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╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ HWiNFO - Copyright (c)1995-98 Martin Malík, All Rights Reserved. ║ ║ ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ║ ║ Version 4.4.0; Last Update: Aug-10-1998 ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ ┌──────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ USE THIS PROGRAM ONLY AT YOUR OWN RISK │ └──────────────────────────────────────────┘ CONTENTS 1. Intro 2. Updates and download 3. Requirements 4. Utilities distributed with HWiNFO 5. Registration 6. Creating a logfile 7. Limitations 8. Running HWiNFO under V86 Memory Managers 9. Resetting the CPU 10. HWiNFO Crash 11. Secondary Video Info 12. PCI chipsets comparison 13. IDE Disk Transfer Modes 14. Miscellaneous notes 15. Some abbreviations 16. Codenames 17. Thanks 18. Disclaimer ## 1. Intro ################################################################## HWiNFO is a *POWERFUL* hardware detection program. It is simple, quick and on most systems very efficient. It "tries" to give only important information about all the hardware devices in your computer so that you need not look inside the PC to see what's there. ## 2. Updates and download ################################################### The newest version is always (immediately) available at: My homepage - http://www.svf.stuba.sk/~malik/hwinfo.html SAC ftp - ftp.elf.stuba.sk/pub/pc/utildiag http://ftp.elf.stuba.sk/packages/pub/pc/utildiag SAC BBS - +421 7 5438 232 (19,200 Baud) +421 7 5438 295 (28,800 Baud) At other sitez/BBS later... SimTel - ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/msdos/sysinfo SAC mirrors - ftp.uakom.sk/pub/mirrors/sac/utildiag ftp.intec.sk/sac/utildiag ftp.vse.cz/pub/msdos/SAC/pc/utildiag ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de/pub/msdos/mirrors/stuba/pc/utildiag ftp-beer.bke.hu/vol1/pub/sac/pc/utildiag ftp.pwr.wroc.pl/pub/pc/sac/utildiag cert.unisa.it/pub/PC/SAC/utildiag ftp2.itb.it/pub/PC/SAC/utildiag ftp.nsysu.edu.tw/PC/SAC/utildiag 192.217.228.45/SAC/pub/pc/utildiag ftp.comp.hkbu.edu.hk/pub/sac/utildiag ftp.cdrom.com/pub/sac/utildiag ## 3. Requirements ########################################################### - cca. 410 (+50) KBytes of free system memory Well, that's all. I hope it will work on all machines. ## 4. Utilities distributed with HWiNFO ###################################### There are four utilities distributed along with HWiNFO: GETBIOS.COM This utility retrieves all BIOS images and saves them to files <BIOSseg>.ROM This program doesn't run in V86 mode in order to avoid BIOS relocation. GETDDC.COM This utility saves VESA Display Data Channel data to file DDC.DAT if your video card and monitor support DDC GETPCI.EXE This utility saves all PCI devices data into files <VendorID><DeviceID>.PCI GETPNPRS.EXE This utility saves resource data for all Plug-and-Play capable devices into files PNP<CSN>.RES These utilities are free and are designed to help me improve HWiNFO if you send me the results. ## 5. Registration ########################################################### HWiNFO is shareware, meaning that you can test the program for free whilst checking if it is useful for you. The public (unregistered) version has all the features as the registered version except the "Create report file" feature. The other disadvantage is the message that HWiNFO isn't registered and that you have to press a random key while the results are shown. If you think you could use this program and don't want to see that stupid message, or if you continue using it after a trial period of 14 days, you should register. Otherwise after this period HWiNFO becomes an illegal copy and you have to delete it (ho-ho-ho :-)). If you decide to register, you should print out the file REGISTER.FRM, fill it and send to the address in the file. If you include your Internet e-mail address, you will receive the registration code via e-mail, otherwise snail mail. Once you have obtained the nice code needed to register, put exactly the same name, and the code into the [About|Register] menu