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Screenshot
Features
Benefits of the
registered version
What´s
new?
Introduction
Dr. Hardware
ist
made for everyone. It will help both the expert and the novice to
answer all questions regarding hardware, configuration and power of his
computer.
Dr. Hardware concentrates his efforts on detecting and inquiring the
core hardware and the connected devices of your computer. Also
several relevant information about resources and operating system will
be given.
It shows the really relevant information: important hardware data as
well as somewhat sophisticated stuff, that can become of interest under
certain circumstances, for example when dealing with the customer
service.
For experts the program also provides the underlying data structures,
e.g. dump of the PCI configuration space or of SDRAM modules eeprom.
Several charts and diagrams visualize data relations, e.g. free vs.
used drive capacity or benchmark results.
Finally it´s worth to mention that all data are written to and
maintained within a database consisting of numerous tables and you are
able to edit these data in the programs text fields and grids, that
show the results. Read more about the database concept in the help
topic Database concept.
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Features
- Detailed analysis of
core hardware and connected devices of personal computers
- Detects processor, BIOS,
cache, bus system
- Detailed information for
many current mainboard chipsets
- Examines harddisk, CD
ROM, modem, VGA adapter
- Lists your (E-)IDE, ATAPI
and SCSI devices
- Description of installed
multimedia devices
- PCI list
- SMBios analysis
- SDRAM detection and
information (Serial Presence Detect Method)
- Analysis of mainstream
sensors
- Network analysis
- Benchmarks for CPU, video
adapter, harddrives, CD ROM/DVD, ASPI/SCSI devices, net drives
- List of used IRQ and DMA
channels as well as I/O ports and memory areas
- Windows memory analysis,
process and module list, system monitor
- Windows version
information
- Internet Explorer /
Firefox detailed info
- Monitor test screen
- Keyboard input test
- Burn-In and Rating test
(registered
version only)
User interface:
- 2D/3D diagrams and charts
- XP theme support
- Report generator (printer
and file output)
- Automatic report
generation via command parameter -r (Example: c:\> drhard -r:
mypc.rpt)
- Online help (F1)
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Benefits
of the registered version
- Autoreport
option for quick report creation of many systems without user
interaction.
- Sensor
inquiry (Voltage, temperature and fan rotation sensors are part of
nearly all modern mainboards. Dr. Hardware can detect and inquire most
of them and shows their data in realtime)
- Burn-In
benchmark and Rating test
- Includes
update option for all updates of the current and next main version (eg.
Dr. Hardware 2007 and 2008).
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New
features of Dr. Hardware 2008 Build 9.0.0e vs. 8.5.0e
Improved/Updated:
- detects Dual Core Intel Xeon 7200 and Quad Core
Intel Xeon 7300 processor, Celeron 400, AMD Dual, Embedded and Quad
Core Opteron for socket 1207+, preliminary support for AMD Phenom
processor
- updated detection of Intel Core 2 Duo and Core 2 Extreme
processors (desktop and mobile editions)
- improved L2 and L3 cache analysis on AMD processors
- support for latest processor features (SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, 100MHz
Steps, 3DNowPrefetch etc.)
- effective CPU family and model output on Intel processors
- support for Intel 945GME, GM965, PM965, GL960, GME965, GLE960, G31,
P31, Q33, Q35, X38, 7300, E8501 chipsets, partially including detailed
descriptions; detects nVidia nForce 500 and 630, MCP61 chipsets (nForce
400/405/420/430); detects AMD 770, 790X and 790FX chipsets
- Chipset analysis: support for current AMD processor based systems
(Infos about RAM, Hyper transport bus, Northbridge)
- IDE/SATA analysis: support for JMicron controller
- SMBios analyse: support for V 2.6, support for multiple processor
structures
- Memory module analysis: support for ALI/ULi 1563 and further nForce
SMBus Hosts
- Sensor analysis: support for Winbond W83627EHF, W83627EHG and
W83627DHG, improved Winbond chip detection and analysis, overall
improved ISA connected sensor chip detection
- L2 cache detection: support for early Duron, Athlon and VIA CX3 cpus
