C87DLC ULSI: 83x87 84x87 C&T: 38700 NexGen: Nx587 plus any build-in co-processors. - identifies processor frequency, for Pentium class processors detection accuracy is close to 0.1 MHz, even in multitask environments with any CPU usage. Identifies CPU clock multiplier and FSB clock. - detects original (not-overclocked) processors frequency, socket (slot, socket) and package (Platform ID) processor type. - for processors supporting CPUID - identifies vendor, family, model, stepping, processor's type, BrandID, alias name, core stepping and also supported features (MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, 3DNow! and others). - identifies L1/L2/L3 processor cache size and parameters. - detects SPD memory modules (size, type, vendor, speed parameters and others). Program can detect 579 memory modules vendors. - support of DMI/SMBIOS standard, including detection of system name, motherboard model, BIOS, CPU, cache, memory subsystem parameters, motherboard slots and ports information. - identifies size of base and extended memory and free base memory size. - identifies 333 motherboard manufacturers with AMI BIOS and 166 manufacturers with AWARD BIOS and their URLs. - identifies BIOS vendor, date and version, bus type, chipset name and BIOS size, power management BIOS support and its version. - identifies vendor and model of chipset. - identifies PCI/AGP devices, their features and used system resources. For AGP devices - identifies of the supported AGP bus version and its speed. Program can detect 2143 vendors and 4266 PCI/AGP devices. - identifies system PnP devices and used resources. Program can detect 181 vendors of PnP devices and 2382 models. - identifies ISA/PnP devices and used resources. - identifies LPT/PnP devices (printers, scanners). - identifies 151 vendors and 4707 monitor models, the real diagonal image size, modes supported by the monitor, date of its manufacture and other features. - identifies models and size of ATA/ATAPI devices (HDD, CD-ROM, ZIP drives). Full support of ATA/ATAPI-6 standard, including detection of PIO, DMA and Ultra DMA modes (including active modes of the configuration) and devices' features. Identifies ATA/ATAPI devices on external UDMA controllers. - detection of CD-drives' maximum and current read/write speeds. - identifies SCSI devices (HDD, CD drives, scanners, tape drives). Detects device name, type, size, SCSI serial number, temperature, buffer size, HDD rotation speed and others. - identifies type and size of installed drives, including floppy drives and their geometry. - identifies vendor and model of graphic controller, video memory size, list of all VESA-supported modes. - identifies sound card type and its properties (port, IRQ, DMA channels). Vendor and chip model can be detected for ISA/PnP and PCI sound cards. - identifies network cards, MAC addresses and network computer name. - identifies DOS vendor and version, its memory location, and also multitask OS (Windows 9x/Me). - identifies mouse type and used port. - detects number of COM and LPT ports, resources used by them, and presence of a joystick. (*) - creating a file report. (*) - program can run in batch mode. (*) - ability to use macros in batch mode (*) - creating a file report in INI format. (*) - ability to import reports into hardware inventory management software - Hardware Inspector. - program can be loaded from a start-up disk. - hypertext context-sensitive help. - program runs under any extended memory managers (QEMM, EMM, etc.) and also in a DOS-mode under Windows 95/98/Me. Note: (*) - this is available only for registered versions. 4. The Demo Concept ASTRA is distributed as feature-limited demo version. You can use it for free during a 14-day trial period. After the trial time is expired, you must either register the program or delete it from all your storage devices. You can find the more detailed information in the license agreement (file license.txt). 4.1 Registration Benefits 1. You'll be able to create a FILE REPORT. 2. You'll be able to run program in BATCH MODE. 3. You'll be able to use MACROS in BATCH MODE. 4. You'll be able to create a FILE REPORT in INI format. 5. The program will detect the SERIAL NUMBER of DEVICES. 6. You'll be able to import reports into HARDWARE INVENTORY MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE - Hardware Inspector. 7. You'll see no more nag screens. 8. You'll get FREE technical support. 9. You'll get FREE UPDATES DURING ONE YEAR from the date of purchase and 50% DISCOUNT after that. 10.You can order ASTRA32 for Windows with 30% DISCOUNT. 4.2 How To Register See file register.txt for more details. 5. Running the Program 5.1 Archive ASTRA.DAT Data file ASTRA.EXE Program file ASTRA.OVR Overlay file ASTRA.PRG Win32 module ASTRA.URL Internet shortcut ASTRA32.DLL Dynamic link library ASTRA32.VXD VXD driver ENGLISH.HLP English help file FILE_ID.DIZ Description file LEIA-ME.TXT Portuguese version of this file LICENSE.TXT License agreement README.TXT This file REGISTER.TXT Registration form RUSSIAN.HLP Russian help file WHATSNEW.TXT News 5.2 Starting and Running the Program Program uses a window interface. Choose a window from the 'Information' menu (hot key F10). If a window border is inactive (gray) this window is unavailable (for example, there is no PCI bus on the computer). If there are scrolling bars in a window, you can scroll it using cursor keys or a mouse. 5.3 Using Help System Program provides you with a hypertext context-sensitive help facility. You can choose an item from the Help:Contents menu or use the hot key F1. English is the help system default language. If you wish to change it, choose an item Help:Language. In the appear red window choose the language you need and click the OK button. You can navigate in the help system using cursor keys or a mouse on the scrolling bar. You can go to hypertext links by press TAB (forward) or Shift-TAB (back) and Enter (go to the link) buttons. To quit the help system, press the ESC button. 5.4 Creating a File Report To create a file report, choose the Full Report item (hot key F2) in the Report menu. You can type the report name and comments in the appeared window. By default program will create file astra.rpt with the content of the ASTRA's all information windows will be created in its catalogue. If your computer has a network name, file report will be named after it (maximum 8 symbols). Creation of summary (Report:Summary Report) and INI (Report:INI Format Report, see 4.5) reports is also available. 