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11/22/2006 Version 1.50 of the ASTRA32 has been released

New in the version 1.50:

- Added Report Wizard
- Added ability to save a file report in CSV format
- Added new command line switch /LP - Load report profile
- Added new command line switch P - Do NOT include private data in the report
- Added detection of SCSI devices manufacture date and start-stop count
- Added detection of CD/DVD firmware date
- Added detection of HD-DVD read feature and DVD-R DL, DVD+RW DL, HD DVD-R, HD DVD-RAM read-write features
- Added reading of SPD information on nVidia MCP61, MCP65, VIA VT8237A, VT8251 south bridges and SiS 760 chipset
- Added detection of Intel Quad-Core Xeon, Intel Dual-Core Xeon (Tulsa), AMD Dual-Core Opteron (Santa Rosa, Santa Ana) and AMD Geode LX
- Added detection of new processors features: Intel Direct Cache Access, AMD Extended APIC Register Space
- Added Insyde BIOS for Fujitsu Siemens support
- Added 32 PCI vendors and 566 new devices
- Added 488 new monitor models
- Added 3 USB vendors and 87 new devices
- Added 32 vendors of SPD memory modules
- Added 5 new PnP devices

08/27/2006 Version 1.41 of the ASTRA32 has been released

New in the version 1.41:

- Added extended information about network interface (link speed, status, gateway, DNS, WINS addresses, etc.)
- Added support of SPD Enhanced Performance Profiles (EPP)
- Added reading of SPD information on Intel ICH8 hub, ATI IXP SB200, IXP SB300 and IXP SB400 south bridges
- Added support of DMI/SMBIOS 2.5 standard
- Added detection of Intel Core 2 (Kentsfield), Intel Core 2 Extreme, Intel Core 2 Duo (Allendale), Intel Celeron D (Cedar Mill), AMD Athlon 64 FX (Windsor), AMD Athlon 64 X2 (Windsor), AMD Athlon 64 (Orleans, Toledo, Manchester), AMD Turion 64 X2 and AMD Sempron (Manila) processors
- Added detection of new processors feature: Streaming SIMD Extension - 4 (SSE-4)
- Added Phoenix BIOS for Sidus support
- Improved MS Windows Vista support
- Fixed reading of SPD information on nVidia MCP51, MCP55 south bridges
- Fixed detection of Intel Pentium D Processor Number
- Added 119 new PCI devices
- Added 1 monitor vendor and 106 new models
- Added 4 USB vendors and 369 new devices
- Added 17 vendors of SPD memory modules

04/27/2006 Version 1.40 of the ASTRA32 has been released

New in the version 1.40:

- Added ability to save a file report in HTML format
- Added ability to save a file report in XML format
- Added information about Windows regional settings
- Added reading of SPD information on nVidia MCP51, MCP55 and ServerWorks HT1000 south bridges
- Added detection of Intel Dual-Core Xeon (Woodcrest, Sossaman), Intel Core Duo (Conroe, Merom), Intel Core Solo (Conroe, Merom), Intel Celeron M (Yonah), AMD Athlon 64 FX (Toledo) and National Semiconductor Geode LX processors
- Added detection of new processors features: Intel Digital Thermometer, Intel Operating Point Protection, AMD Invariant TSC
- Added Intel BIOS for Apple support
- Fixed program hang-up during S.M.A.R.T. test on some Fujitsu HDD
- Fixed program hang-up during PCI test on some Dell machines with Intel ICH7 hub
- Fixed detection of Intel Pentium D processor
- Added 3 PCI vendors and 51 new devices
- Added 12 monitor vendors and 398 new models
- Added 56 USB vendors and 287 new devices
- Added 22 vendors of SPD memory modules
- Added 2 vendors of PnP devices and 39 devices
- Added 1 vendor of motherboards with Award BIOS

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