of HWiNFO and the current version will become registered. Well, the Registration fee is: ╔══════════════════╦══════════════════╗ ║ Non-Commercial ║ Commercial ║ ╠═════╤═════╤══════╬═════╤═════╤══════╣ ║ DEM │ US$ │ Sk/KC║ DEM │ US$ │ Sk/KC║ ╔═══════════════╬═════╪═════╪══════╬═════╪═════╪══════╣ ║ 1 User ║ 35 │ 20 │ 500 ║ 70 │ 40 │ 1000 ║ ╟───────────────╫─────┼─────┼──────╫─────┼─────┼──────╢ ║ 2-10 Users ║* 30 │* 16 │* 450 ║ 60 │ 32 │ 900 ║ per copy ╟───────────────╫─────┼─────┼──────╫─────┼─────┼──────╢ ║ 11-20 Users ║* 25 │* 13 │* 400 ║ 50 │ 26 │ 800 ║ per copy ╟───────────────╫─────┼─────┼──────╫─────┼─────┼──────╢ ║ 21-50 Users ║* 20 │* 10 │* 300 ║ 40 │ 20 │ 600 ║ per copy ╟───────────────╫─────┼─────┼──────╫─────┼─────┼──────╢ ║ 51-100 Users ║* 15 │* 7 │* 200 ║ 30 │ 14 │ 400 ║ per copy ╟───────────────╫─────┴─────┴──────╫─────┴─────┴──────╢ ║ UNLIMITED ║Contact the author║Contact the author║ ╚═══════════════╩══════════════════╩══════════════════╝ * for schools, educations, etc. When registering with Eurocheque or bank transfer please add 10% to the total price to cover bank transfer costs. For any special requirements contact the author. A registration is valid for all future versions. And there will be a lot of newer versions of course. You should register NOW ! ## 6. Creating a logfile ##################################################### There are three possible methods how to create a logfile: 1. Simple log After pressing the <F2> key, HWiNFO adds the results from current screen to a logfile. 2. Report file ("-r" switch) [Registered version only !] HWiNFO creates AUTOMATICALLY a COMPLETE logfile at startup. This logfile has the same format as the one created with <F2> key, but there's no need to navigate HWiNFO through all the screens. 3. Short report file ("-s" switch) [Registered version only !] HWiNFO creates AUTOMATICALLY a logfile, which contains only the MOST IMPORTANT items. This format is suitable for further automatical processing (or printing) of logfiles (e.g. if you would like to create an inventory of more machines). Here's a sample of the format: CPU=Intel Pentium II Xeon, 400.0 MHz Bus=ISA + PCI + A.G.P. Chipset=Intel 82440GX AGPset Memory=128 MBytes ... VideoChipset=3DLabs Permedia 2 VideoMemory=8192 KBytes 3Daccel=3Dfx Voodoo 2 ... The default log filename is "HWiNFO.LOG". You can change its name if you enter it as a paramater to HWiNFO (e.g. "HWiNFO.EXE -r HOME.LOG"). ## 7. Limitations ############################################################ The Mainboard Chipset identification works only on newer (≈ 1991 and above) AMI and newer AWARD BIOSes. HWiNFO is also able to detect some chipsets, not depending on the type of BIOS (see HWiNFO.LST). Fixed Disk Buffered Data Transfer rate reads data from one physical sector until 4 seconds. Some caches (like Hyperdisk; but NCACHE or SMARTDRV don't) could cause invalid results. Also some mainboards, which have incompatible timers could cause problems. Fixed Disk Average Seek receives results while seeking permanently 100* from cylinder 0 to a cylinder, which is 1/3 of the max. cylinder number. Thus some programs could report another result if they seek to an another cylinder. SCSI disks and some Cache programs (Hyperdisk) don't generate Seek requests, thus the Seek and RPM result is abnormal and HWiNFO displays <N/A>. PCMCIA detection requires Socket Services or Card Services to be installed. If you want more info about sockets, install Card Services. The VESA Local Bus can be detected only if a VLB card is present. CD-ROM benchmark requires MSCDEX.EXE (Microsoft CD-ROM Extensions) to be installed and an inserted data CD. ## 8. Running HWiNFO under V86 Memory Managers ############################### HWiNFO (v3.00+) is able to run in Virtual86 mode under some circumstances (it means, under some applications, which turn the V86 mode on). But ONLY those which support the Windows INIT BROADCAST and handle it correctly. Such known applications are: - Microsoft EMM386 Expanded Memory Manager - Quarterdeck QEMM386 Expanded Memory Manager - Qualitas 386MAX Expanded Memory