5.5 Running in Batch Mode Usage: ASTRA /R[J,S] [[path\]filename[.ext]] [/Q] [/?] /R[S,J] [[path\]filename[.ext]] - creating report in the 'path' directory with the 'filename' name and '.ext' extension. Default 'path' directory is the program's directory even if it is not the current directory. The default name of the created file is 'astra' or your network computer name, the default extension is '.rpt' [S] - creating summary report [J] - creating a INI format report, the default extension is '.rjs'. /Q - quiet mode. Use it together with the key /R[S,J] /nVESA - disabling VESA test /nSCSI - disabling SCSI test /nPNP - disabling PNP test /nISA - disabling ISA/PnP test /nLPT - disabling LPT/PnP test /nSPD - disabling SPD test /nDMI - disabling DMI/SMBIOS test /nSB - disabling Sound Card test /?, /H - help Using macros in batch mode: $HOSTNAME$ - insert host name $MACADDR$ - inser primary MAC address $DATE$ - insert current date (YYYY-MM-DD) Example: astra /r c:\reports\$DATE$\$HOSTNAME$.txt 5.6 Using ASTRA with hardware inventory management software To create a file report in INI format, choose the INI Format Report item in the Report menu or use /RJ command line key. This file can be imported to Hardware Inspector. Hardware Inspectror Hardware Inspector is the application for automated hardware asset tracking and inventory management of hardware. The Hardware Inspector is unique because it keeps separate records of the devices, and not just configuration settings of each computer. Each device is assigned a passport, and the program keeps the history of its transitions between workplaces and registers their maintenance information. See more information on http://www.hwinspector.com 5.7 Running in Multitask OS Program runs in a DOS-window under Windows 9x/Me. Due to the use of the external Win32 module, program running in a DOS-window is absolutely identical to the program operation in pure DOS. Before starting the program in multitask OS, please close all applications and make sure that no programs are using disk drives and sound card otherwise identification of these devices can be incorrect. Attention: after starting the program all data in the Windows clipboard will be lost. The program can't be run in a DOS-window under Windows 3.x, Windows NT/2000/XP and OS/2. Please use ASTRA32 for Windows NT4/2000/XP/Server 2003/95/98/ME. Please visit http://www.astra32.com to learn more about ASTRA32 for Windows. 5.8 Description of the Program Windows 5.8.1 Window Summary Processor: Vendor and name of the processor and also original (not-overclocked) processor clock. Coprocessor: Vendor and name of the numeric coprocessor. In 486DX and higher coprocessor and processor are using the same crystal (except NexGen Nx586/686); coprocessor is identified as Internal. CPU Clock: Processor frequency. For Pentium processors frequency is defined with the RDTSC command reading TSC (Time Stamp Counter). Frequency accuracy reaches 0.1 MHz with any CPU usage (important in multitask OS). For 486 and lower processors frequency is defined by its speed. In this case program results under Windows can be incorrect. For Intel Pentium Pro and higher, AMD K6-2 and higher, VIA Cyrix III and higher, IDT WinChip2 and higher processors there can be identified clock multiplier, FSB clock and bus type (DDR, QDR). Level 1 Cache: L1 cache size (cache for keeping data and instruction). Is identified for Intel processors of the sixth generation and higher, AMD K5 PR120 and higher, VIA Cyrix III and higher, Centaur processors. Level 2 Cache: L2 cache size. L2 cache is integrated in the processor and identified for Intel processors of the sixth generation, AMD K6-2+ and higher, VIA Cyrix III and higher. Level 3 Cache: L3 cache size of Intel Xeon processors. System Name: Can be identified on motherboards with DMI/SMBIOS support. Motherboard OEM: Motherboard vendor. In some cases the name written on the box doesn't coincide with this line. Classic example is Acorp. The company doesn't possess its own production facilities and places orders at Hope Vision, SuperPower, San Li or Agama Technology Co. Ltd plants. Can be identified on motherboards with AWARD and AMI BIOS. Board Model: Can be identified on motherboards with DMI/SMBIOS support. BIOS Version: BIOS vendor and version. Chipset Vendor: Mainboard chipset vendor. Chipset is a group of microchip designed to work and sold as a unit in performing one or more related functions. Is identified only in systems with the PCI bus. Chipset: Name of chipset. Is identified only in systems with the PCI bus or AWARD BIOS. PCI Bus Version: If not installed - Not Present. PnP BIOS Version: If not installed - Not Present. DMI/SMBIOS Vers.: DMI/SMBIOS version. If not installed - Not Present. Monitor Vendor: Can be identified only for relatively new monitors. Monitor Model: Some monitors don't support this function. In this case the program will type 'Old Style Monitor/Cable'. Base Memory: Base memory size. Base memory is the first 640 Kb of memory running in real mode. There can be identified free base memory size. Extended Memory: Extended memory size. Extended memory is all of the memory above the first megabyte. System Memory: Total size of system meory. Memory Module: Information on each memory module (size, speed, type, manufacturer) HDD Model: IDE or SCSI HDD vendor and model. HDD Size: HDD size. If IDE or SCSI drives are not installed the HDD size is identified from BIOS. CD/DVD Model: ATAPI or SCSI devices vendor and model (CD/DVD devices, ZIP, magnetooptics, etc). CD/DVD Speed: Maximum read speed of ATAPI device. Maximum write speed supported by the device is indicated in brackets. Video Chip Vendor: Is identified only for PCI/AGP video cards. Video Chip: Main microchip of the graphic controller. Is identified only for PCI/AGP video cards. VESA OEM String: Video BIOS ID identified by any video card with VESA-support. If VESA is not supported, the program detects EGA/VGA adapter type. Video Memory: Video memory size returned by VESA BIOS function. Some graphics accelerators return not total video memory size but size identified in 2D mode. Sound Chip Vendor: Is identified only for PnP and PCI cards. Sound Chip: Sound chip model. Is identified only for PnP and PCI cards. Sound Card Type: Compatibility of the sound card with Sound Blaster cards. DSP Version: Version of the DSP digital processor installed on the sound card. Base Port, IRQ, 8bit DMA, 16bit DMA: Sound card configuration: base port number, IRQ channel number, 8bit DMA channel number. For SB16 and higher - identifies 16bit DMA channel number. Floppy Drives: Identifies alphabetic index of the floppy drive, its capacity and physical size of the floppy disk (5.25 or 3.5 inches). Printer Vendor: Is identified only for LPT/PnP printers. Printer Model: Is identified only for LPT/PnP printers. DOS Version: Version and vendor of DOS. Identifies OS location in the memory (in HMA - if DOS is located in high memory area). MS DOS 7.0 and higher is available together with MS Windows 9x/Me. Multitask OS: Name of the multitask OS under which the program was launched. In brackets the program indicates build of your OS. Windows Folder: Folder where Windows is located. Modem Vendor: Is determined only for ISA/PnP and PCI modems. Modem Model: Is determined only for ISA/PnP and PCI modems. Network Vendor: Is determined only for ISA/PnP and PCI network cards. Network Card: Network card model. Is determined only for ISA/PnP and PCI cards. MAC Address: Network card MAC address. NetBIOS installed require. Network Name: Computer network name. This feature is available only if your computer network name has been specified. Mouse Type: Possible values: Bus, Serial, InPort, PS/2, HP. If you don't have PS/2 mouse, there will be identified COM-port with installed mouse. If a mouse driver is not installed or mouse itself is absent, the program will display a message 'Not Found'. LPT Ports: Number of parallel ports on the computer. In brackets the program indicates number of used I/O port. COM Ports: Number of serial ports on the computer. In brackets the program indicates number of used I/O port. Joystick: Checks if joystick is installed on the system. 