- Support for latest Intel cache descriptors and processor revisions
- printer analysis: gets default printer on Windows XP/Vista, further
info (supported paper and media types, paper bins)
- detects a bunch of latest PCI devices
Bug fixes:
- AMD Sempron 64 (AM2) detection
- Iomega ZIP and JAZ drives detection
- several chipset informations
- LPC47M1xx Sensor-Chip: analysis error
- program instability after browser test execution
New
features of Dr. Hardware 2007 Build 8.5.0e vs. 8.0.0e
Improved/Updated:
- Support for Intel P35, G33, 945GU and 945GC
chipset, AMD 690G/V and 580X chipset; detailed information for Intel
chipsets featuring ICH7, ICH8 and ICH9
- detects Celeron D/65nm, Geode LX/NX and VIA C7-M processors
- improved detection of latest Core 2 Duo and Celeron D processor
numbers and steppings, support for new cache
descriptor, 16 Bit brand ID for AMD processors; improved
detection of new Athlon 64 X2 cpus
- Support for nVidia nForce MCP 51/61 chipsets; support for
nForce 4/5 enhanced, better detection of ATI Xpress chipsets
- SDRAM analysis: support for Intel ICH9, nVidia nForce MCP61/MCP65,
ATI SB200-600, VIA CX700 and more Serverworks SMBus controller
- Support for LM84, LM85, ADM1023, ADM1027, ADM1031, ADT7463, ITE8716F,
ITE8718F, SMSC 6D100/6D102/6D103/6D103S, SMSC
LPC47B27x/LPC47M14x/LPC47M192/LPC47M292 und MC1066 sensor/LPC chips;
improved ITE8712F monitoring
- support for ULi SATA controller (ATA/SATA analysis)
- detects latest PCI devices
- detects latest SDRAM vendors
- Security test: improved Windows XP sp2 detection
- System benchmark: database update
Bug fixes:
- processor name by vendor
- autorun feature
- detection of current AMD processors
- W83627DHG Sensor detection and support
- temporary report file stored on desktop
New
features of Dr. Hardware 2007 Build 8.0.0e vs. 7.5.0e
New:
- Windows Vista support
- Detailed information about Mozilla Firefox Browser (Settings,
Cookies, URL history, downloads)
Improved/Updated:
- detects Intel Core 2 Extreme Quad and Quad Core
Xeon processor; AMD Turion 64 Mobile; AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core
Processor; and latest AMD Dual Core CPUs (socket AM2, F etc.); improved
resp. enhanced detection of Intel Pentium 4 D900/Extreme, Core
Duo/Solo, Core 2 Duo/Extreme, Dual Core Xeon processors.
- improved detection of mobile processors
- detects new CPU technologies (SSE3, SSSE3, Direct Cache Access,
Context ID)
- support for Intel Q963, G965, Q965 and 3000/3010 Server chipsets as
well as later SiS and VIA chipsets and ULi M1695 chipset/ULi
M1563/M1573 southbridge.
- extended extraction of AMI BIOS ID strings
- now comes with 4 separate windows to show current cpu usage of each
processor core.
- support for Intel ICH8 SATA Controller (IDE/SATA analysis)
- SDRAM/sensor monitor support for latest VIA chipsets (VT8237A/VT8251
SB), nForce 5 series chipsets
- sensor monitor support for Winbond W83627DHG chip
- improved detection of SATA II harddisks
- net drives benchmark: user defined target folder
- enhanced Windows version detection
- accelerated processor/mainboard, SDRAM, sensor, chipset, PCI and
video adapter analysis
- security analysis: improved Service Pack 2 detection, support for
Mozilla Firefox related settings
- GUI improvements on systems with big system font
- Reporting:
- new feature <Reduced detail depth> allows to exclude
special interest stuff from the report file.
- report modules improved <Windows security>.
- HTML report file output improved
- improved context sensitive program help and support for Web help on
Vista.
- Improved program installation on 64 Bit Windows
- Minor improvements, updates (PCI devices, Core steppings, Benchmark
reference data)
Bugfix:
- Bitwise output of CPUID Function 1, EAH
- detection of Enhanced Speed Step, Thermal Monitor Control 2 technology
- detection of Intel Q963/965 chipsets
- Award Modular Bios version detection
- SDRAM/sensor analysis: ICH8 support
- Internet-Explorer: Current status of expert settings
- support for harddisk/CD/DVD performance in the rating test
- determination of number of processor cores
- kernel driver load error under Windows XP 64
- ATI Radeon XPress 200 chipset detection
- incorrect data for CPU cores/threads on the SMBios/processor tab
- output of not existing processor serial numbers on later Intel
processors
- core steppings for several AMD 64 CPUs
New
features of Dr. Hardware 2006 7.5.0e (vs.
