Blackbox ...like cpu-z

http://i40.tinypic.com/14919u0.jpg

as you know there are many programs known as Everest or CPU-Z which shows features, speed, our micro instructions and other info from our hardware.

so today I bring you an excellent free software is similar, with the difference that a little more updated cpu-z 1.50, such as grants to micro core 2 duo with their new logo (we started using intel the month of April), in addition to recognizing most perfectly motherboards and memories, you can control temperature, front side bus frequency, voltages, as well as an excellent viewfinder panel overclocking.
is also fully compatible with Vista and Windows 7, actually includes benchmark type rating, which can only run on these operating systems

http://i41.tinypic.com/14984r7.jpg

http://i42.tinypic.com/nq8g3l.jpg

http://i39.tinypic.com/52gbb4.jpg

http://i39.tinypic.com/20jsnlk.jpg

http://i39.tinypic.com/118n2hg.jpg

The program comes in two versions both 32-bit, as her older sister 64 bits, no more to say ... enjoy!


own links

32 bits
HWM BlackBox 1.1.0 ======== http://www.megaupload.com/?d=8G88U1XL

virustotal analysis ==== http://www.virustotal.com/analisis/0...e66fe40487a7bf

64 bits
HWM BlackBox 1.0.2 x64 ======= http://www.megaupload.com/?d=KURW07NX

( update ) 1.1 x64bit ========== http://www.hardwaremania.com/forum/d...1-1-0-x64-141/

virustotal analysis ===== http://www.virustotal.com/analisis/5...8c5345bc7a684b

Very nice. The first screen with the cores is especially nice.

In some ways it is an evolution of CPU-Z.

Perkam

great software!

thanks

Awesome :up:

Suggestion : Display the "detected" SuperIO chip as well, that will be complete ! Yeah, I know, its not easy with gazillion types/models of IO chip out there ! :)

looks good =)

very nice

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Originally Posted by hersounds

you can control temperature, front side bus frequency, voltages, as well as an excellent viewfinder panel overclocking.

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Aw I thought Control was inorder, but it is just Monitor. In any case, Thanks Thanks Thanks. I dig it.

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Originally Posted by RagzaroK

Aw I thought Control was inorder, but it is just Monitor. In any case, Thanks Thanks Thanks. I dig it.

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yeap! it's monitor correct ,so sorry for my english

tried it... tried benchmark... i got to 74/50 surely that's not right :P

oh and it still hadn't finished =p


ahh when it did it gave me a bsod too =)

will be nice when all the niggles are sorted out

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Yes, very well done. Nice layout, but some visual things need tweaking in the OC panel. More separation from Current speed and Bus speed, or tag(label) those boxes closer.

Either way... great job!

Very nice UI, Ilike it :)

I'd love to see this in action.. instead I get this :

System.Exception: System.OverflowException: Arithmetic operation resulted in an overflow.
at BlackBox.gövde.ram_index_TextChanged(Object sender, EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnTextChanged(EventAr gs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Label.OnTextChanged(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.set_Text(String value)
at System.Windows.Forms.Label.set_Text(String value)
at BlackBox.gövde.bw_yükleme_DoWork(Object sender, DoWorkEventArgs e)
at BlackBox.gövde.bw_yükleme_RunWorkerCompleted(Objec t sender, RunWorkerCompletedEventArgs e)
at System.ComponentModel.BackgroundWorker.OnRunWorker Completed(RunWorkerCompletedEventArgs e)
at System.ComponentModel.BackgroundWorker.AsyncOperat ionCompleted(Object arg)

I'll send a report if it keeps doing this in other bios/fsb settings.

XmX

thanks for this.... brilliant effort....keep it up....

Very nice program! Thanks for posting!

Looks very interesting. Thank you very much :)

you are using comas instead of periods thru the entire program.
it should read 2.50 not 2,50

I get also the errors....

