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First post, by a2kkv

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Hello,
I'm an author of ASTRA32 - Advanced System Information Tool for Windows.

ASTRA32 works well on any version of Windows (Windows 95/NT 4.0 - Windows 11) and any hardware (from 80386 running Windows 95 to the latest Intel Core or AMD Ryzen processors)

Intel Celeron 733 MHz running Windows NT 4.0 without Service Pack:

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AMD Ryzen 5 5600 running Windows 11:

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This program performs computer configuration analysis and diagnostics. It gives detailed information about your computer hardware and devices operational modes, including undocumented information. A unique quick HDD Health Status checker is included. It provides information on CPU, motherboard, hard disks, S.M.A.R.T., CD/DVD devices, SCSI devices, memory modules, chipset, BIOS, PCI/AGP, ISA/PnP and PnP devices, monitor, video card, sound card, network card, printer, etc. This program also creates a report file in plain text, INI, HTML, XML and CSV format, and is able to run in batch mode.

This program FREE for non-commercial purposes.

URL: http://www.astra32.com

DOS version also available.

Please, send all your questions, suggestions, comments and bug reports.
If you want to help with the development of this program, please send the report from your system.

ASTRA - Advanced Sysinfo Tool for DOS
ASTRA32 - Advanced System Information Tool for Windows

Reply 1 of 7, by crusher

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@a2kkv:
Thanks for also further developing the windows version.
It is the only tool I know that is running from Windows 95 - Windows 11.

Keep up the good work 😀

Reply 2 of 7, by a2kkv

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Version 4.10 of the ASTRA32 has been released

Download URL: http://www.astra32.com/download.htm

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New in the version 4.10:

- Added detection of Infinity Fabric Clock (FCLK), Memory Controller Clock
(UCLK), SMU Firmware Version, Power Limit, Core Voltage (SVI2 TFN), SoC
Voltage (SVI2 TFN), Current Package Power, Max Turbo Freq, TDP Limit for AMD
Ryzen processors
- Added detection of Thermal Design Current (TDC), Electrical Design Current
(EDC), CCD Temperature, SoC Temperature, L3 Cache Temperature, Cores Power,
SoC Power, VDDIO Mem Power, VDD18 Power for AMD Ryzen processors
- Added detailed information about AMD Ryzen processor memory controller
(supported and current memory types and clocks, memory controller mode,
timings, etc)
- Added detection of Intel processors Cores Power, Memory Controller Power,
Platform Power
- Added detection of Intel integrated graphics processors (IGP) Power
- Added support of AMD Running Average Power Limit (RAPL)
- Added detailed information about NVIDIA TNT-GTX200 family videochips
(architecture, core and memory clocks, memory type and width, temperature,
etc)
- Added detailed information about Intel Meteor Lake family processor memory
controller (supported and current memory types and clocks, memory controller
mode, timings, etc)
- Added detailed information about Intel Atom Cedarview SOC
- Added detailed information about Intel 810/815 chipset
- Added detailed information about Intel UL11L/US15x (Poulsbo) chipset
- Added detailed information about Intel E7500, E7501, E7505, E7205 chipset
- Added detailed information about Intel ICH4, ICH4-L, ICH4-M southbridges
- Added detailed information about battery and power options
- Added detection of GPU and memory clock of S3 videocards
- Added support of Fujitsu BIOS
- Added support of Meteor Lake LP E-cores
- Improved support of Intel Meteor Lake-U/H/PS family processors
- Improved support of Intel Emerald Rapids family processors
- Improved support of Transmeta processors
- Added detection of
Intel Core Ultra 9 Mobile (Meteor Lake-H)
Intel Core Ultra 7 Mobile (Meteor Lake-H)
Intel Core Ultra 5 Mobile (Meteor Lake-H)
Intel Core Ultra 7 Mobile (Meteor Lake-U)
Intel Core Ultra 5 Mobile (Meteor Lake-U)
Intel Core Ultra 7 (Meteor Lake-PS)
Intel Core Ultra 5 (Meteor Lake-PS)
Intel Core Ultra 3 (Meteor Lake-PS)
Intel Core i9 Mobile (Raptor Lake-HX Refresh)
Intel Core i7 Mobile (Raptor Lake-HX Refresh)
Intel Core i5 Mobile (Raptor Lake-HX Refresh)
Intel Core 7 Mobile (Raptor Lake-U Refresh)
Intel Core 5 Mobile (Raptor Lake-U Refresh)
Intel Core 3 Mobile (Raptor Lake-U Refresh)
Intel Xeon (Raptor Lake-E)
Intel Xeon (Emerald Rapids-SP)
AMD Ryzen 9 (Granite Ridge)
AMD Ryzen 7 (Granite Ridge)
AMD Ryzen 5 (Granite Ridge)
AMD Ryzen AI 9 (Strix Point)
AMD Ryzen 7 (Hawk Point)
AMD Ryzen 5 (Hawk Point)
AMD Ryzen 3 (Hawk Point)
AMD Ryzen Embedded (Raphael)
- Added preliminary support of
Intel Arrow Lake Refresh family processors
AMD EPYC Zen 5c processor family
AMD Krackan Point processor family
AMD Strix Halo processor family
- Fixed a program crush on the unreleased Intel Timna processor family
- Fixed detection of used resources on some ISA/PnP cards
- Some minor bugs fixed
- Updated program database