5.8.2 Window DMI System Info System Vendor: Product Name: System product name. Version: System version. Serial Number: System serial number. UUID: Universal Unique ID number. Wake-up Type: Identifies the event that caused the system to power up. Structure Length: System Enclosure or Chassis Info Manufacturer: System enclosure manufacturer. Type: System enclosure type. Version: System enclosure version. Serial Number: System enclosure serial number. Asset Tag: Boot-up State: Identifies the state of the enclosure when it was last booted. Power Supply St.: Identifies the state of the enclosure's power supply (or supplies) when last booted. Thermal State: Identifies the enclosure's thermal state when last booted. Security Status: Identifies the enclosure's physical security status when last booted. OEM-defined: Contains OEM- or BIOS vendor-specific information. Height: The height of the enclosure. Power Cords: Identifies the number of power cords associated with the enclosure or chassis. Contained Element: Identifies the number of Contained Element. Structure Length: 5.8.3 Windows DMI Motherboard Info Board Vendor: Motherboard vendor. Product Name: Motherboard model. Version: Motherboard version. Serial Number: Motherboard serial number. Structure Length: On Board Device Info Description: Device description. Device Type: Status: Device status - enabled/disabled. System Configuration Options. Contains information required to configure the base board's Jumpers and Switches. 5.8.4 Window CPU Info Processor: Vendor and name of the processor and also original (not-overclocked) processor clock. Coprocessor: Vendor and name of the numeric coprocessor. In 486DX and higher coprocessor and processor are using the same crystal (except NexGen Nx586/686); coprocessor is identified as Internal. CPU Clock: Processor frequency. For Pentium processors frequency is defined with the RDTSC command reading TSC (Time Stamp Counter). Frequency accuracy reaches 0.1 MHz with any CPU usage (important in multitask OS). For 486 and lower processors frequency is defined by its speed. In this case program results under Windows can be incorrect. Frequency Range: Frequency range on which processors of the given type were made. Level 1 Cache: L1 cache size (cache for keeping data and instruction). Is identified for Intel processors of the sixth generation and higher, AMD K5 PR120 and higher, VIA Cyrix III and higher, Centaur processors. Level 2 Cache: L2 cache size. L2 cache is integrated in the processor and identified for Intel processors of the sixth generation, AMD K6-2+ and higher, VIA Cyrix III and higher. Level 3 Cache: L3 cache size of Intel Xeon processors. System Bus Clk: Processor system bus clock. FSB Clock: Processor FSB clock and bus type (DDR, QDR). Is determined for Intel Pentium Pro processors and higher, AMD K6-2 and higher, VIA Cyrix III and higher, IDT WinChip2 and higher. Multiplier: Processor clock multiplier. Is determined for Intel Pentium Pro processors and higher, AMD K6-2 and higher, VIA Cyrix III and higher, IDT WinChip2 and higher. Original Clock: Original (not-overclocked) processor clock. It allows to identify the processor overclocked. Is available for Intel Pentium Pro processors and higher. Platform ID: Socket (slot, socket) and package processor type. Is determined for Intel Pentium II processors and higher. Vendor: Identification of the processor's vendor 'GenuineIntel' - for Intel company; 'AuthenticAMD' - for AMD company; 'UMC UMC UMC ' - for UMC company; 'CyrixInstead' - for Cyrix company; 'NexGenDriven' - for NexGen company; 'CentaurHauls' - for Centaur/IDT company; 'RiseRiseRise' - for Rise company; 'GenuineTMx86' - for Transmeta company; 'Geode by NSC' - for National Semiconductor company; 'SiS SiS SiS ' - for SiS company. Processor Name: Internal processor name. Processor Type: Identifies single, dual processors and overdrive processors. The program will type 'Original OEM Processor', 'OverDrive Processor' and 'Dual Processor'. Family, Model, Stepping: Information identified by the CPUID instruction. Family is processor generation (for Intel processors: 4 - 486, 5 - Pentium, 6 - Pentium Pro and processors based on the it core). CPU Signature: Processor 8-byte verification code. BrandID: Identifies Celeron, Pentium III, Pentium III Xeon, Pentium III-S, Pentium III-M, Celeron Mobile, Pentium 4, Pentium 4-M, Xeon, Xeon MP, AMD Opteron and Athlon 64 processors. Available on Intel processors based on the 0.18-micron Coppermine technology. Logical CPU Cnt: Count of logical processors of Hyper-Threading technology. Max (Ext)CPUID Level: Values returned by the CPUID instruction with arguments 0 and 80000000h, respectively. Serial Number: Processor Serial Number. Available on Intel Pentium III and Intel Pentium II Mobile processors. The serial number mast be enabled in BIOS Setup. Alias Name: Processor alias name before its official release. Production technology can be named in brackets, too. Core Stepping: Core stepping to identify processor errors and frequency rates. MSR XXh: Contents appropriate MSR (Model Specific Register) Instruction Set: List of additional command set. - Floating-Point Unit on-Chip - IA MMX Technology - Streaming SIMD Extensions (SSE) - Streaming SIMD Ext. - 2 (SSE-2) - Streaming SIMD Ext. - 3 (SSE-3) - Intel Architecture - 64 (IA-64) - AMD MMX Instruction Extensions - AMD 3DNow! Instructions - AMD 3DNow! Extensions - AMD x86-64 Long Mode - Cyrix Extended MMX - CMPXCHG8 Instruction Supported - Fast System Call - Conditional Move Instruction - CLFLUSH Instruction - Fast Save and Restore - Monitor/MWAIT - AMD SYSCALL and SYSRET Instruction Processor Features: List of processor features returned by the CPUID instruction. - Virtual Mode Extension - Debugging Extension - Page Size Extension - Time Stamp Counter - Model Specific Registers - Physical Address Extension (over 32 bit) - Machine-Check Exception - On-chip APIC Hardware Supported - built-in local APIC (must be enabled in BIOS) - Memory Type Range Registers - Page Global Enable - Machine-Check Architecture - Page Attribute Table - 36-bit Page Size Extension - Processor Serial Number - Debug Store - Self-Snoop - Hyper-Threading Technology - Signal Break on FERR - CPL-Qualified Debug Stor - Context ID - AMD Model-Specific Registers - AMD Multiprocessing Capable - AMD No-execute Page Protection Power Management: - ACPI Support - Thermal Monitor Supported - Termal Monitor 2 - Enhanced SpeedStep Technology - AMD Temperature Sensor - AMD Frequency ID Control - AMD Voltage ID Control - AMD Thermal Trip - AMD Thermal Monitoring - AMD Software Thermal Control If your processor doesn't support CPUID, this window will be closed after showing the first three items and displaying a message 'CPUID Command: Not Present'. 