System.Exception: System.OverflowException: De rekenkundige bewerking heeft geresulteerd in een overloop.
bij BlackBox.gövde.ram_index_TextChanged(Object sender, EventArgs e)
bij System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnTextChanged(EventAr gs e)
bij System.Windows.Forms.Label.OnTextChanged(EventArgs e)
bij System.Windows.Forms.Control.set_Text(String value)
bij System.Windows.Forms.Label.set_Text(String value)
bij BlackBox.gövde.bw_yükleme_DoWork(Object sender, DoWorkEventArgs e)
bij BlackBox.gövde.bw_yükleme_RunWorkerCompleted(Objec t sender, RunWorkerCompletedEventArgs e)
bij System.ComponentModel.BackgroundWorker.OnRunWorker Completed(RunWorkerCompletedEventArgs e)
bij System.ComponentModel.BackgroundWorker.AsyncOperat ionCompleted(Object arg)

whether the program will work well, posts capture, on the contrary if you have problems, do it well

thank you

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Originally Posted by Lestat

you are using comas instead of periods thru the entire program.
it should read 2.50 not 2,50

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depends on the region you live in;)

Very cool!

i'm getting errors when trying to open the program with XP 32bit. any fixes, or anything i'm doing wrong?

Essentially doesn't work for me.
Just ran it on an Asus P5K Premium, X3380 Yorkfield
2x1 gig Crucial DDR2-8500
Windows Xp 32 w/SP2.
Program opens but almost all fields are empty.

home page with download mirrors: http://blackbox.hardwaremania.com/en/
http://download.cnet.com/HWM-Blackbo...=dl&tag=button

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How do you get that screen up? Can't seem to find a button that disalys that page in the software..

Thanks!

It's also mirrored here too. :)



Great job mate, looking forward to seeing how this takes shape :up:

Very cool software hersounds!!!! nice to see you´re alive and kicking ;) jeje

(De a poco volviendo her? buenisimo! se extrañaba a un groso como ud en la scene de vuelta ;))

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Originally Posted by Mads321

How do you get that screen up? Can't seem to find a button that disalys that page in the software..

Thanks!

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In the far right corner, you'll see a drop down menu JUST below the X to close the program. Click on 2nd option from the bottom, "O/C Panel."

Also, those of you getting errors, try updating your .NET framework to the latest version.

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Originally Posted by Mads321

How do you get that screen up? Can't seem to find a button that disalys that page in the software..

Thanks!

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here the answer

http://i44.tinypic.com/2edpj6w.jpg


nice to see u josecitox ( muy bueno verte )

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Originally Posted by FlawleZ

In the far right corner, you'll see a drop down menu JUST below the X to close the program. Click on 2nd option from the bottom, "O/C Panel."

Also, those of you getting errors, try updating your .NET framework to the latest version.

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Yeah. I think you're right. I thought my .NET was a br0ken install at first.. but i'm gonna update everything later.

XmX

Tried it on two machines..
Semi works on the Gainestown but no OC page.
I guess that was hoping for too much..:rofl:

how does it read core temperatures?

http://localhostr.com/files/67f87f/temperature.png

Working for me, thanks for the link.

Nice program ..
Testing..

Grettings!

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Originally Posted by Lestat

you are using comas instead of periods thru the entire program.
it should read 2.50 not 2,50

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Originally Posted by jmke

depends on the region you live in;)

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Originally Posted by hersounds

http://i40.tinypic.com/14919u0.jpg



http://i39.tinypic.com/118n2hg.jpg

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Hmmmmm, I would disagree with you jmke. look at the speeds. WOW!!! With those wrong placements of comma and period, he is running his processor at a little over 4 MHZ
I do believe a comma is the same in every region as a place holder and a period represents the same.

.0001
.001
.01
.1
1.0
10.0
100.0
1000.0 (or 1,000.00)
10000.0 (or 10,000.00)


Get it?


There is a big difference between 4.212 versus 4,212

64bit version worked fine on my XP-64 system (2x E5450, Supermicro X7DAL-E).
32bit version worked fine on Toshiba Satellite A100 (T7400ES, i945).

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Originally Posted by clo007

Hmmmmm, I would disagree with you jmke. look at the speeds. WOW!!! With those wrong placements of comma and period, he is running his processor at a little over 4 MHZ
I do believe a comma is the same in every region as a place holder and a period represents the same.

.0001
.001
.01
.1
1.0
10.0
100.0
1000.0 (or 1,000.00)
10000.0 (or 10,000.00)


Get it?