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ASTRA32 - Advanced System Information Tool for Windows

Reply 3 of 7, by a2kkv

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New ASTRA32 4.11 beta has been released.

New in this beta:

- Added support for EISA devices

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ASTRA32 4.11 beta download link:

ASTRA32 self-installer version:
http://www.astra32.com/files/beta/astra32beta.exe

ASTRA32 portable version:
http://www.astra32.com/files/beta/astra32beta.zip

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ASTRA32 - Advanced System Information Tool for Windows

Reply 4 of 7, by a2kkv

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New ASTRA32 4.11 beta has been released.

New in this beta:

- Added support for SiS 85C411 EISA chipset (memory controller mode, ISA and EISA bus speed, L2 cache size and type, etc)
- Added detection of motherboard model by BIOS ID for AMI and Award BIOS motherboards. See the Board Model (BIOS ID) field in the Motherboard section.

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Reply 5 of 7, by a2kkv

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Version 4.20 of the ASTRA32 has been released

Download URL: http://www.astra32.com/download.htm

Windoiws NT 4.0 screenshot:

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New in this version:

- Added detection of EISA devices
- Added detection of motherboard model fpr old AMI and Award BIOS motherboards
- Added detailed information about the Intel Arrow Lake family processor memory
controller (supported and current memory types and clocks, memory controller
mode, timings, etc)
- Added detailed information about the AMD Zen5 family processor memory
controller (supported and current memory types and clocks, memory controller mode,
timings, etc)
- Added detailed information about the SiS 85C411 EISA chipset (memory
controller mode, ISA and EISA bus speed, L2 cache size and type, etc)
- Added detailed information about the VLSI VL82C480/VL82C481 chipset (memory
controller mode and timings, L2 cache size and type, etc)
- Added reading of SPD information for Intel Arrow Lake-H SOC, Intel Panther
Lake-H SOC, Intel Panther Lake-P SOC
- Added support of SMBIOS 3.8.0 standard
- Improved support for DDR5 memory modules
- Improved support for Intel Arrow Lake-S, Arrow Lake-HX family processors
- Improved support for Intel Arrow Lake-U, Arrow Lake-H family processors
- Improved support for AMD Zen5 family processors
- Improved detection of network adapters in Windows NT 4.0
- Added detection of
Intel Core Ultra 9 (Arrow Lake-S)
Intel Core Ultra 7 (Arrow Lake-S)
Intel Core Ultra 5 (Arrow Lake-S)
Intel Core 7 (Raptor Lake-PS)
Intel Core 5 (Raptor Lake-PS)
Intel Core 3 (Raptor Lake-PS)
Intel Processor (Raptor Lake-PS, Raptor Lake-S)
Intel Core Ultra 9 Mobile (Arrow Lake-HX, Arrow Lake-H, Lunar Lake-V)
Intel Core Ultra 7 Mobile (Arrow Lake-HX, Arrow Lake-H, Arrow Lake-U, Lunar
Lake-V)
Intel Core Ultra 5 Mobile (Arrow Lake-HX, Arrow Lake-H, Arrow Lake-U, Lunar
Lake-V)
Intel Core 9 Mobile (Raptor Lake-H Refresh)