5.8.5 Windows DMI CPU Info Information on the CPU's installed on the computer. Processor Vendor: Processor Version: Processor model. Current Speed: Current CPU speed. External Clock: External clock frequency. Voltage: CPU core voltage. Processor Upgrade: Socket (slot, socket) processor type. Processor Status: CPU status - enabled/disabled. Socket Designation: Reference designation. Processor Type: Processor Family: Processor ID1: Raw processor identification data. Processor ID2: Raw processor identification data Max Speed: Maximum internal processor speed, as supported by the system. Socket Status: CPU socket populated. Serial Number: CPU serial number. Asset Tag: Part Number: CPU part number. Structure Length: 5.8.6 Window Cache Info The window is available only for Intel processors of the sixth generation and higher, AMD PR120 and higher, VIA Cyrix III and higher and some others. Level 1 Cache Sub-items Instruction & Data Cache consist of Size, Associativity, Lines per Tag (except Intel processors), Lines Size. Sub-items 4-Kbyte and 4-MByte Instruction & Data TLB Information consist of Number of Entries and Associativity. Level 2 Cache Sub-items Size, Associativity, Lines per Tag (except Intel processors), Lines Size. For AMD Athlon/Duron processors: sub-items L2 Data TLB and L2 Unified TLB consist of 4-Kbyte and 4-MByte Pages and L2 TLB Information. They all are characterized by Number of Entries and Associativity. Level 3 Cache Sub-items Size, Associativity, Lines Size. Available on Intel Xeon, Pentium 4 EE processors. 5.8.7 Window DMI Cache Info Information about L1/L2/L3 cache levels. Cache Level: Installed Size: Installed cache size. Operational Mode: Current SRAM Type: Status: Cache status - enabled/disabled. Socket Designation: Reference designation. Cache Socketed: Location: Location, relative to the CPU module - internal/external. Maximum Cache Size: Maximum cache size that can be installed. Supported SRAM: Cache Speed: Cache module speed, in nanoseconds. Error Correction: Error-correction scheme supported by this cache component. System Cache Type: Logical type of cache - instruction / data / unified. Associativity: Associativity of the cache. Structure Length: 5.8.8 Window BIOS Info Motherboard OEM: Motherboard vendor. In some cases the name written on the box doesn't coincide with this line. Classic example is Acorp. The company doesn't possess its own production facilities and places orders at Hope Vision, SuperPower, San Li or Agama Technology Co. Ltd plants. OEM URL: Web-address of the motherboard vendor where BIOS upgrade can be downloaded. BIOS Version: BIOS vendor and version. BIOS Model, Submodel, Revision: Needed only in old BIOS versions. It is installed as FCh/01h/00h in all modern BIOS versions. BIOS Date: Date of issue of the current BIOS. Identifies motherboard release date (if BIOS hasn't been updated). AWARD Copyright: Information on the vendor's copyright (only for AWARD BIOS). Motherboard ID: Motherboard ID displayed during the computer start-up (only for AWARD ¿ AMI BIOS). BIOS ID: BIOS ID displayed during the computer start-up (only for AWARD ¿ AMI BIOS). BIOS Type: BIOS type (only for AWARD BIOS). Bus Type: System bus type of the motherboard (only for AWARD BIOS). Processor: Processor family (only for AWARD and AMI BIOS). Chipset: Name of the motherboard chipset (only for AWARD BIOS). Chipset ID: Chipset ID (only for AWARD and AMI BIOS). BIOS Revision: Number of the BIOS version (only for AWARD and AMI BIOS). BIOS Size: Microchip size containing BIOS (only for AMI BIOS). Advanced Power Management Version: In Energy Star BIOS's there will be identified APM version and supported features: - 16-bit PM Interface Support - 32-bit PM Interface Support - CPU Idle Call Reduces Processor Speed - BIOS Power Management Disabled - BIOS Power Management Disengaged 5.8.9 Windows DMI BIOS Info BIOS Vendor: BIOS Version: BIOS Date: BIOS release date. BIOS ROM Size: Size of the physical device containing the BIOS. Starting Segment: Segment location of BIOS starting address. Current Language: Currently installed language. Number of Lang.: Number of languages available. Structure Length: Bus Supported: System buses, which supported by BIOS. - PCI is Supported - AGP is Supported - USB is Supported - ISA is Supported - VLBus is Supported - MCA is Supported - EISA is Supported - PC Card is Supported Boot Options: Boot options, which supported by BIOS. - Selectable Boot - Boot From CD - ATAPI ZIP Drive Boot - LS-120 Boot - BIOS Boot Specification - Boot From PC Card - Network Service Boot supported - I2O Boot - 1394 Boot BIOS Features. - BIOS Characteristics - ACPI Supported - PnP is Supported - APM is Supported - ESCD Support - Enhanced Disk Drive (EDD) - BIOS is Upgradeable (Flash) - BIOS ROM is Socketed - BIOS Shadowing is Allowed - Smart Battery Supported - Int 13h - 5.25"/360kB Floppy - Int 13h - 5.25"/1.2MB Floppy - Int 13h - 3.5"/720kB Floppy - Int 13h - 3.5"/2.88MB Floppy - Int 5h, Print Screen Service - Int 9h, 8042 Keyboard Services - Int 14h, Serial Services - Int 17h, Printer Services - Int 10h, CGA/Mono Video Services - Int 13h - Floppy for NEC 9800 - Int 13h - Floppy for Toshiba - NEC PC-98 5.8.10 Window PCI Info PCI Bus Version: If not installed - Not Present. Number of PCI Buses: The number is 1 for single processor systems without AGP bus. Hereinafter there is the list of devices installed in the PCI bus. PCI Bus, Device, Function: Information on bus number, serial number of the device and function number. Vendor: Code and name of the device vendor. For example, code 8086h belongs to Intel Corporation. Device: Code and name of the PCI device. Program can identify many devices installed on a PCI bus - from chipsets to video cards. Subsys Vendor: Unavailable on some PCI devices. Subsystem ID: Unavailable on some PCI devices. Class: Class of the device. SubClass: Subclass of the PCI device of this class. Revision: Revision of the vendor. Interface: Type of the device program interface. Memory Access, I/O Access, Bus Master: Possible ways of device running. Device Timing: Possible values - fast, medium, slow, reserved. 