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07/31/2008 Version 5.40 of the ASTRA has been released
New in the version 5.40:
- Added reading of SPD information on SiS 662 chipset
- Added detection of Intel Nehalem-EX, Intel Xeon MP (Dunnington), Intel Atom (Diamondville, Silverthorne), AMD Opteron (Shanghai), AMD Phenom (Deneb, Propus, Heka, Regor), AMD Phenom X3, AMD Athlon X2 (Brisbane), AMD Athlon 64 X2 (Lion), AMD Athlon 64 (Richmond), AMD Athlon (Orleans), AMD Sempron X2, AMD Sempron (Keene, Sable), AMD Mobile Sempron (Sherman), AMD Turion 64 X2 Ultra, AMD Turion 64 X2 (Lion) processors
- Improved support of VIA C7 processor
- Added detection of new processors features: FMA Instructions Set, AES Instructions Set, Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX), Dynamic Acceleration Technology, MOVBE Insruction Supported, PCLMULQDQ Instruction Supported, XSAVE Insructions Supported, OS Supports XSAVE Instructions
- Fixed program hang-up during SCSI detection on some configuration
- Some minor bugs fixed
- Updated program database
07/31/2008 Version 2.00 of the ASTRA32 for Windows has been released. Click here to learn more about ASTRA32 for Windows.
02/21/2008 Version 5.35 of the ASTRA has been released
New in the version 5.35:
- Added reading of SPD information on Intel ICH10 hub and nVidia MCP67 south bridge
- Added report of chipset code name
- Added detection of memory modules max case temperature
- Added detection of Intel Quad-Core Xeon (Yorkfield), Intel Dual-Core Xeon (Wolfdale, Wolfdale DP), Intel Core 2 Extreme (Penryn), Intel Celeron Dual-Core, Celeron (Yonah), VIA Isaiah processors
- Added detection of new processors features: Intel Trusted Execution Technology, 64-bit Debug Store
- Improved support of AMD Phenom family processor
- Fixed support of DDR2-1066 memory modules
- Updated program database
02/21/2008 Version 1.56 of the ASTRA32 for Windows has been released. Click here to learn more about ASTRA32 for Windows.
11/14/2007 Version 5.34 of the ASTRA has been released
New in the version 5.34:
- Improved multiprocessor support
- Added detection of CD/DVD device physical interface type (ATAPI, Serial ATAPI, SCSI, USB, Fibre Channel, IEEE)
- Added detection of DVD-RW DL, HD DVD-R DL, HD DVD-RW, HD DVD-RW DL read features
- Added reading of SPD information on Intel Tolapai processor
- Added detection of Intel Quad-Core Xeon (Tigerton), Intel Dual-Core Xeon (Tigerton), Intel Core 2 Extreme Mobile, Intel Pentium Dual-Core Mobile (Merom), Intel Celeron (Conroe-L/Merom-L), AMD Embedded Opteron, AMD Athlon 64 X2 (Tyler), AMD Turion 64 X2 (Hawk, Griffin) processors
- Added detection of new processors features: x2APIC Architecture, AMD SSE5A Extensions
- Added $DAY$, $MONTH$ and $YEAR$ macros support in batch mode
- Added PCI devices dump and CPU dump at the end of the text report
- Fixed program hang-up during S.M.A.R.T. test on some HDD
- Fixed reading of SPD information on some memory modules
- Updated program database
11/12/2007 Version 1.55 of the ASTRA32 for Windows has been released. Click here to learn more about ASTRA32 for Windows.
07/24/2007 Version 5.33 of the ASTRA has been released
New in the version 5.33:
- Added support of SMBIOS 2.6a preliminary standard
- Added detection of L3 cache size and parameters on AMD processors
- Added detection of new processors features: AMD SKINIT, STGI, DEV Supported, AMD Watchdog Timer, AMD 1-GB Large Page
- Fixed program slowdown during DMI/SMBIOS test (if program run from a floppy disk)
- Fixed detection of Intel Pentium family processors
- Fixed detection of cache associativity on AMD processors
- Updated program database
07/24/2007 Version 1.54 of the ASTRA32 for Windows has been released. Click here to learn more about ASTRA32 for Windows.
05/30/2007 Version 5.32 of the ASTRA has been released
New in the version 5.32:
- Added detection of High Definition Audio codec name
- Added detection of SCSI and USB CD/DVD devices
- Improved detection of ATAPI devices
- Added calculation of memory module's manufacture date
- Added reading of SPD information on VIA CX700 south bridge
- Added detection of monitor aspect ratio
- Added detection of Intel Quad-Core Xeon (Penryn), Intel Core 2 Extreme (Yorkfield), Intel Core 2 Quad (Yorkfield), Intel Core 2 Duo (Wolfdale), Intel Pentium (Conroe), Intel Pentium Dual-Core Mobile, Intel Celeron M (Conroe-L, Merom-L), Intel A1xx, AMD Opteron (Barcelona, Budapest), AMD Phenom FX, AMD Phenom X4, AMD Phenom X2, AMD Athlon X2, AMD Sempron (Spica), AMD Turion 64 X2 (Trinidad), AMD Turion 64 (Richmond), AMD Mobile Sempron (Keene)
- Added detection of new processors features: Streaming SIMD Ext 4.1 (SSE4.1), Streaming SIMD Ext 4.2 (SSE4.2), AMD SSE4A Extensions, AMD Misaligned SSE, AMD 3DNow! Prefetch, POPCNT Insruction Supported, Performance Debug Capab. MSR, Advanced Bit Manipulation, OS Visible Workaround, Instruction Based Sampling, AMD 100MHz Multiplier Steps, AMD Hardware P-State Control
- Reduced memory requirements
- Fixed program hang-up during IDE3 detection on some configurations
- Fixed reading of SPD information on Intel ICH6/7/8/9 hub in some cases
- Fixed detection of Intel Virtualization Technology, Intel Extended Memory 64 Technology and LAHF/SAHF Instructions support on Intel Core 2 family CPU's
- Updated program database
05/30/2007 Version 1.53 of the ASTRA32 for Windows has been released. Click here to learn more about ASTRA32 for Windows.
03/05/2007 Version 1.52 of the ASTRA32 for Windows has been released. Click here to learn more about ASTRA32 for Windows.

02/09/2007 Version 5.31 of the ASTRA has been released

New in the version 5.31:
- Added detection of ATA/ATAPI devices interface type (Parallel ATA, Serial ATA I, Serial ATA II)
- Added detection of SATA NCQ command
- Added reading SMBIOS structures from extended memory
- Added reading of SPD information on Intel ICH9 hub, ATI IXP SB600, SiS 965, SiS 966, SiS 968 south bridges and SiS 741 chipset
- Added detection of Intel Quad-Core Xeon (Kentsfield), Intel Core 2 Quad, AMD Dual-Core Opteron (Hound), AMD Athlon 64 FX (Brisbane), AMD Athlon 64 X2 (Brisbane), AMD Athlon 64 (Lima), AMD Turion 64 X2 (Tyler) and AMD Sempron (Sparta) processors
- Added Phoenix for Wistron support
- Fixed program hang-up on SiS 5xx processor
- Fixed detection of AMD extended model 4 processors
- Fixed detection of PnP devices on some Intel server motherboards
- Fixed detection of old (286, 386, some 486) processors
- Updated program database
02/09/2007 Version 1.51 of the ASTRA32 for Windows has been released. Click here to learn more about ASTRA32 for Windows.

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