Intel Core 7 Mobile (Raptor Lake-H Refresh, Raptor Lake-U Refresh)
Intel Core 5 Mobile (Raptor Lake-H Refresh, Raptor Lake-U Refresh)
Intel Core 3 Mobile (Raptor Lake-U Refresh, Twin Lake)
Intel Processor Mobile (Twin Lake)
Intel Xeon (Granite Rapids-AP)
Intel Xeon w9 (Sapphire Rapids-WS Refresh)
Intel Xeon w7 (Sapphire Rapids-WS Refresh)
Intel Xeon w5 (Sapphire Rapids-WS Refresh)
Intel Xeon D (Ice Lake-D Refresh)
Intel Atom (Amston Lake)
AMD Ryzen 9 Mobile (Fire Range)
AMD Ryzen AI 7 Mobile (Krackan Point)
AMD Ryzen AI 5 Mobile (Krackan Point)
AMD Ryzen AI Max+ Mobile (Strix Halo)
AMD Ryzen AI Max Mobile (Strix Halo)
AMD Ryzen Z2 Mobile (Phoenix2)
AMD EPYC (Raphael)
VIA Eden ESP
- Added preliminary support for
Intel Xeon (Diamond Rapids) processor family
AMD Strix Point 2 processor family
AMD Strix Point 3 processor family
AMD Weisshorn processor family
- Fixed program crashes on Intel Broadwell-E, Skylake-SP, Cascade Lake-SP, Ice
Lake-SP, Ice Lake-D family processors
- Fixed program crashes on old processors without the CPUID instruction in
Windows NT 4.0
- Fixed program crashes during SCSI detection in Windows NT 4.0
- Fixed detection of AMD Ryzen 5 3500X processor
- Fixed detection of bus clock of Intel Skylake-U and Intel Raptor Lake-H
family processors
- Fixed detection of original clock of Intel Core 2 Quad (Yorkfield)
- Fixed detection of Intel X48 chipset
- Fixed detection of CPU clock for old processors without a TSC counter
- Some minor bugs fixed
- Updated program database

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ASTRA32 - Advanced System Information Tool for Windows

Reply 6 of 7, by a2kkv

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New ASTRA32 for Windows 4.21 beta has been released.

New in this beta:

- Added reporting of the sSPEC number for Intel 486 family processors
- Added detection of the clock multiplier on 486 processors
- Fixed reading of DDR5 SPD information on Intel chipsets
- Fixed reporting of the AMD OPN number for AMD Athlon/Sempron processors
- Fixed detection of some Adaptec SCSI controllers on Windows NT 4.0
- Some minor bugs fixed
- Updated the program database

ASTRA32 4.21 beta download link:

ASTRA32 self-installer version:
http://www.astra32.com/files/beta/astra32beta.zip

ASTRA32 portable version:
http://www.astra32.com/files/beta/astra32beta.exe

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Reply 7 of 7, by a2kkv

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New ASTRA32 for Windows 4.21 beta (05/28/2025) has been released.

New in this beta:

- Added detailed information about VIA VT82C486/VT82C486A/VT82C496G chipset (memory controller mode, L2 cache size and type, etc)
- Increased database search speed by 3-8 times
- Some minor bugs fixed

ASTRA32 4.21 beta download link:

ASTRA32 self-installer version:
http://www.astra32.com/files/beta/astra32beta.zip

ASTRA32 portable version:
http://www.astra32.com/files/beta/astra32beta.exe

VIA VT82C496G chipset:

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ASTRA32 - Advanced System Information Tool for Windows