SysInfo DLL SDK v1.0 (1026)

Released: Jul 17, 2012

Updates in v1.0 (1026)

  • 2 new SysInfo functions added: SysInfoDll_Smart_GetPhysicalDeviceIDFirst() and SysInfoDll_Smart_GetPhysicalDeviceIDNext()
  • System information updates for new Intel and AMD CPUs.
  • Reduced the CPU information collection time on very slow CPUs.
  • Removed SysInfoDll_UnallocatedClusters.
  • Workaround for the AMD Llano (12h series) CPU for determining over-clocked CPU frequencies.
  • DirectIO.sys updated to version 10 to allow the DIRECTIO driver service to be named by the User application.
  • System information updates for new Intel and AMD CPUs.
  • Improved Disk partition detection for FAT32 and FAT16 when there is no  partition table, just a Master Boot record (e.g. an image file).
  • Temperature monitoring added for newer Intel and AMD CPUs. 
  • Partition type strings added for many types of partitions.
  • Correction to the detection of the total number of sectors for FAT volumes.
  • Added DDR3 SPD version 1.1 detection.
  • Improved the physical Disk drive system information when used on WinPE.
  • Correction to SSD drive indicator when used on WinPE.
  • Corrected a crash bug when collected GPT partition information on a  system with more than 1 GPT partition.
  • Collecting Partition information and SMART data has been threaded so that any delay in a drive responding can be managed.
  • Added Hot plugable drive indicator.
  • Linked to nVIDIA temperature libraries.
  • Network adapter MAC address now retrieved with WMI information.
  • Windows 8 developer preview supported.
  • CPU SysInfo corrections for systems with more than 64 CPUs.
  • Minor improvement to Serial port information when run on WinPE.
  • Added support for executing disk self tests (if implemented by the drive).
  • SysInfo now attempts to issue SMART commands regardless if SMART enable failed.
  • The SysInfo partition functions now return all volumes, regardless of whether or not they contain an NTFS/FAT file system.
  • New AMD CPU (APU) System Information included.
  • Correction for Intel Core 2 CPU temperature information.
  • Reduced the time to measure the maximum frequency of newer Intel CPUs.
  • System information summary now displays SSD's separately from HDD's.
  • New Video Card system information added.
  • Corrected the Video card chip type description where gibberish could be displayed after the description string.
  • Additional System Information debug level logging added.
  • SMART commands are now issued to the disk regardless of if SMART enable failed.
  • Fixed issue with unformatted drives reporting the same capacity.
  • Reduced the timeout for detecting SMART on USB drives.
  • SPD memory reports changed such that invalid year and week dates are not included in the reports.
  • A minimize CPU information collection API is now available.
  • Improved the detection of the number of CPU cores when the "CPUID limit" BIOS setting is enabled not the normal setting).
  • Partition information for Basic GPT disks now included, this includes support for disk partitions greater than 2TB.
  • Updates for Sandy Bridge CPU information.
  • System information Graphic card naming updates.
  • Corrected the reporting of the CPU speed measurements for   over clocked Intel Core 2 CPU's.
  • VIA CPU model names now reported.
  • Correction to RAM module information if SMBUS RAM information is not available.
  • Included Disk Partition information functions and the unallocated cluster class.
  • Added new APIs for retrieving memory SPD information