66 MHz Speed Support: Identifies if device supports bus frequency of 66 MHz. The following items are optional. SMBus Port: Base port of access to SMBus. ROM Address: ROM address of the device. Memory Address: Range of the device's memory addresses. Base I/O Port: Number of the device I/O port. System IRQ: Number of the device system IRQ. Interrupt Pin: Interrupt pin used by the PCI device. For AGP devices the following 2 items are available. AGP Capabilities, Version: Version of the AGP bus supported by the device. AGP Speed Supported: Speed of the AGP bus supported by the device. 'Selected' is the current speed of the AGP bus. 5.8.11 Window SPD Memory Info Provides information for memory modules with SPD support. To read the information memory module and chipset should support SPD. Currently the program supports the following chipsets: - with Intel PIIX4 south bridge (Intel 430TX/440LX/440EX/440BX/ 440ZX/440GX/450NX) - Intel 440MX - with Intel ICH/ICH0/ICH2/ICH2-M/ICH3-S/ICH3-M/ICH4/ICH4-M/ ICH5/ICH5R/ICH6/6300ESB hub (Intel 810/815/820/830/840/845/ 850/860/E7500) - with VIA 596/A/B south bridge (VIA Apollo VP3/Apollo Pro/ Apollo Pro+/Apollo Pro133/Apollo Pro133A) - with VIA 686/A/B south bridge (VIA Apollo MVP4/PM601/KT133/ KX133/KM133, AMD 751) - with VIA VT8231/VT8233/VT8233A/VT8233C/VT8235/VT8237 south bridge - with Reliance OSB4/CSB5/CSB6 south bridge - with AMD 755/756/766/768/8111 south bridge - with ALI 1533/1543/1535 south bridge - nVidia nForce/nForce2/nForce3. Note: SPD reading is blocked on some Asustek motherboard models. Memory Type: Memory module features - size, speed (PC66, PC100, PC133 for SDRAM; PC1600, PC2100, PC2700, PC3200 for DDR SDRAM), memory usage type (SDRAM, DDR SDRAM, DDR SGRAM, DRDRAM, EDO). Manufacturer: Memory module manufacturer. If module memory manufacturer is unknown (memory was made in China) the program will identify it as "Noname". Module Type: Memory module type (DIMM, RIMM, SO-RIMM). Module Attributes: Possible values: 'Unbuffered', 'Buffered', 'Registered, Unbuffered', 'Registered, Buffered'. Only for SDRAM and DDR memory. Error Checking: Memory module error checking. None - absent, Parity - parity check, ECC - error correction (in brackets error correction module discharge). Only for SDRAM and DDR memory. CAS# Latency: Time it takes to position the proper sector under the read/write head. In brackets: Cycle Time in nanoseconds / maximum frequency in MHz, Access Time - only for SDRAM/DDR - access time in nanoseconds. CS# Latency: CS# Latency. Only for DDR. WE# Latency: WE# Latency. Only for DDR. CLS# Latency: CLS# Latency. Only for DRDRAM. Refresh Rate: Memory module refresh rate. Data Width: External bus data width. SDRAM Width: Memory module organization. Only for SDRAM, DDR. Voltage Interface: Memory module voltage interface. Protocol Version: Current RDDRAM protocol version. Only for RDDRAM. SPD Revision: Number of the using SPD revision. Part Number: Unique part number. Manufacturer Date: Memory module manufacturer date. Serial Number: Unique module's serial number. Revision Code: Number of the module revision code. Note: Some characteristics of Noname memory modules can be identified as 'None', i.e. corresponding information is absent. 5.8.12a Window DMI Memory Info For motherboard with DMI/SMBIOS support version 2.2 or higher. Physical Memory Array: Information about memory controller. Maximum Capacity: Maximum memory capacity for this array. Location: Physical location of the memory array, whether on the system board or an add-in board. Use: Identifies the function for which the array is used. Memory Error Corr.: Primary hardware error correction or detection method supported by this memory array. Memory Devices: Number of slots or sockets available for memory devices in this array. Structure Length: Describes a single memory device that is part of a larger physical memory array. Size: Size of the memory device. If not installed - Not Present. Form Factor: Implementation form factor for this memory device. Memory Type: Type of memory used in this device. Speed: Identifies the speed of the device, in megahertz (MHz). Device Locator: String that identifies the physically-labeled socket or board position where the memory device is located. Bank Locator: String number of the string that identifies the physically labeled bank where the memory device is located. Total Width: Total width, in bits, of this memory device, including any check or error-correction bits. If there are no error-correction bits, this value should be equal to Data Width. Data Width: Data width, in bits, of this memory device. Device Set: Identifies when the memory device is one of a set of Memory Devices that must be populated with all devices of the same type and size, and the set to which this device belongs. Type Detail: Additional detail on the memory device type. Manufacturer: Memory device manufacturer. Serial Number: Memory device serial number. Asset Tag: Part Number: Memory device part number. Structure Length: 5.8.12b Windows DMI Memory Info For motherboard with DMI/SMBIOS support version below 2.2. Memory Controller: Information about memory controller. Maximum Capacity: Maximum memory capacity for this controller. Memory Types: Describes the physical characteristics of the memory modules that are supported by the system. Memory Slots: Number of slots or sockets available for memory devices in this controller. Error Correcting: Memory controller error correcting capability. Error Detecting: Memory controller error detecting method. En. Error Correct.: Identifies the error correcting capabilities that were enabled when the structure was built. Current Interleave: Current interleave support. Supported Interl.: Supported interleave. Supported Speeds: Describes the speed of the memory modules supported by the system. Module Voltage: Describes the required voltages for each of the memory module sockets controlled by this controller. Structure Length: Describes a single memory module that is part of a larger physical memory controller. Installed Size: Size of the memory device. If not installed - Not Present. Memory Type: Type of memory used in this device. Socket Designation: Reference designation. Bank Connections: Memory bank connections (RAS#). Current Speed: Speed of the memory module, in ns. Enabled Size: Identifies the amount of memory currently enabled for the system's use from the module. Error Status: Memory module error status. Structure Length: 5.8.13 Window IDE (ATA/ATAPI) Info Information on the ATA/ATAPI devices installed on the computer. ATA devices (usually a hard disk) HDD Model: HDD vendor and model read from IDE-controller. HDD Default Size: Real HDD size read from the IDE-controller. Due to the two different ways of defining 'megabyte' your hard disk capacity can be calculated in two different ways: after calculating the number of bytes in the formula