Het hardwaremonitoringsprogramma SpeedFan is alweer voorzien van de elfde betaversie uit de 4.28-reeks. Dit kleine programma geeft informatie weer zoals voltages, temperatuur, de snelheid van de fans en de SMART-informatie van de harddrive(s). Ook is het mogelijk, mits het gebruikte moederbord dit ondersteunt, om de snelheid van je fans aan te passen. Om deze betaversie te gebruiken moet je eerst SpeedFan 4.27 installeren en daarna de executable vervangen. De aankondiging ziet er als volgt uit:
SpeedFan 4.28 beta 11Run this beta, enter the S.M.A.R.T. tab, make sure you are connected to the internet, select one EIDE or SATA hard disk, then press the "PERFORM IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS..." and you will be presented an advanced check of your hard disk, including warning, errors and tips. This is a technology preview that uses a database containing statistical data for a lot of hard disk models. Send me emails with your comments, suggestions and (hopefully few) bug reports. This feature simply needs to be able to send an HTTP request. HTTP PROXY settings have been centralized in CONFIGURE dialog.
Beta 11 is one step away from the final release. The overall SMART indicators (fitness and performance) now use a different algo. I would like to know if people think that reported values are meaningful. I would like to get reports from owners of SEAGATE drives. The online in-depth hard disk analysis tool has a brand new database with about 300 hard disks.