7.0.0e)
Improved/Updated:
- detects Intel Core Duo/Solo, Core Duo Xeon
5000, 7000, LV, Core 2 Duo, new Pentium D/EE processors
- detects Execution Bit Disable Technology (Intel
Processors)
- Support for Intel 940GML,
945PL/GZ/PM/GM/GT/GMS, 946PL/GZ, 955X, 975X, P965, 5000P/V/X/Z chipsets
- detects NVidia nForce 4 SLI Intel Edition,
550/570/590 chipsets
- detects Intel VT/ AMD IOMMU Virtualisation
technolgy, Centrino Duo Mobile Technolgy
- Sensor / SDRAM support for latest Intel
chipsets P965, 5000 Series and nForce4 SLI
- Sensor monitoring: support for Winbond W83792D
Chip added
- lists performance profiles for DDR2-RAM modules
(with EPP support - Enhanced Performance Profile)
- SMBios analysis: updated and additions
according V 2.5.0; new: support for sensor/fan structures
- improved detection of Transmeta processors
- detects Windows Vista, Server 2003 R2, .NET
- Rating test: updated rating scheme
- several updates: PCI devices, CPU core
steppings, SDRAM vendors, cache descriptors
Bugfix:
- Trace-Cache: associativity
- PCI analysis: Detection of NVidia video adpaters
- Crashes on later Intel CPU machines
- several translation things
- Installation on Windows XP x64
Build
7.0.0e:
New:
- Support for Windows XP x64 added
- New: Security check (lists running
antivirus software, firewalls, important security related Windows
settings etc.; lists Windows updates, services and device
driver)
- New options: program autostart, hide
program to system tray after start, show sensor data in
minimized mode
- User interface redesigned, program window
sizeable
- reduced installable exe file size due to
new installer (about 2,3 MB now)!
Improved/Updated:
- improved analysis of multi Core CPUs,
detects AMD SVM feature (Secure Virtual Machine)
- detects new Athlon 64, Opteron and
Sempron processors
- detects Pentium4 trace cache
- support for Intel Server chipsets E7221,
E7230, E7320, E8500; Mobile chipsets 845MP/MZ, 855GME,
915GM/PM/GMS, 910 GML;
- detects Intel Centrino technology;
shows steppings of several Intel chipsets
- ATA/SATA analysis: more controller
supported
- sensor analysis: support for Winbond
83687THF, enhanced detection of other Winbond Chips; sensor
data can be saved and are shown in extra grid
- SDRAM/sensor analysis via SMBus: support
für a lot of Asus mainboards
- Internet Explorer: lists special settings
- Running processes: file Version
informationen improved
- more Windows information
- shows contents of system files
(autoexec.bat etc.)
- more Windows tools/services can be
started out of the program
- Rating test: Windows XP x64 support
- database update: PCI devices, SDRAM
vendors etc.
Bugfix:
- False detection of Intel 852/855 mobile
chipsets
- Keyboard test: some keys
New
features of Dr. Hardware 2005
Build 6.5.0e:
New:
- ATA/S-ATA hard disks:
S.M.A.R.T analysis; hard disk temperature
- Keyboard test to test the
function of the keyboard (keystroke test).
Improved/Updated:
- detects Pentium XE
(Extreme Edition), Pentium D, Celeron D; detects AMD Dual Core
processorsen (Athlon 64 X2/Opteron), Turion, latest
Athlon-64/Opteron/Sempron cpus.
- enhanced processor info
(details about 32-/64-Bit technology, socket, current and max clock
frequency on notebooks)
- improved mainboard
vendor/model detection
- Processor revisions of
current AMD processors, core steppings of Intel processors updated
- detects chipsets nVidia
nForce4, ATI Radeon IGP Serie, several SiS chipsets; improved detection
of 910GL,915P/PL/G/GV, 925X/X2/XE
- Southbridge report for
Intel, SiS and VIA chipsets
- detailed info for Intel
945G/P, 955X chipsets
- ATA/S-ATA analysis:
detects S-ATA 1 + 2 devices, Native Command Queuing (NCQ); detects
capacity above 128 GB
- SDRAM/sensor test:
improved support for NVidia nForce2, nForce3, nForce4 chipsets, latest
Intel chipsets with ICH7/ICH7R I/O Controller Hub
- Sensor test: support for
Winbond W83697EHF, LM86/89/99, MAX6657/8/9, ADT7461
- SMBios processor socket
detection updated
- detects many more SDRAM
vendors
- detects many more PCI
devices
- Support of further file
formats in the browser cache viewer (GIF, JHTML, PHTML, TXT)
- several small improvements
Bugfix:
- Sensor test:
Celsius-Fahrenheit conversion
- Intel 925X/XE chipset
detection
- partition table reporting
- Bios viewer fixed
Build 6.0.0e:
New:
- PC Rating Test: Runs
several tests to determine the system´s overall index in the
range
between 0 and 100.