heads*sectors*cylinder*512-bytes-per-sector you may get the result in the unit 'megabyte' by dividing either by 1024*1024 (like in the BIOS of the computer does) or by 1000*1000 (like the producers of hard disks do). HDD Geometry: Heads, Sectors, Tracks: Logical number of heads, sectors per track and tracks while CHS addressing. It has nothing to do with physical HDD parameters. Compatibility: Compatibility of this device with the specific ATA/ATAPI standard. Serial Number: HDD unique serial number. Controller Revision: Number of the revision returned by the IDE-controller. HDD Marketing Size: The marketing size much more than real size. In one 'computer' megabyte of 1048576 bytes, but in one 'marketing' (used by HDD manufacturers) of 1000000 bytes. Buffer Size: Buffer size of the IDE-controller (you shouldn't mix it up with disk cache). Part of the buffer can be used for system purposes, and its real size can be smaller. Some hard disks don't provide information on the buffer size. Buffer Type: Internal buffer type of the IDE-controller. Possible values - 'Not specified', 'Single ported single sector buffer', 'Dual ported multi-sector buffer', 'Dual ported multi-sector buffer with a read caching'. ECC bytes: Number of correction bytes. Security Erase Time: Security Erase Time (in minutes). Enh. Security Erase: Enhanced Security Erase. Current APM Value: Current Advanced Power Management Value. Acoustic Management: Current value of the automatic acoustic management (recommended - value recommended by vendor) and status (enabled/disabled) PIO Mode Support: PIO (Programmed Input/Output) is a way of moving data between device in a computer in which all data must pass through the processor. The higher the number is, the higher the data transfer rate is (For PIO mode 4 - 16.6 MBps). SW DMA Mode Support: Number of the supported single word DMA mode. Active: SW DMA mode currently enabled by BIOS. MW DMA Mode Support: DMA (Direct Memory Access) is a transfer protocol where a peripheral device transfers information directly to or from memory, without the system processor being required to perform the transaction. Apart from the previous mode, single word DMA modes can be supplanted by multiword DMA modes. Active: MW DMA mode currently enabled by BIOS. UDMA Mode Support: Number of the UltraDMA mode. Theoretical transmission speed for UltraDMA mode 2 is 33 MB/s, mode 5 - 100 MB/s. Some chipsets don't support UltraDMA mode (for example, chipsets i430VX and lower don't support it while i440BX supports only mode 2). Active: UltraDMA mode currently enabled by BIOS. Sector per Interrupt: Number of sectors that can be transferred per interrupt in a block mode. Active: Current numbers of sectors per interrupt. HDD Features: - DMA Transfer: HDD support of the DMA mode - LBA Supported: LBA (Logical Block Addressing) - accesses made through "big" logical blocks of data. Intended to break 504 MB barrier so that BIOS can support disks larger than 1024 cylinders - Block Mode: HDD block mode. This means that more than one sector can be transferred on each interrupt; newer drives allow you to transfer as many as 16 or 32 sectors at a time - Double Word I/O: Support of DMA mode with two data words - Standard Standby Timer - IORDY Supported - IORDY can be disabled - S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring, Analysis, Reporting Technology): An open standard for developing disk drives and software systems that automatically monitor a disk drive's health and report potential problems so that you to take proactive actions to prevent impending disk crashes - S.M.A.R.T. Self-test - S.M.A.R.T. Error Logging - Security Mode - Removable Media - Power Management - PACKET Command - Write Cache - Look-ahead - Release Interrupt - Service Interrupt - Device Reset Command - Host Protected Area - Write Verify Command - Write Buffer Command - Read Buffer Command - NOP Command - Identify Device DMA Command - Download Microcode Command - Read/Write DMA Queued - CFA Feature - Advanced Power Management - Removable Media Status - Power-up in Standby - Set Features Req. to Spinup - Set Max Security Extension - Automatic Acoustic Management: Optimizing the noise-to-speed ratio of your hard disk - 48-bit Address: Support of the 48-bit LBA address - Device Configuration Overlay - Flush Cache Command - Flush Cache Ext Command - Media Serial Number - Media Card Pass Through - Streaming Feature - General Purpose Logging - Write DMA/Multiple FUA EXT - Write DMA Queued FUA EXT - World Wide Name Starting from S.M.A.R.T., every item can be enabled or disabled. ATAPI Devices (usually a CD-ROM) ATAPI Model: Vendor and name of the ATAPI device. ATAPI Type: Device type (HDD, CD-ROM, CD-RW, DVD-ROM scanner, streamer, etc.) installed on the EIDE port. ATAPI Name: Full ATAPI name. Vendor Specific: Any text information provide by the vendor. Read Speed: Maximum read speed of your CD device (current value in brackets). Write Speed: Maximum write speed of your CD device (current value in brackets). Buffer Size: CD device buffer size. Loading Mechanism: Disk loading mechanism type. Rotation Control: Rotation control method (CLV/CAV). Read Retry Count: Number of read retries if the first attempt fails. Write Retry Count: Number of write retries if the first attempt fails (is important only for rewritable CDs). Compatibility: Compatibility of the device with the certain ATA/ATAPI standard. Serial Number: Unique ATAPI serial number. Controller Revision: Version number returned by the IDE-controller. Command DRQ Type: Possible values - 'Microprocessor DRQ', 'Interrupt DRQ', 'Accelerated DRQ'. Command Packet Size: Possible values - '12 byte' and '16 byte'. PIO Mode Support: PIO (Programmed Input/Output) is a way of moving data between device in a computer in which all data must pass through the processor. The higher the number is, the higher the data transfer rate is (For PIO mode 4 - 16.6 MBps). SW DMA Mode Support: Number of the supported single word DMA mode. Active: SW DMA mode currently enabled by BIOS. MW DMA Mode Support: DMA (Direct Memory Access) is a transfer protocol where a peripheral device transfers information directly to or from memory, without the system processor being required to perform the transaction. Apart from the previous mode, single word DMA modes can be supplanted by multiword DMA modes. Active: MW DMA mode currently enabled by BIOS. UDMA Mode Support: Number of the UltraDMA mode. Theoretical transmission speed for UltraDMA mode 2 is 33 MB/s, mode 5 - 100 MB/s. Some chipsets don't support UltraDMA mode (for example, chipsets i430VX and lower don't support it while i440BX supports only mode 2). Active: UltraDMA mode currently enabled by BIOS. ATAPI Features: - DMA Transfer: Drive support of the DMA mode - LBA Support: LBA (Logical Block Addressing) - accesses make through "big" logical blocks of data - Block Mode: Running in a block mode. This means