There is a big difference between 4.212 versus 4,212

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Originally Posted by Lestat

you are using comas instead of periods thru the entire program.
it should read 2.50 not 2,50

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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...lSeparator.png

Blue countries use periods, green countries use commas as decimal separators and the opposite when indicating "something000". Therefore 4GHz is 4,000MHz in the blue countries and 4.000MHz in green countries. 1/4 is 0.25 and 0,25 respectively. The author is following what is used in his country, and it's perfectly right (accepted by the International System of Units).

Since you used wiki for the map I am assuming, i will throw this at you.

"In countries with a decimal comma, the decimal point is also common as the "international" notation because of the influence of devices, such as electronic calculators, which use the decimal point. Most computer operating systems allow selection of the decimal separator and programs that have been carefully internationalised will follow this, but some programs ignore it and a few are even broken by it."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal_separator



Back on subject...





Nice program OP!!!! although, the commas are bothersome.

nice to have benching, ocing and reporting in one tool, BUT, am i the only one who thinks it looks really ugly? :D
polish up the looks and itll be a great tool :toast:

doesnt work on lynnfield havendale or clarkdale, just crashes :/

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System.Exception: System.ArgumentNullException: Value cannot be null.

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Thanks, cool program. I like it.

With a few adjustments and fixes here and there I could see this being VERY handy :up:

*edit* ok I first downloaded the old version 1.0.2 and it worked mostly (some fields were blank like mobo make and all) then it told me 1.1 was available, so I downloaded that. All I get is a bunch of blank stuff :confused: All it gives me is CPU usage % and mem usage %, everything else is 0 or NaN :shrug:

Is it because 1.1 is 32 bit and 1.02 is 64 bit? I'm running Vista 64 bit. Things like the OC panel are missing in the 1.02 version.

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...JO/bbox102.jpg
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...JJO/bbox11.jpg

working well in Vista Ultimate 64, excellent little tool!

Bug report: if you are running the x64 version (1.02) it tells you there is a newer version available for download. The website still shows 1.02 for X64, but 1.1 for x86. I'm assuming the x64 version is reading the same report variable as the x86, and this should not be the case.

EDIT: Bah. Looks like Sparky beat me to it.

yes version x64 is oldie,wait for newest version...x86 is last version available.

its working fine on my ds4h, 5200+ system on xp pro 32bit
nice all-in-one, small program ^^

Awesome program, that OC Toolbar doesn't show up in 64 bit though.

Nice tool:up:

Same issue here as Sly Fox has, Oc toolbar is not there in 64bit version.
Also it does not recognize my mainboard (Gigabyte EX58-UD5)

http://i43.tinypic.com/20obp1.jpg

nice gonna try it now

beautiful program

lol @ the map. i was wondering what the red countries use. got my answer after looking at the wiki page.

Great app, runs smooth as butter on my Asus F6V lappy. Only temperature values for the GPU though, but I think that's just because the lappy runs its video in a slightly different way. Either way, great work and keep it up!

Added link to new x64 version 1.1 with fixes!

http://www.hardwaremania.com/forum/d...1-1-0-x64-141/

Blackbox v1.1.0 x64

- Blackbox v1.1.0 has been rewritten. And landing, such as equipment identification functions are accelerated twice.
- Overclocking enthusiasts for the "o / c panel beta"
- Real-time "CPU voltage" information.
- Real-time in watts "processor power consumption" information. (CIP)
- Real-time "+3.3 v, +5 V and +12 V as" significant tensions.
- Real-time "DDR memory voltage" information.
- Real-time CPU and System fan speed on the other definable.
- Real-time "hard disk temperature"
- Real-time "Graphic Processor temperature"
- Graphic / Shader processors and graphics memory for real-time speed information.
- Board of the overall system temperature sensor.
- The processor on the motherboard on the sensors with the exception of internal algılaıcılar the processor temperature detection.
- All network adapters support for information and rates.
- changed with the new Intel processor logo.
- Motherboard brand logo information added.
- Italian language support has arrived.
- New Phenom II and the latest nvidia 740i chipset and processor support Corei7.
- Dozens of error correction.

