David Geer Talks Tech
Wednesday, August 03, 2005
AIDA32 for System Info and Diagnostics Still Available Courtesy of http://www.GeerCom.com.
Geer Communications - your on time technology writer!
Welcome!
"What can you do with the program AIDA, what can you do with the program AIDA?"
Well, let me tell you. The program AIDA32, still available as freeware at the above link is a great graphical system information and diagnostics tool for learning just about anything about your computer.
Once downloaded and installed, open AIDA32 with the little icon that looks like a computer with a blue "i" on it. You should see two panes side by side where you can find tools to check out and test your system. Since the program offers so much, we'll look at only a few of its uses here.
Select Computer and Summary, and you find some basic information like the make, model and capacities of your motherboard and display as well as other information like your operating system and browser versions that may be useful to you or a technician should you ever need one.
Select Computer and DMI, and you find more data like BIOS and System information including your Universal Unique ID. You can gather processor, cache and memory information. I am reminded by my memory information that I can still add more RAM memory, which would speed the use of applications on my system.
For gamers and other graphics intensive folks, you can go to Display and GPU to find out the make and speed for your graphics-processing unit. There is lots of hard drive information available under Storage like make and capacity in GB under Windows Storage.
You can learn about the other hardware on your system under Devices. Exploring and checking out facts, figures and specs won't hurt a thing and you'll probably learn a great deal.
You can find info on your networking connections under Network, Windows Network. Information here includes your Ethernet or other network adapter, connection type, IP addresses and so on. This can be very useful to you or your tech when troubleshooting, adding or changing your network setup.
Under Software, you can use AutoStart to learn which programs start when you boot your system. You can use Installed Programs to view all the software on your system and find things you didn't know were there. You can also select Anti-Virus to see what A/V program you use, if any.
Under Benchmark, you can test your hard drive by doing memory write and memory read evaluations.
Best,
David Geer - your on time technology writer!
Geer Communications
Geer Communications - your on time technology writer!
Welcome!
"What can you do with the program AIDA, what can you do with the program AIDA?"
Well, let me tell you. The program AIDA32, still available as freeware at the above link is a great graphical system information and diagnostics tool for learning just about anything about your computer.
Once downloaded and installed, open AIDA32 with the little icon that looks like a computer with a blue "i" on it. You should see two panes side by side where you can find tools to check out and test your system. Since the program offers so much, we'll look at only a few of its uses here.
Select Computer and Summary, and you find some basic information like the make, model and capacities of your motherboard and display as well as other information like your operating system and browser versions that may be useful to you or a technician should you ever need one.
Select Computer and DMI, and you find more data like BIOS and System information including your Universal Unique ID. You can gather processor, cache and memory information. I am reminded by my memory information that I can still add more RAM memory, which would speed the use of applications on my system.
For gamers and other graphics intensive folks, you can go to Display and GPU to find out the make and speed for your graphics-processing unit. There is lots of hard drive information available under Storage like make and capacity in GB under Windows Storage.
You can learn about the other hardware on your system under Devices. Exploring and checking out facts, figures and specs won't hurt a thing and you'll probably learn a great deal.
You can find info on your networking connections under Network, Windows Network. Information here includes your Ethernet or other network adapter, connection type, IP addresses and so on. This can be very useful to you or your tech when troubleshooting, adding or changing your network setup.
Under Software, you can use AutoStart to learn which programs start when you boot your system. You can use Installed Programs to view all the software on your system and find things you didn't know were there. You can also select Anti-Virus to see what A/V program you use, if any.
Under Benchmark, you can test your hard drive by doing memory write and memory read evaluations.
Best,
David Geer - your on time technology writer!
Geer Communications