that more than one sector can be transferred on each interrupt; newer drives allow you to transfer as many as 16 or 32 sectors at a time - IORDY Support - IORDY may be Disabled - ATA Software Reset - Overlap Operation - Command Queuing - Interleaving DMA Reading Features: - CD-R Disk Read - CD-RW Disk Read - DVD-ROM Disk Read - DVD-R Disk Read - DVD-RAM Disk Read - Read Packet Using Method 2 - Read Mode2 Form1 Sectors - Read Mode2 Form2 Sectors - Multisession Disk Read - READ-CD Command on AudioCD - Read Bar Code Capable - Read Lead-in (CD-Text) Writing Features: - CD-R Disk Write - CD-RW Disk Write - DVD-R Disk Write - DVD-RAM Disk Write - Test Write Mode Support - Buffer Under-run Free Rec. Other Features: - Audio Play Support - CD-DA Stream is Accurate - Composite Audio/Video - Digital Output on Port 1 - Digital Output on Port 2 - Support Subcode R-W - Support Subcode R-W D&C - C2 Pointers Supported - ISRC Supported - UPC Supported 5.8.14 Windows SCSI Devices Info For SCSI detection the ASPI manager for SCSI controller should be loaded. Device Name: Vendor and name of the SCSI device. Size: Real SCSI size. Device Type: SCSI device type (HDD, CD drive, scanner, tape drive). HDD Geometry: Heads, Sectors, Tracks: Logical number of heads, sectors per track and tracks. It has nothing to do with physical HDD parameters. Compatibility: Compatibility of the device with the certain SCSI standard. Serial Number: SCSI unique serial number. Controller Revision: SCSI firmware revision number. Vendor Specific: Any text information provide by the vendor. HDD Marketing Size: The marketing size much more than real size. In one 'computer' megabyte of 1048576 bytes, but in one 'marketing' (used by HDD manufacturers) of 1000000 bytes. Buffer Size: Buffer size of the SCSI device (you shouldn't mix it up with disk cache). Part of the buffer can be used for system purposes, and its real size can be smaller. Rotation Speed: Specifies the speed where the medium rotates. Device Temperature: Current temperature of SCSI device. Location: Device logical address (Host, Target, LUN - host number, device number, logical unit number). Manager ID: SCSI manager identifier. Adapter ID: SCSI controller identifier. Read Retry Count: Number of read retries if the first attempt fails. Write Retry Count: Number of write retries if the first attempt fails. Ext. Self-Test Time: Time in seconds that the device requires to complete an extended self-test. Bus Width: Device bus width. Addres Width: Device addres width. SCSI Device Features: - Removable Medium - Read Cache - Write Cache - Read Reallocate: Automatic reallocation of defective logical blocks during read operations. - Write Reallocate: Automatic reallocation of defective logical blocks during write operations. - Terminate I/O Process - Normal ACA - Hierarchical Support - Embedded Array Controller - Protection Information - Enclosure Services - Multi-Ported Device - Medium Changer - Relative Addressing - Synchronous Transfer - Linked Commands - Soft Reset - Quick Arbitration 5.8.15 Window PnP Devices Info PnP Version: PnP BIOS version. Number of PnP Devices: Number of system PnP devices. Hereinafter there is the list of all system PnP devices. Device Number: Number of the system PnP device. Node Size: Memory size provided for PnP devices. PnP Device ID: EISA-style device ID and its name. Base Type: Base type of the device and its name. SubType: Device subtype of the type. System IRQ: Enabled system IRQ number and type. Possible values - 'High True Edge', 'Low True Edge', 'High True Level', 'Low True Level'. DMA Channel: DMA channel number and type. Possible values - 'Type 8237', 'Type A', 'Type B', 'Type F', capacity - 8/16 bit, Bus Master support. I/O Port: Range of used I/O ports. Memory Address: Memory addresses range and its type. Possible values - ROM, RAM, capacity - 8/16/32 bit, Cacheable, Shadow. 5.8.16 Window ISA/PnP Info Provides information for all ISA/PnP devices. The program will detect them even if your BIOS doesn't support PnP. Number of ISA/PnP Cards: Number of the installed ISA/PnP cards. Read Port: Number of the ISA/PnP read data port. Card Number: ISA/PnP card number in the system. ISA Device ID: EISA-style ISA/PnP device ID and its name. Serial Number: Unique card serial number. PnP Version: Number of PnP version supported by the card. ANSI String: Internal text string of the ISA/PnP card. Every ISA/PnP card has one or more logical devices. The following is the list of all these devices. Logical DevID: EISA-style logical device ID and its name. Status: Current status of logical device - enabled/disabled. Compatible ID: Compatible device ID. If there are no original drivers you can use drivers of this compatible device. ANSI String: Internal text string of the ISA/PnP card. I/O Port: Number of the I/O port used by the device. System IRQ: Number and type of the system IRQ used by the device. Possible values: High True Edge, Low True Edge, High True Level, Low True Level. DMA Channel: Number and capacity of the DMA channel used by the device. Possible values - 8/16 bit. Memory Address: Memory addresses and their discharge. Possible values - 8/16/32 bit. 5.8.17 Window LPT/PnP Info Provides information for all LPT/PnP devices (printers, scanners). LPT device should be compliant with IEEE-1284 standard. Manufacturer: Manufacturer of the LPT/PnP device. Model: Device model. Class: Device class. Possible values: PRINTER, MODEM, NET, HDC, PCMCIA, MEDIA, FDC, PORTS, SCANNER, DIGCAM. Description: Device description. Serial number: Device serial number. Memory: Installed memory size. Version: Device Version. Revision: Device Revision. Command Set: Command set supported by the device. IO Preferences: Supported IO preferences. Compatible ID: Compatible device ID. If there are no original drivers you can use drivers of this compatible device. Status: Current status of the device. Other: Other unique ID of this device/vendor. Note: Fields are optional except Manufacturer, Model and Class. 5.8.18 Window DMI/SMBIOS Info This window is available on system with DMI/SMBIOS support. DMI/SMBIOS Version: Version of DMI/SMBIOS specification. Number of Structures: Total number of DMI/SMBIOS structure. Structure Address: Physical starting address of the read-only SMBIOS structure table. OEM Strings: Free form strings defined by the OEM. Other Structures: List of DMI/SMBIOS structures (name, code), not supported by the program. 5.8.19 Window DMI Slots Info Contains information about system slots. Slot Type: System slot type (AGP, PCI, ISA, etc.) Current Usage: Current usage - available / in use. Data Bus Width: Slot data bus width. Slot Designation: Reference designation. Slot Length: Slot length - sort length / long length. 5.8.20 Window DMI Ports Info Int. Connector Type: Internal connector type. Ext. Connector Type: External connector type. Port Type: Describes the function of the port. Int. Designator: Internal reference designator, i.e. internal to the system enclosure. Ext. Designator: External reference designation external to the system enclosure. 