New SiSoft Sandra! Finally!

[paulcs]

I hope somebody didn't post this already.
http://www.sisoftware.demon.co.uk/sandra/

Here's a direct download link in the US:

ftp://ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/win95/util/san600.zip

For Steve and Ant, here's a direct link in the UK:

ftp://sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk/packages/simtelnet/win95/util/san600.zip

For Jordan, here's a link in the Netherlands:

ftp://ftp.surfnet.nl/mirror/simtelnet/win95/util/san600.zip

For Agent31, here's a link in Australia:

ftp://boomer.anu.edu.au/pub/pc/simtelnet/win95/util/san600.zip

For Maggi, here's a link in Germany:

ftp://ftp.in-chemnitz.de/afs/pub/simtelnet/win95/util/san600.zip

And for Ami, here's a link in Wisconsin made entirely from cheese:

ftp://ftp.riken.go.jp/pub/pc/simtelnet/win95/util/san600.zip

And everyone else will have to find their own damn links.

Paul
paulcs@flashcom.net

[paulcs]

OK. They're not links. Just cut and paste them into your browser.

Paul
paulcs@flashcom.net

[Helevitia]

Cool! Thanks for the info

Dave

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I can never think of a good signature...~

[Jorden]

Even after all this time, my name is difficult

[Himself]

Hah!

[Jake]

Yep, Adrian is a great programmer! Way to go! Sandra is THE diagnostics and benchmark program!

Jake

[paulcs]

Sorry Jorden. I know how to spell your name. It was just carelessness on my part.

Paul
paulcs@flashcom.net

[Maniac]

Guess what? Mainboard information crashes my computer to the point where even hitting reset won't bring it back to life. I have to power off, and power back on! What a joke...


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Celeron 366@567 2.2V, 128meg generic PC-100 RAM (running at CAS2) Abit BH6, G400 16meg DH@150/200, Western Digital Expert 18gig, Ricoh mp7040A(morphed to mp7060A) Pioneer 6X DVD slot load, Motorola Cable Modem w/DEC ethernet card, Soundblaster Live Value Ver. 2, Viewsonic GT 775

[paulcs]

Same here. If I hit the reset button, the machine won't boot. I've benchmarked the machine with the new Sandra (both CPU and memory) without incident. So far, it only happens when I try to access "Mainboard Information."

It does this on a test machine, but not on my primary system. Both machines have G400's.

The computer it works on is clocked at spec and has an Asus P2B-F mainboard and a PIII 600 MHz Katmai.

The computer it crashes is overclocked to 133 MHz and has an AOpen AX6BC Pro II Millenium Edition and a PIII 600E at 800 MHz.

Sandra has never really gotten along with AOpen's hardware monitoring software, although I figured the overclock might have something to do with it as well.

Paul
paulcs@flashcom.net

[paulcs]

I fixed this by disabling "Include Programable Clock Generator (PLL IC) Information."

I did this by right clicking on the "Mainboard Information" icon on the "Information Modules" screen, selecting "Module Options...," and unchecking the box next to the option.

Possibly, you're experiencing another incompatibility. If this doesn't work, check out the Sandra FAQ.

Paul
paulcs@flashcom.net

[SteveC]

Hi Paul,

Thanks for the headsup!

Ah, no win2k support....

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Cheers,
Steve

"Life is what we make of it, yet most of us just fake"


[This message has been edited by SteveC (edited 05 March 2000).]

[Rick]

There will be a new version of Sandra dedicated to W2k. Here's the link about the new product, called Samantha:
http://www.sisoftware.demon.co.uk/sam/index.htm

It should be out shortly.

Rick



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ASUS P2B
Celeron 366@412 trying for 550
128mb PC133 Crucial RAM
G400 DH
Maxtor 7200rpm 10GB
4.3GB Fujistu
Creative 24x
Creative X-Gamer
NIC (DSL baby!)
ISA Modem

[Nuno]

Cool! The memory benchmark and integer mmx/fp simd seem to got fixed too. How athlon performs, there could possibly be no way of those scores being much lower than intel/bx counterparts.

Speaking of memory benchmarks, I noticed my scores weren´t quite on par with the athlon 600 reference scores. So I tweaked memory settings in the bios, and now I got from 5750 3dmarks99 to 5966... memory setting do make a difference