Improved/Updated:
- detects AMD Sempron
processor
- IDE/S-ATA analysis:
improved support for SATA harddisks
- Support for Intel
chipsets 915GL/GV, 925XE, E7520
- SMBios: several updates
according to SMBios 2.4.0
- detects several hundred
new PCI devices
- detects 50 more SDRAM
vendors
- new Benchmark results for
Pentium 4E 2800 and 3400 MHz
Bug fixes:
- Several bugs of the Bios
viewer
- PCI Express analysis
(device type)
- Athlon 64 type
determination
- SDRAM analysis: year/week
of manufacturing, SPD revision, capacity of DDR2 chips
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New
features of Dr. Hardware 2004
Build 5.5.0e:
New:
- Partition information for physical drives
Improved, updated:
- detects Pentium 4E ("Prescott"), Athlon 64
FX-53; improved detection of AMD 64 bit processors, extended
CPUID information; detects NSC Geode and SiS processors
- detects PCI Express devices (incl. detailed PCI
Express device description)
- Support for Intel chipsets 915P, 915GE, 925X,
E7525, E7210 and a number of newer SiS and VIA chipsets
- improved detection of several drive types under
Windows XP
- SDRAM/sensor analysis: support for Intel
chipsets (915, 925X, E7525, E7210 - ICH6/6300ESB I/O Controller),
improved support for several SiS chipsets
- Sensor analysis: support for ADM1032,
Fujitsu-Siemes Hermes, improved LM90 detection
- detects new Pentium 4 and Athlon 64/Opteron
steppings
- detects SSE3
- Support for SMBios V 2.3.4
- System benchmark results for Athlon 64 3400+
Bug Fixes:
- Drive statistics: large drive information
(Integer overflow)
- Detection of several VIA chipsets
- Chipset analysis: S-ATA details Intel ICH5
Build
5.0.1e:
Bug Fixes:
- Burn-In-test will now be enabled in the
registered version.
- Web Update: Retrieving current version
information from the web fixed.
Build 5.0.0e:
New:
- Network analysis: Detailed information about
Windows Network, resources, adapter (including IP/Mac addresses), RAS
connections including connection statistics
- Burn-In Benchmark test suite (registered
version only)
- modernized user interface (XP theme support
etc.)
- Now there is only one registered version
called Professional Edition, equivalent to the previous
Premium Edition, supporting Windows 95, 98, Me, NT4, 2000, 2003,
XP (32 bit edition)
Improved, updated:
- detects Athlon 64/64FX/Opteron, Improved
detection of Pentium 4 and Celeron (including Mobile processors),
Xeon, Xeon MP, Pentium-III-S and Xeon, preliminary detection of
Pentium 4 EE
- Drive benchmark improved: measures
sequential, random and average read transfer rate, average write
transfer rate and access time. Improved test algorithm to avoid
wrong results caused by Windows and/or device cache effects.
Supporting removable harddrives like USB sticks, Zip or Jaz
drives. Important! Results from previous versions can´t be
compared to the current results
- PCI analysis: more info, support for PCI
2.3, detects IRQs > 15
- SDRAM/sensor analysis: Support for nForce2 and
current SiS chipsets (645, 650, 735, 746 etc.), improved support for
nForce chipset, preliminary support for nForce3 chipset
- Sensor analysis: improved monitoring of Winbond
chips, improved detection and read-out of SiS950/ITE705F/ITE712F,
support for Winbond W83637HF Chip, support for Fujitsu-Siemens Poseidon
and Scylla chip, temperature data for Via 686A/B sensor added
- SCSI(ASPI): Analysis and benchmark support for
Windows NT, 200x and XP
- More infos about Windows version
- Analysis Windows/Current configuration:
improved detection of installed devices under Windows 200x/XP
- Analysis Hardware resources: interrupt
detection improved under Windows 200x and XP
- Internet Explorer analysis: General IE
infos and settings added
- File statistics: support for many other file
types
- improved Transmeta processor detection
(TM3200/5400/5500/5600/5800), preliminary detection of Efficeon
- detects Phoenix Award Bios
- detects new PCI devices
- Support for Intel 848P chipset, detects
nForce3, current ServerWorks
and ALi chipset
- Bios viewer: Support for searching of strings,
Copyright, string scan and clipboard support added
- DDC monitor infos under Windows 200x/XP
- many more useful enhancements
Bugfix:
- Exception in SDRAM and sensor analysis after
closing the Properties dialog
- Bios Viewer: Address FFFF0h-FFFFFh (Hex mode)
- PCI Dump: Content of register 90h
- Detection of nForce chipsets
- Printer analysis: list of available resolutions
(from index 1)
- various minor bugs
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