Blackbox v1.1.0 x64 works fine for me. Just memory voltage displayed value is very odd, Asus P5Q board, and it shows 1.14 V instead of 2.1 V. :shocked:
Win XP x64 btw.

Hey people be sure to upload your current data to support future versions of this freeware.
(Under the about tab)

Uploaded*

BB x64 V1.1 works great here!

Amazing piece of software :up:

Great update for X64 hersounds! OC panel is up and running perfectly and it's detecting a lot more than the previous version.

Only minor complaint is that it's still not showing my motherboard manufacturer, model, or bios version.

Not that it matters, just letting you know. :up:

Now this one is working on both my quad and gainestown..
Now if that OC panel wasn't just a read but would allow me to actually OC the Gainestown I'd hug ya!:rofl:

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Originally Posted by Movieman

Now this one is working on both my quad and gainestown..
Now if that OC panel wasn't just a read but would allow me to actually OC the Gainestown I'd hug ya!:rofl:

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I know what you feel!
I want to OC my Lenovo laptop :D

With 1.1 it now detects my mainboard correctly:up:

hmmm 1.1 still gives me error's and wont start.... looks like a great app though :up:

1.1 works much better :up:

One thing... on the OC panel it shows voltage. Is that what the bios is set to or the detected voltage? Because it is readint 1.40V but my BIOS is set at 1.45V so I'm just curious where it gets its number from.

The PSU voltages are way off but that's expected, no software has been able to read the volts on this board properly.

waov i am proud of HARDWAREMANIA

Oh, awesome, somehow I missed this yesterday.

BB x64 1.1 gives me an error under vistax64.

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Originally Posted by ChaosAD

BB x64 1.1 gives me an error under vistax64.

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Here I get :
"System.Exception: System.OverflowException: Arithmetic operation resulted in an overflow.
at BlackBox.gövde.ram_index_TextChanged(Object sender, EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnTextChanged(EventAr gs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Label.OnTextChanged(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.set_Text(String value)
at BlackBox.gövde.bw_yükleme_DoWork(Object sender, DoWorkEventArgs e)
at BlackBox.gövde.bw_yükleme_RunWorkerCompleted(Objec t sender, RunWorkerCompletedEventArgs e)"

in windows 7 x64. Version 1.02 did load but was a bit crazy in cpu speed readings :(

if u have errors please check if the last runtimes are instaled like visual basic,.net framework,etc

Great tool! :)

However for me my GPU speed, memory, shader is not updating correctly on the overclocking page.

I'm running WinXP SP3 x86....

GTX280.

i like it alot thanks

Looks good, Im def. going to try this out once i get my i7 rig up and running.

1.1 64bit detects wrong GPU as main (have two installed). Overclocking panel shows wrong video card and no overclock options as well.
1.1 32bit overclocking options dont work on my laptop... not really surprised there though (i945/GMA950).

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Originally Posted by clo007

Hmmmmm, I would disagree with you jmke.

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don't matter much for me if you agree/disagree with a known fact;)

I like it except for 1 minor glitch. On my AMD systems it shows EM64T as extension.
I don't like that, because AMD doesn't use EM64T. It really troubles me.
So I'd like to see that change in either AMD64 or X86-64 but not EM64T, that hurts!

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Originally Posted by jmke

don't matter much for me if you agree/disagree with a known fact;)

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It surprises me that some didn't know that fact. Isn't that something they teach you at school? I'm in Europe and I did get that at school a long time ago.

why this is moved to "Graphics and other programs" while every cpuz version stays on the news section?

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Originally Posted by kromosto

why this is moved to "Graphics and other programs" while every cpuz version stays on the news section?

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I have the same question for the staff :confused:

same here.. we finally get an all-in-one app and gets buried

thanks for the app hersounds :toast:

http://img391.imageshack.us/img391/3977/31384759.png

HWM BlackBox 2.2 Beta

http://www.hardwaremania.com/blackbo...x_V2.2beta.zip

So no validate feature like CPU-Z? If the Blackbox creator can implement an algorithim to make a validation feature, that would put this program in line with CPU-Z definitely! Otherwise, it doesn't really match up to CPU-Z for HWbot purposes.