SYSCHK System Checkout for your personal computer Version 2.43 Released June 11, 1996 Copyright 1990-1995 by Advanced Personal Systems All rights reserved. SYSCHK is a program that provides valuable information about devices installed in your system. The following are some of the items SYSCHK will search for : - Computer model type including manufacturer if known - Micro Processor including the Intel Pentium(tm) and Cyrix - Detection of the older Pentium that had a floating point bug - Complete IRQ listing including usage and availablity - Math Coprocessor type - Microsoft Windows setup information - Detection of slave 8259 Interrupt controller - Presence of a real time clock - Presence of a ISA, PCI, Micro Channel, or EISA bus - System BIOS including source, date and size - A listing of all known BIOS extensions in the system, and the size of those BIOS - Type of keyboard attached (84 key or 101 key) and keyboard status - Type of mouse installed, number of buttons, and interrupt used - Number of parallel ports in system and the base addresses - Number of serial ports in system, base addresses and parameters of the port including IRQ. - Type of Serial port UART chip including 16550 - Complete information on any Network connection - Hard disk size including tracks, heads, sectors and CMOS type - Hard disk controller manufacturer - Hard disk partition information - SCSI and IDE detailed information - Disk Cache info including hits and misses - Floppy disk size and parameters - Video type, chipset, video memory, and BIOS source - Maximum video resolution and maximum color capability - Amount of environment space used and available - Amount of conventional, extended, and expanded memory - Listing of all resident programs both conventional and UMB, including size and location of those programs - Listing of all non standard device drivers installed - Throughput speed of system, taking into account CPU speed and wait states - Video and hard disk speed - Listing of all CMOS values - Lots more! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CREATING A CONFIGURATION PRINTOUT ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ A hardcopy printout or file of your system's information is also available as an option. From the main menu, press "P" to enter the Printing Screen. If you want the output to print out to your printer press "P" to print to LPT1. If you wish to create a file of the report, press "F" and then enter the name of the file you would like the information stored in. - SYSCHK.INI File - You may also want to configure your report by determining which information you would like to have included. If you press "S" a series of questions will guide you through which information you want included or excluded from the system report. This will create a configuration file named SYSCHK.INI. SysChk will first look for the SYSCHK.INI file by searching for the environment variable SYSCHKPATH. You can enter this in by typing in SET SYSCHKPATH=C:\xxxx in your AUTOEXEC.BAT or on the DOS command line where xxxx is the directory location you have stored SYSCHK.INI. If you have not entered in the SYSCHKPATH environment variable then SysChk will look at the current directory. If no SYSCHK.INI file is found then SysChk will simply print out its default system report. Most information is enabled by default except for the CONFIG.SYS, AUTOEXEC.BAT, and CMOS values. You may also edit SYSCHK.INI manually with any text editor but should follow the format mentioned above. Standard Output redirection is also available for use in batch files by simply adding "/F" as a SysChk command line parameter. For example "SYSCHK /f > MyInfo.txt" will create a file called MYINFO.TXT or "SYSCHK /f" will display a text file to the console screen. You may print a configuration file from within SYSCHK or enter "SYSCHK /f > lpt1" to redirect the file to your LPT1 printer port. You can specify any directory for the output by entering "SYSCHK /f > c:\xxxx\MyInfo.txt. To automatically include the video speed and hard disk speed to your configuration file include "/T" to test those devices without any user intervention. If you wish to automatically add any text to the printout, create a file called "COMMENTS.TXT" and place it in the same directory as SYSCHK. When you printout a configuration sheet SYSCHK will automatically add that text to the top of the printout. If you use the /F parameter and do not wish anything displayed on the screen, use the /B option in addition to bypass the onscreen message. * Network Tip: If you want to obtain a hardware inventory of all your users on a network you can load SysChk in the system login script in the form "#SYSCHK /N" to store all user's system hardware configuration in a report file with the last eight digits of their physical ID! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ COMMAND LINE SWITCH SUMMARY ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ /F - Redirects all output to Standard Output. This allows you to run SysChk in a batch file and create a configuration report or output directly to a printer or the console. For example, to redirect to a file you would enter "SysChk /F > MyInfo.txt". /N - If you are connected to a Novell Network, creates a report file with the physical ID as the filename. For example, if you enter "SysChk /N" this will create a file named 12345678.dat if your physical ID is 1234:5678. /B - If you also entered /F or /N for redirection and you need to bypass any onscreen copyright messages, enter /F /B or /N /B to redirect without any copyright messages to the screen. /T - Executes the video and disk speed tests if you also entered /F for redirection. This allows you to include the speed ratings in your redirected file. /S - Disables detection of Hard Disk controllers. On some SCSI host adapters, controller detection can cause the SCSI bus to hang. /V - Disables detection of video card's chipset which can occasionally cause the system to hang. /I - Disables I/O IRQ detection. /U - Disables UMB detection. /P - Disables PCI BIOS detection. On some older PCI BIOS combined with EMM386.EXE, the detection code may lock up the system. /M - Uses monochrome colors for display. /R - Creates record file SYSCHK.REC that includes execution trace for debugging purposes. /? - Help Screen. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SUPPORT ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Support questions may be submitted via Internet at PGriff@syschk.com, through the APS BBS (408) 945-0242, CompuServe ID [70323,136], or through Prodigy FCFN67A. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Why doesn't SysChk always report the I/O IRQ? Some parallel and serial ports do not issue an interrupt and is therefore undetectable. Instead of displaying the default value, which may be incorrect, SysChk will display a "?". Detecting interrupt usage for the parallel and serial ports can often cause the system to hang under certain conditions. Therefore, under the Windows DOS shell and OS/2 DOS shell, interrupt detection has been disabled. 2. Can I request additional features to be added to SysChk? If there are other features you would like to have added to SysChk please write, E-Mail via CompuServe, or call and I will consider all requests! 3. How can I contact you? Web - www.syschk.com BBS - 408-945-0242 FAX - 408-945-0242 CompuServe - 70323,136 Prodigy - FCFN67A Phone - 408-298-3703 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ REVISION HISTORY - These are the major changes made to the various versions ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 0.99 - Prerelease version to public domain, all items on a single page 2.00 to 2.23 - Various Beta versions released only to Beta users 2.24 - Official Shareware version first release (1991) 2.30 - Added environment memory information. Combined Floppy and Hard drive information on one page. Added module on Networks. Added chipset information on VGA video cards. Added presence detection of DOS 5 in HMA area. Added presence of execution under Microsoft Windows. Added detection of serial ports not originally found by BIOS. Added option to save information to a file in addition to printer. Added disk controller manufacturer information. Added a few more model byte descriptions. Fixed DOS version lower than 3.0 announcement bug. Fixed bug with DISK module running with DR DOS 5.0. 2.31 - Added detection of OAK Technologies Video chipset 2.32 - Added detection of CPU clock speed Added Network information to printer output Added dectection of 8514/A Added standard output redirection option to the parameter line. 2.33 - Fixed missing info of mouse and network in redirected output. Added some more information on HMA and XMS. 2.34 - Fixed incorrect info on HMA area. Shortend initialization time. Changed speed bar to accomodate faster systems. Added detection of Logitech and Mouse Systems mice. Added detection of ISA or EISA bus type. Added detection of MODEM on serial port. Added detection of Sound Board. Added detection of (some) SCSI Host Adapters. (Test disabled by entering Syschk /S) 2.35 Removed detection of Trident video boards (caused hangup). Added Video Speed option. Added detection of some S3 video chipsets. Added detection of 80386SX CPU. Added information on registration through CompuServe. 2.35a Fixed problem with Video Speed reporting incorrect speed. 2.36 Added more partition names. Added DOS revision number. Added more information for Tseng 4000 video chipset. Added the ability to automatically add comments to the printout. Removed detection of disk controller under Windows Enhanced mode to prevent conflict with 32-bit Disk Access. Added detection of additional installed hard disks. 2.37 Added average access speed of all hard disks. 2.38 Added detection of Intel Pentium(tm). Added SysChk rating, a combination of other speed tests. Added CD-ROM detection and MSCDEX version. Added /M switch for monochrome displays. Added additional SCSI Host Adapter Controllers and fixed detection problem. Added Interrupt info for Serial and Parallel ports. Added Maximum Video resolution and colors. Added Network Shell version and type of memory used. Added /R switch to create trace file SYSCHK.REC for debugging. 2.39 Added additional menu screens, accessable by left and right arrows. Added IRQ active status and owners for all IRQs 0-15. Added detecion of Media Vision Pro Audio Spectrum. Improved Resident Map information. Added Upper Memory Block TSR map. Added Environment Variable listings. Added Logical Drive information. Added CMOS information. Added detection of Plug and Play BIOS. Added /B option to bypass any screen writes when redirecting output. Removed Modem Detection due to false positives. Added detection of PS/2 Mouse without driver. 2.40 Added /U switch to disable UMB detection. Added detection of Compaq QVision video card. Added detection of many more video card's chipsets. Added detection of sound card DMA and IRQ. Added detection of Adaptec AIC-7770 SCSI. Added detection of PCI BIOS. Added Novell NetWare network User listing Added Disk Cache information Added SYSCHK.INI file to configure system report Added boot CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT to system report (Off by default. Enable via the SYSCHK.INI file) Added /N command line parameter to create report with Novell Physical ID filename. Added Microsoft Windows Information module Added detection of Game Port 2.41 Fixed Cyrix CPU detection code errors. Added new information on CPU (if Pentium or newer 486 model) Added IDE and SCSI ASPI information Added Pentium floating point division (FDIV) bug detection Added BBS phone number (408-945-0242). Added SYSCHKPATH Environment variable for SYSCHK.INI location 2.42 Added Advanced Power Management (APM) detection Added detection of modem Improved CPU Speed detection 2.43 Enhanced Sound Card detection Fixed memory and disk display for large quantities Added Web site information at www.syschk.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ REGISTRATION ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The registration fee for this shareware product is $29.00. For the $29.00 registration fee you will be sent a registered version of SysChk along with a free copy of the Advanced Personal System's Deluxe Utility Disk with a number of handy utilities including a menu system, an easy to use file viewer, a CMOS viewer, and lots more. In addition you will also receive a special offer to upgrade to the Windows version of SysChk when it is available. You can now register through CompuServe by entering "GO SWREG" and billing your CompuServe account. The registration ID# is 497. Or if you like, send in your name with a check or money order and your choice of diskette size to: Advanced Personal Systems 105 Serra Way Suite 418 Milpitas, CA. 95035 Phone - (408) 298-3703 Web - www.syschk.com BBS - (408) 945-0242 FAX - (408) 945-0242 Note: California residents please add 7.75% sales tax. If you are a Systems Integrator or VAR and are interested in providing SysChk with your systems, please call for a special low cost licensing fee. 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