5.8.21 Window Drives Info Provide information on every known BIOS system drives. Alphabetic code of drives, their capacity, number of cylinders, heads and sectors per track are displayed. If CD-ROM is installed, the program will detect its alphabetic code and MSCDEX version. INT 13h Extension: If this extension is not supported BIOS won't identify the correct disk size over 8 GB. Windows emulates this extension and always returns 1.x version. 5.8.22 Window Monitor Info This window is available only on computers with relatively new monitors and video cards supporting the VBE/DC specification. All recent cards support VBE/DC (some video cards have Plug-n-Play ON/OFF modes - it should be ON). It is necessary to have new Plug-n-Play cord connecting videocard and monitor in order to detect monitor type. Monitor Vendor: Monitor vendor name. Monitor Model: Monitor model name. Viewable Diagonal: Real (visible) diagonal monitor size. This size is less than the size of tube indicated on monitor itself and in price-lists. Real diagonal size of 14-inch monitors is 12.7 inches, of 15-inch monitors - 13.8 inches, of 17-inch monitors - 15.7 inches. Serial Number: Monitor unique serial number. Manufacture: Month and year of the monitor manufacture. EDID Version: VBE/DC version. Horizontal Size: Real (visible) horizontal image size. Vertical Size: Real (visible) vertical image size. Gamma Factor: Standard used to correct the non-linear brightness distortion. Display Type: Display type - color/monochrome. Input Signal: Input signal type - analogue/digital Internal Vendor, Internal Model, Internal Number (optionally). Vertical Frequency: Vertical frequency rate (optionally). Horizontal Freq.: Horizontal frequency rate (optionally). DPMS Features: DPMS features supported by the monitor: - Active Off - active off mode. Energy consumption is less than 5 Wt, return to normal mode within 8-20 seconds - Suspend - suspended mode. Energy consumption is less than 30 Wt, return to normal mode within 4 seconds - Standby - standby mode. Energy consumption is less than 80% of normal consumption, return to normal mode within 1 second. Supported Modes: List of supported modes (horizontal and vertical size in pixels) and supported refresh frequency (in Hz). Monitor's refresh rate can be less than indicated in the monitor documentation. 5.8.23 Window Video Info If your videocard doesn't support VESA standard, only VESA OEM String and Video Memory will be available in this window. Video Chip Vendor: Is identified only for PCI/AGP video cards. Video Chip: Main microchip of the graphic controller. Is identified only for PCI/AGP video cards. Subsys Vendor: Videocard series name (optional). Subsystem ID: Videocard name (optional). AGP Version: Version of the AGP bus supported by the video card. AGP Speed: Speed of the AGP bus supported by the video card. 'Selected' is the current speed. VESA Version: Version 1.2 is standard for all modern video cards. Most new video cards are supplied with BIOS supporting VESA 2.0/3.0, it is possible to load program driver for other video cards (for example, UniVBE v.5.3). Driver UniVBE v.6.0 supports VESA 3.0 standard. VESA OEM String: Video BIOS ID identified by any video card with VESA-support. If VESA is not supported, the program detects EGA/VGA adapter type. Video Memory: Video memory size returned by VESA BIOS function. Some graphics accelerators return not total video memory size but size identified in 2D mode. OEM software version: For VESA 2.0 only. Vendor Name: VBE vendor. For VESA 2.0 only. Product Name: For VESA 2.0 only. VESA Power Management Version:. Supported Features: - Standby - Suspend - Off - Reduced On (See Window Monitor Info) Supported VESA Modes: Table with all supported VESA BIOS modes containing mode number, text or graphic mode, horizontal and vertical resolution, colors, pixel per bit number and supported features. VESA 1.2 modes are compatible with traditional banked only modes. VESA 2.0 modes support banked+linear modes. If your video memory is too small to support one of mode will be marked Not Supported in the Features section. Program displays list of additional S3 video modes for S3 video cards. 6. Troubleshooting You may try to disable the detection of some components using switches of the command line: ASTRA /nVESA /nSCSI /nPNP /nISA /nLPT /nSPD /nDMI /nSB /nVESA - disabling VESA test /nSCSI - disabling SCSI test /nPNP - disabling PNP test /nISA - disabling ISA/PnP test /nLPT - disabling LPT/PnP test /nSPD - disabling SPD test /nDMI - disabling DMI/SMBIOS test /nSB - disabling Sound Card test 7. Known Bugs 1. While detecting your sound card using EMM386 memory manager the following message can be displayed: 'EMM386 DMA buffer is too small. Add D=64 parameter and reboot'. Do what EMM386 asks, and everything will be fine. 2. SPD information can't be read from memory modules on some Asustek motherboard models. 8. Thanks - The following library was used for identifying processors without CPUID support and frequency of 486-class and lower processors: x86 CPU/FPU Detection Library. TMi0SDGL Revision 2 Version 2.15. Copyright(c) 1996-98 by B-coolWare. - Author used x86/MS-DOS Interrupt List, Release 61 by Ralf Brown. - Information on motherboard manufacturers' database provided by IC Book (http://icbook.com.ua) - Database on PCI devices, updated at http://members.datafast.net.au/dft0802/. - Thanks to Vladimir Afanas'ev (System Speed Test author). - great thanx to the program's beta-testers: Andrey Ikonnikov, Yury Lysenkov, Maxim Bulanov, Alexey Klimin and Dmitry Molosnov. - Thanks to Elena Ognovenko (www.ogonek.narod.ru) for translation into English of the documentation. - Thanks to Marcos Gonτalves for translation into Portuguese of the documentation. - Special thanks to all who have e-mailed file reports, comments and suggestions. 9. Forthcoming Program Updates - identifies USB devices - identifies AC'97 codec name - identifies COM/PnP devices 10. Feedback Please, feel free to send all your questions, suggestions, comments and bug reports to the address: support@sysinfolab.com Please, contact us to get additional information about ordering our software: sales@sysinfolab.com Should the program name something 'unknown' (for example, a monitor model), don't hesitate to send us your file report and the undetected device's name. Sysinfo Lab is particularly interested in receiving file reports created on the following system configurations: - old computer models (486DX and lower) - new computer models (Xeon, Opteron, Athlon 64) - PC with rare processors (VIA Cyrix, Rise, IDT, Intel Pentium II Xeon / III Xeon) - brand-name computers - notebooks. You can download the latest version of the program at: http://www.sysinfolab.com [END]