Manager - Nu-Mega Soft-ICE Debugger ....... These applications are able to switch to Real mode when they receive the Windows INIT BROADCAST message. But if you run HWiNFO in V86 there may occur some problems, especially during CPU RESET (like hang, crash...). HWiNFO works best under EMM386 (I haven't found any problems). There are some disadvantages while runnig in V86 mode: - The method of detecting CPU frequency via TSC (Time Stamp Counter) doesn't work (can't execute RDTSC in V86). - The FPU benchmark returns another results (it's slower) as in real mode. - The V86 manager is able to relocate BIOSes, so HWiNFO won't be able to identify BIOS type and some video cards. - A crash while detecting the CPU type could happen on some older CPUs requiring CPU RESET to identify them properly. <<< So, I prefer running HWiNFO in Real Mode. >>> HWiNFO is unable to run under Microsoft Windows and Windows95 DOS box, Windows NT VDM and IBM OS/2, because they don't switch to Real Mode and also manipulate Benchmark results, BIOS scan, are able to control direct I/O operations, which can cause invalid results and Windows NT doesn't allow 16-bit applications to directly access the disk and some hardware routines cause problems, thus it can't be supported. ## 9. Resetting the CPU ###################################################### The CPU ID is available only on 386+ CPUs and HWiNFO uses three ways to obtain this ID: Method 1 - Resets the CPU while A20 is Enabled. This method works on all systems, but the Reset handler gets control after BIOS. And some BIOSes (some newer AMI/Award BIOSes) destroy CPU ID (EDX) and therefore this ID could be invalid. This method is default <Enabled> in Setup section. Method 2 - Resets the CPU while A20 is Disabled. This method works only on some machines, which do have a Fully-Terminated bus. It's the best way to obtain CPU ID, because it gets control immediately after Reset (the BIOS can't destroy EDX). I've found some problems with this method while running with Norton cache. This method is default <Disabled> in Setup section. Method 3 - Try to use this method if your BIOS destroys CPU ID. But it works only on systems, which do not have Main BIOS (area at 0F000:0) Write-Protected, because it modifies it for a bit, and then restores back. This method is on some machines the only way to obtain CPU ID. This method is default <Enabled> in Setup section. HWiNFO tries to determine CPU ID this way, via: 1. CPUID instruction 2. BIOS (INT 15h) 3. Method 2 (if Enabled) 4. Method 3 5. Method 1 If you have an UMC U5SX/SD/SLV/486DX2/SX2, Enhanced Am486DX2/DX4/DX4-WB, AMD-K5 and above, Intel 486DX/SX/DX2 SL-Enhanced, IntelDX4, IntelSX2, IntelDX2 W-B Enh. or Intel Pentium(R) and above, there is no need to Reset the CPU (these CPU support CPUID instruction). Most CPUs today support CPUID instruction. Note: NexGen Nx586 does NOT support the CPUID instruction. Cyrix 5x86 and above support the CPUID instruction only if CPUIDEN bit in CCR4 register is set. HWiNFO 3.0.7+ sets this bit automatically. Disabling "CPU ID detection via Method 1, 2 and 3" reduces your CPU detection ability. And if there's no other way to obtain this ID (via BIOS or CPUID instruction), it won't identify 386SL, i386CX/EX, 486DX2, IBM 486... and some other CPUs. Do this only if your system hangs while attempting CPU detection. Some BIOSes simply OVERWRITE the CPU ID (EDX) :-< ! In this case an invalid CPU ID is displayed and the CPU is probably incorrectly identified. If this problem occurs, try to use Method 3 (but your Main BIOS must be Write-Enabled !). If it doesn't work, try to use Method 2 (but you must have a Fully-Terminated bus !). And if HWiNFO still displays, that Method 1 was used to obtain CPU ID, not Method 2 nor 3 can obtain it. ## 10. HWiNFO Crash ########################################################## - S3 ViRGE cards seem to crash while performing the TV Tuner test. If so, disable the "Check TV Tuner" option in Setup. - Stacker Compression Card and 3Com EtherLink III Adapter detection routines can cause crashes with some Network cards. You can disable