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More info?)
On Thu, 25 Aug 2005 10:31:02 -0400, Stan Brown
<the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm> wrote:
> On Wed, 24 Aug 2005 11:31:16 -0700, Donald McDaniel
> <dlmcdaniel2005@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> >> On Tue, 23 Aug 2005 19:04:31 -0600, Bruce Chambers
> >> <bchambers@cable0ne.n3t> wrote:
> >>
> >> > If you cannot lay your hands upon the computer's manual and the
> >> >manufacturer doesn't provide a support web site, you can use these
> >> >utilities to help determine the correct type of RAM needed:
> >> >
> >> [others snipped]
> >> >
> >> >Unlimited Possibilities' AIDA32
> >> >http://forum.aumha.org/overflow/aida32.zip
> >
> >Compared to the older AIDA32 Enterprise Edition product, the current
> >free offering from Lavalys does NOT disclose ANY software license
> >keys, but does display the RAM type (as AIDA32 Enterprise Edition
> >does). I personally prefer AIDA32 Enterprise Edition, since it shows
> >so much more information.
>
> Interesting! I didn't realize that there were two Aida editions,
> since I got mine after development had ceased. Following Bruce
> Chambers' link (preserved above), I downloaded Aida Enterprise and
> confirmed that it does reveal _some_ software licenses as you say.
> (One exception that I noted: The "installed programs" list shows
> Forte Agent but the "licenses" doesn't show my Forte Agent license.)
> Everest Home doesn't even have a "Software" category.
Interesting. My Agent 3 license does not show up, while most other
licenses do, such as Office 2003, XP, WindowBlinds, and a few others.
> But...
>
> Aida Enterprise does not show my motherboard temperature and the
> free Everest Home does. (There's a "Sensor" category in Aida, but
> when I click on it the right-hand panel is blank.)
> It also thinks I > have no L2 cache, though Everest does find the
> 2MB on-board L2 cache.
That's very strange. Both my motherboard temperature and my CPU
temperature are displayed, in addition to the temperature of my SATA
HD.
In addition, both my L1 Cache and my L2 Cache are displayed, along
with their sizes.
>
> Also, interestingly, Everest and the two Aidas don't tell me the
> type of memory I have in my Acer laptop. All three display the
> quantity correctly, but none display the type, not even "unknown".
> (It should be in Motherboard >> Memory, right?)
In the case of my home-brew machine, both the type of RAM modules
installed and their sizes, are shown very clearly in AIDA32 Enterprise
Edition. Perhaps you installed an earlier build than mine. Mine is
version 3.93.
You can download Aida Enterprise Edition 3.93 here:
http://www.majorgeeks.com/downloadget.php?id=183&file=11&evp=f4f620f12e0643ca245c62a3a0e075c3
>
> Of course, it's more information than I got from Aida Personal, and
> some of it can't be got from Everest Home. Thanks for pointing this
> out. I'll overwrite Aida Personal with Aida Enterprise before
> tonight's backup.
Donald L McDaniel
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