them in the Configuration section (Stacker check is default disabled; 3Com EtherLink III detection is enabled). - If HWiNFO crashes while starting or while the "Flushing Disk Caches..." message is displayed, disable the "FlushDiskCache" option in HWiNFO.INI or HWiNFO|Setup. - The test for a TIGA graphics adapter may cause problems with some adapters. ## 11. Secondary Video Info ################################################## RISC Graphics Processor: currently identifies only Hitachi HD63484 ACRTC Scanning for TMS: checks for TMS340x0 processor on several ports and tries to get vendor and device name (detection routine from SPEA GDC drivers, I don't know if it works with other TMS cards too) TMS Boot EEPROM: gets info from Boot Software; this won't probably work with other cards than SPEA (I don't know :-( ) TIGA driver: gets info from TIGA driver if it's loaded (TIGACD.EXE) Also found as: identifies all SPEA Graphiti series cards from GDCINI.DAT and checks for HP IGC-20 and NEC MultiSync Graphics Engine You can obtain info such as: e.g.: RISC Graphics Processor: Hitachi HD63484 (ACRTC) Scanning for TMS: N/A TMS Boot EEPROM: N/A TIGA driver: N/A Also found as: SPEA Graphiti Flash 1G2-HE or: RISC Graphics Processor: N/A Scanning for TMS: (C) SPEA Software AG HILITE1024 TMS Boot EEPROM: SPEA HiLite1024 TIGA driver: N/A Also found as: SPEA Graphiti HiLite1024 or: RISC Graphics Processor: N/A Scanning for TMS: <I really don't know what it'll display> TMS Boot EEPROM: -||- TIGA driver: HP A1083A Intelligent Graphics Controller 20 Also found as: Hewlett Packard IGC-20 A1083A ## 12. PCI chipsets comparison ############################################### ┌────────────────┬───────┬───────┬───────┬───────┬───────┬───────┬───────┐ │ Chipset │ Intel │ Intel │ Intel │ Intel │ Intel │ Intel │ Intel │ │ │ 430LX │ 430NX │ 430FX │ 430VX │ 430HX │ 430MX │ 430TX │ ├────────────────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┤ │ North Bridge │82434LX│82434NX│82437FX│82437VX│82439HX│82437MX│82379TX│ │ │ PCMC │ PCMC │ TSC │ TVX │ TXC │ MTSC │ MTXC │ ├────────────────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┤ │ Supported │ P5 │ P5, │ P54C │ P54C │ P54C │ P54LM │ P54C, │ │ CPUs │ │ P54C │ K5, │ K5, │ K5, │mobile │ P55C, │ │ │ │ │ M1 │ M1 │ M1 │ │ K5,K6 │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ M1,M2 │ ├────────────────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┤ │ Max. bus freq. │ 66 │ 66 │ 66 │ 66 │ 66 │ 66 │ 66 │ ├────────────────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┤ │ SMP (max CPUs) │ - │ - │ - │ - │ 2 │ - │ - │ ├────────────────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┤ │ Max. memory │ 192M │ 512M │ 128M │ 128M │ 512M │ 128M │ 256M │ ├────────────────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┤ │ Supported │ SPM │ SPM │ SPM, │ FPM, │ FPM, │ SPM, │ FPM, │ │ Memory │ │ │ EDO │ EDO, │ EDO │ EDO │ EDO, │ │ Types │ │ │ │ SDRAM │ │ │ SDRAM │ ├────────────────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┤ │ ECC/Parity │ - │ - │ - │ - │ X │ - │ - │ ├────────────────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┤ │ Cacheability │ 192M │ 512M │ 64M │ 64M │ 512M │ 64M │ 64M │ ├────────────────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┤ │ South Bridge │82378IB│82378IB│82371FB│82371SB│82371SB│82371MX│82371AB│ │ │ SIO │ SIO │ PIIX │ PIIX3 │ PIIX3 │ MPIIX │ PIIX4 │ ├────────────────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┤ │ PCI support │ 2.0 │ 2.0 │ 2.0 │ 2.1 │ 2.1 │ 2.0 │ 2.1 │ ├────────────────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┤ │ A.G.P. │ - │ - │ - │ - │ - │ - │ - │ ├────────────────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┤ │ Concurrent PCI │ - │ - │ - │ X │ X │ - │ X │ ├────────────────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┤ │ USB │ - │ - │ - │ X │ X │ - │ X │ ├────────────────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┤ │ Power Mgmt. │ - │ - │ - │ - │ - │SMI/APM│ ACPI │ ├────────────────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┤ │ Ultra-DMA mode │ - │ - │ - │ - │ - │ - │ 2 │ └────────────────┴───────┴───────┴───────┴───────┴───────┴───────┴───────┘ ┌────────────────┬───────┬───────┬───────┬───────┬───────┬───────┬───────┬───────┐ │ Chipset │ Intel │ Intel │ Intel │ Intel │ Intel │ Intel │ Intel │ Intel │ │ │ 440FX │ 450GX │ 450KX │ 440LX │ 440EX │ 440BX │ 440GX │ 450NX │ ├────────────────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┤ │ North Bridge │82441FX│82453GX│82453KX│82443LX│82443EX│82443BX│82443GX│82451NX│ │ │ PMC │82454GX│82454KX│ PAC │ PAC │ │ │82454NX│ ├────────────────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┤ │ Supported │ P6, │ P6 │ P6 │ P-II │ P-II, │ P-II │ P-II, │ Xeon │ │ CPUs │ P-II │ │ │ │Celeron│ │ Xeon │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├────────────────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┤ │ Max. bus freq. │ 66 │ 66 │ 66 │ 66 │ 66 │ 100 │ 100 │ 100 │ ├────────────────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┤ │ SMP (max CPUs) │ 2 │ 4 │ 2 │ 2 │ - │ 2 │ 2 │ 4 │ ├────────────────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┤ │ Max. memory │ 1G │ 8G │ 1G │1G(EDO)│ 256M │ 1G │ 2G │ 8G │ ├────────────────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┤ │ Supported │FPM,EDO│ FPM │ FPM │ EDO, │ EDO, │ EDO, │ SDRAM │ EDO │ │ Memory │ BEDO │ │ │ SDRAM │ SDRAM │ SDRAM │ │ │ │ Types │ │ │ │ │ │ ** │ │ │ ├────────────────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┤ │ ECC/Parity │ X │ X │ X │ X │ - │ X │ X │ X │ ├────────────────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┤ │ Cacheability │ *** │ *** │ *** │ *** │ *** │ *** │ *** │ *** │ ├────────────────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┤ │ South Bridge │82371SB│optio- │optio- │82371AB│82371AB│82371EB│82371EB│82371EB│ │ │ PIIX3 │ nal │ nal │ PIIX4 │ PIIX4 │PIIX4/E│PIIX4/E│PIIX4/E│ ├────────────────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┤ │ PCI support │ 2.1 │ 2.0 │ 2.0 │ 2.1 │ 2.1 │ 2.1 │ 2.1 │ 2.1 │ ├────────────────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┤ │ A.G.P. │ - │ - │ - │ 2x │ 2x │ 2x │ 2x │ - │ ├────────────────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┤ │ Concurrent PCI │ X │ **** │ **** │ X │ X │ X │ X │ X │ ├────────────────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┤ │ USB │ X │ **** │ **** │ X │ X │ X │ X │ X │ ├────────────────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┤ │ Power Mgmt. │ SMM │ SMM │ SMM │ ACPI │ ACPI │ ACPI │ ACPI │ ACPI │ ├────────────────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┤ │ Ultra-DMA mode │ - │ - │ - │ 2 │ 2 │ 2 │ 2 │ 2 │ └────────────────┴───────┴───────┴───────┴───────┴───────┴───────┴───────┴───────┘ ┌────────────────┬───────┬───────┬───────┬───────┬───────┬───────┐ │ Chipset │ VIA │ VIA │ VIA │ VIA │ VIA │ VIA │ │ │ VP1 │ VPX │ VP2 │ VP3 │ MVP3 │ Pro │ ├────────────────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┤ │ North Bridge │82C585 │82C585 │82C595 │82C597 │82C598 │82C691 │ │ │ VP │ VPX │ │ /AT │ /AT │ │ ├────────────────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┤ │ Supported │ P54C, │ P54C, │ P54C, │ P54C, │ P54C, │ P6, │ │ CPUs │ K5, │ P55C, │ P55C, │ P55C, │ P55C, │ P-II │ │ │ M1 │ K5,K6 │ K5,K6 │ K5,K6 │ K5,K6 │ │ │ │ │ M1,M2 │ M1,M2 │ M1,M2 │ M1,M2 │ │ ├────────────────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┤ │ Max. bus freq. │ 66 │ 75 │ 66 │ 100 │ 100 │ 100 │ ├────────────────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┤ │ SMP (max CPUs) │ - │ - │ - │ - │ - │ - │ ├────────────────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┤ │ Max. memory │ 512M │ 512M │ 768M │ 1G │ 1G │ 1G │ ├────────────────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┤ │ Supported │ FPM, │ FPM, │ FPM, │FPM,EDO│FPM,EDO│ FPM, │ │ Memory │ EDO, │ EDO, │ EDO, │SDRAM, │SDRAM, │ EDO, │ │ Types │ SDRAM │ SDRAM │ SDRAM │SDRAM2 │SDRAM2 │ SDRAM │ ├────────────────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┤ │ ECC/Parity │ - │ - │ X │ X │ X │ X │ ├────────────────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┤ │ Cacheability │ 512M* │ 512M* │ 512M* │ 512M *│ 512M *│ *** │ ├────────────────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┤ │ South Bridge │82C586 │82C586B│82C586B│82C586B│82C586B│82C596 │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├────────────────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┤ │ PCI support │ 2.1 │ 2.1 │ 2.1 │ 2.1 │ 2.1 │ 2.1 │ ├────────────────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┤ │ A.G.P. │ - │ - │ - │ 2x │ 2x │ 2x │ ├────────────────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┤ │ Concurrent PCI │ X │ X │ X │ X │ X │ X │ ├────────────────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┤ │ USB │ X │ X │ X │ X │ X │ X │ ├────────────────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┤ │ Power Mgmt. │ APM │ ACPI │ ACPI │ ACPI │ ACPI │ ACPI │ ├────────────────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┤ │ Ultra-DMA mode │ - │ 2 │ 2 │ 2 │ 2 │ 3 │ └────────────────┴───────┴───────┴───────┴───────┴───────┴───────┘ ┌────────────────┬───────┬───────┬───────┬───────┬───────┬───────┐ │ Chipset │ SiS │ SiS │ SiS │ SiS │ SiS │ SiS │ │ │ 5511 │ 5596 │ 5571 │ 5581 │ 5597 │ 5591 │ ├────────────────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┤ │ North Bridge │ 5511 │ 5596 │ 5571 │ 5581 │ 5597 │ 5591 │ │ │ PCMC │ │ │ │ │ │ ├────────────────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┤ │ Supported │ P54C, │ P54C, │ P54C, │ P54C, │ P54C, │ P54C, │ │ CPUs │ K5, │ K5, │ P55C, │ P55C, │ P55C, │ P55C, │ │ │ M1 │ M1 │ K5,K6,│ K5,K6,│ K5,K6,│ K5,K6,│ │ │ │ │ M1,M2 │ M1,M2 │ M1,M2 │ M1,M2 │ ├────────────────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┤ │ Max. bus freq. │ 66 │ 66 │ 75 │ 75 │ 75 │ 66 │ ├────────────────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┤ │ SMP (max CPUs) │ - │ - │ - │ - │ - │ - │ ├────────────────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┤ │ Max. memory │ 512M │ 512M │ 384M │ 384M │ 384M │ 768M │ ├────────────────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┤ │ Supported │ FPM, │ FPM, │ FPM, │ FPM, │ FPM, │ FPM, │ │ Memory │ EDO │ EDO │ EDO, │ EDO, │ EDO, │ EDO, │ │ Types │ │ │ SDRAM │ SDRAM │ SDRAM │ SDRAM │ ├────────────────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┤ │ ECC/Parity │ - │ - │ - │ - │ - │ - │ ├────────────────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┤ │ Cacheability │ 256M *│ 256M *│ 128M *│ 128M *│ 128M *│ 256M *│ ├────────────────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┤ │ South Bridge │ 5513 │ 5513 │ 5513 │ 5513 │ 5513 │ 5595 │ │ │ │ │integr.│integr.│integr.│ │ ├────────────────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┤ │ PCI support │ 2.0 │ 2.0 │ 2.1 │ 2.1 │ 2.1 │ 2.1 │ ├────────────────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┤ │ A.G.P. │ - │ - │ - │ - │ - │ 2x │ ├────────────────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┤ │ Concurrent PCI │ X │ X │ X │ X │ X │ X │ ├────────────────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┤ │ USB │ - │ - │ X │ X │ X │ X │ ├────────────────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┤ │ Power Mgmt. │ SMM │ SMM │ SMM │ ACPI │ ACPI │ ACPI │ ├────────────────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼───────┤ │ Ultra-DMA mode │ - │ - │ - │ 2 │ 2 │ 2 │ └────────────────┴───────┴───────┴───────┴───────┴───────┴───────┘ * - Depends on L2 cache size: ┌───────┬───────────────┐ │ cache │ cacheable │ │ size │ region │ ├───────┼───────────────┤ │ 256K │64M-cache_size │ │ 512K │128M-cache_size│ │ 1M │256M-cache_size│ │ 2M │512M-cache_size│ └───────┴───────────────┘ ** - EDO and SDRAM cannot be mixed *** - no L2 cache on-board (depends on on-chip L2 cache size in CPU) **** - available if 82371SB PIIX3 is used ## 13. IDE Disk Transfer Modes ############################################### HWiNFO reports transfer modes for all IDE/ATAPI drives, which support it. Max. PIO transfer mode: PIO x DMA Transfer Modes: SW: a1 (m1), MW: a2 (m2), Ultra: a3 (m3) Where: x = Maximum supported PIO transfer mode SW = Singleword DMA transfer mode MW = Multiword DMA transfer mode Ultra = Ultra-DMA transfer mode a1, a2, a3 = Current active mode m1, m2, m3 = Max. supported mode ┌─────────────┬───────────────┐ │ Transfer │ Maximum │ │ Mode │ Transfer rate │ ├─────────────┼───────────────┤ │ PIO 0 │ 3.33 MB/s │ │ PIO 1 │ 5.22 MB/s │ │ PIO 2 │ 8.33 MB/s │ │ PIO 3 │ 11.11 MB/s │ │ PIO 4 │ 16.66 MB/s │ ├─────────────┼───────────────┤ │ DMA 0 │ 4.16 MB/s │ │ DMA 1 │ 13.33 MB/s │ │ DMA 2 │ 16.66 MB/s │ ├─────────────┼───────────────┤ │ Ultra-DMA 0 │ 16.66 MB/s │ │ Ultra-DMA 1 │ 25.00 MB/s │ │ Ultra-DMA 2 │ 33.33 MB/s │ Ultra-DMA/33 │ Ultra-DMA 3 │ 66.66 MB/s │ Ultra-DMA/66 └─────────────┴───────────────┘ ## 14. Miscellaneous notes ################################################### On some old motherboards, random numbers are obtained from unused I/O ports and this may cause invalid identification of some hardware (e.g. WSS). I don't know how to solve this problem. Video Throughput benchmark depends only on External CPU frequency and the type of Video board used; e.g. 486DX-33 with the same graphics board as an i486DX4-100 (running at 3*33 MHz) report the same Video Throughput speed ! Intel Pentium(R) and above CPUs do not report, that the "APIC on-chip" feature is present. Most of them (P54C yes, but P54CQS and P54LM don't) have an on-chip APIC, but don't report it, if it isn't supported by external hardware. Dhrystone benchmark tests the performance of CPU and Memory, but only in 16-bit code. Therefore a 150 MHz Pentium Pro (which is designed and tuned especially for 32-bit code) returns a rather low Dhrystone result. So its performance while running with 16-bit applications is comparable to a 100 MHz Pentium P54C. If you have an Intel 420LX/420NX/430FX/430HX/430VX/430MX/430TX, SiS 85C501/5120/5511/5571/5581/5596/5597/5591, AMD-640 chipset or VIA Apollo VP-1/VPX/VP-2/VP3/MVP3, HWiNFO is able to detect the type of External Cache and its size direct from the PCI chipset registers. The report from sensors requires Intel 82371AB PIIX4 (or 82371EB PIIX4E) south bridge, SMBus and National Semiconductor LM75/78/80 temperature sensor. ## 15. Some abbreviations #################################################### FPM = Fast-Page Mode (old standard DRAM type) EDO = Extended Data-Out SDRAM = Synchronous DRAM DDR SDRAM II = Double Data Rate SDRAM II BDDR SDRAM II = Bi-directionally strobed DDR SDRAM II BEDO = Burst EDO EC = Error Check only ECC = Error Check and Correction DRAM = Dynamic RAM VRAM = Video RAM WRAM = Window RAM SDRAM = Synchronous DRAM SGRAM = Synchronous Graphics RAM RDRAM = Rambus DRAM MDRAM = Multibank DRAM VRT = Voltage Reduction Technology APIC = Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller (required for DP) DP = Dual Processing FRC = Functional Redundancy Checking (requires DP) MMX = Multimedia Extensions (57 new instructions, SIMD architecture, 64-bit regs) MMX-2 = 3D Multimedia Instructions (Intel) 3DNow! = Additional floating point MMX instructions (AMD, Cyrix) S.E.C = Single Edge Contact MPS = Multi-Processor System TLB = Translation Lookaside Buffer (small cache for page translation) PnP = Plug-and-Play ESCD = Extended System Configuration Data DMI = Desktop Management Interface ACPI = Advanced Configuration and Power Interface APM = Advanced Power Management VESA/VBE = Video Electronics Standards Association / Video BIOS Extensions DDC = Display Data Channel (DDC1: Monitor->PC, DDC2B: Monitor<->PC) ## 16. Codenames ############################################################# Codenames for Intel Processors: P5 - Intel Pentium(R) Processor: Old 50/50 (Engineering Sample), 60/60 and 66/66 MHz. P54C - Intel Pentium(R) Processor: Later 75/50, 90/60, 100/50, 100/66, 120/60, 133/66, 150/60, 166/66, 180/60, 200/66 and 233/66 MHz without VRT, with on-chip APIC, Dual Processing Features and FRC support. P54CM - Intel Pentium(R) Update Processor: Old 90MHz Slave processor in Dual Processor system. P54CQS - Intel Pentium(R) Processor: 75/50, 100/66, 120/60, 133/66, 166/66 and 200/66 MHz without VRT, on-chip APIC, Dual Processing Features, Upgrade and FRC support. P54LM - Intel Pentium(R) Mobile Processor: 75/50, 120/60, 133/66 and 150/60 Low Power versions (2.9 V) supporting VRT. These Processors are shipped without APIC on-chip, Dual Processing Features, Upgrade and FRC support. P24T - Intel Pentium(R) OverDrive(R) Processor: PODP5V63 63/25 MHz and PODP5V83 83/33 MHz OverDrive for 486 CPUs. P24CT - Intel Pentium(R) OverDrive(R) Processor: OverDrive for IntelDX4(TM) Processor. P5T - Intel Pentium(R) OverDrive(R) Processor: PODP5V120 120/60 MHz and PODP5V133 133/66 MHz OverDrive for Intel Pentium(R) P5 60/60 and 66/66 MHz Processors. P54CT - Intel Pentium(R) OverDrive(R) Processor: PODP3V125 125/50 MHz, PODP3V150 150/60 MHz and PODP3V166 166/66 MHz OverDrive for Intel Pentium(R) P54C 75/50, 90/60 and 100/66 MHz Processors. P55C - Intel Pentium(R) Processor with MMX(TM) Technology: 166/66, 200/66, 233/66 and 266/66 MHz MMX, 32 KBytes First Level Cache and better Branch Prediction. P55LM Tillamook - Mobile Intel Pentium(R) Processor with MMX(TM) Technology: 200/66 and 233/66 MHz P55CTP - Intel Pentium(R) OverDrive(R) Processor with MMX(TM) Technology: PODPMT60X150 125/50, 150/60, PODPMT66X166 166/66, PODPMT60X180 180/60 and PODPMT66X200 200/66 for Intel Pentium(R) 75/50, 90/60 and 100/66 Processors. P6 - Intel Pentium(R) Pro Processor: 133/66 (Engineering Sample), 150/60, 166/66, 180/60 and 200/66, 256K, 512K and 1024K of L2 cache. P6T - Intel Pentium(R) Pro OverDrive(R) Processor. P6L Klamath - Intel Pentium(R) II Processor: 233/66, 266/66 and 300/66, P6 with MMX(TM) Technology and without Level-2 on-chip cache, S.E.C. cartridge, Slot 1, 512K ECC/Non-ECC cache on substrate, .35 µm, VccCORE=2.8V or 1.6V, up to 2 CPUs in MPS Celeron - Intel Celeron(TM) Processor: 266/66 and 300/66 MHz, no L2 cache, MMX, no MPS ??? - Mobile Intel Pentium(R) II Processor: 233/66, 266/66 MHz and 300/66, VccCORE=1.7V or 1.6V, ECC L2 cache Deschutes - Intel Pentium(R) II Processor: 333/66, 350/100 and 400/100 MHz, 512K L2 cache, MMX, .25 µm, VccCORE=2.0V Xeon - Intel Pentium(R) II Xeon(TM) Processor: 400/100 MHz, 512K, 1M or 2M L2 cache, MMX, Slot 2, up to 8 CPUs in MPS Mendocino - 300 MHz, 128K L2 on-chip cache Katmai - MMX-2, 100 MHz bus clock Tanner - Xeon with MMX-2: 500/100 MHz, Slot 2 Williamate - Enhanced Pentium Pro Merced - Intel + HP project IA64 architecture, EPIC ## 17. Thanks ################################################################ I want especially to thank: ∙ Beta testers: Boris Hurínek [BHsoft] (hurinek@axa.sk) Erik Francisci (jumper!franci@dec3.dcs.elf.stuba.sk) Igor Junas (junas@axis.sk) Matús Rosa (rosa@???.sk) Milan Marusinec (marusin@lithec.sk) ∙ Alex V. Potemkin and Potemkin's Hackers Group (avp@stelth.dvm.msk.ru) ∙ Aad Offerman (offerman@einstein.et.tudelft.nl) - CHIPLIST ∙ Ján Gúcik (jan.gucik@vslib.cz) - IntroScope ∙ Tomás Lehuta (lehuta@elf.stuba.sk) - GUS Memory routs, hints ∙ Peter Hubinsky (hubak@elf.stuba.sk; SAC fileadmin) - distribution ∙ Emil Laurentiu (lcarmen@u1.ici.ro) - hints ∙ Andrew Nelson (anelson@atlas.co.uk) - English language suggestions :-) ∙ Marek Smihla (ceit@internet.sk) - reports & hints ∙ Jiang Hong (zlzhang@pku.edu.cn) - BL3 & hints ∙ Intel and its support (support@intel.com) - excelent dox, insight CD ∙ Tamas Miklos (fieryofup@geocities.com) - WSS&Modem rout, hints, ASMDEMO ∙ ESCOM CS (escom_support@brn.pvtnet.cz) - info, reports ∙ Olivier Cahagne (cahagn_o@epita.fr) - SysInfo observatory ∙ Thomas Mainka (100112.2132@compuserve.com) - reports ∙ Christian Klak (drk-soft@gmx.net) - Acer info ∙ Gershon Mikulsky (mikuls@shani.net) - ATI info ∙ Janusz Bubik (j.bubik@micronic.cz) - reports ∙ All other people, who have sent bug reports and suggestions (*!*@*.*) Greetings to: ∙ Lubos Vrtik (vrtik@vuje.sk) - cracking <-> protecting impressions, HMVS ∙ C00LMAN of Siam Hacker's Gang - KeY GeNeRaToR 4 HWiNFO v<4.0.0 (I'm waiting 4 keYGen 4 HWiNFO v4.0.0+) ∙ eGIS / pCE - *v3Ry nICE* K3YG3N 4 HWiNFO ≤4.2.4, 4.2.5 (No idea how to receive the true magic numbers for v4.0.0+ ?) ∙ dEVIL / uCF - *nICE* kEYZ 4 HWiNFO v4.2.2, ReGGeD v4.3.0 (try brute force attack ;-)) ∙ Dark Paw - Nice Try (also w/ comments) (Still waiting for registered users ?) ## 18. 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