February 27th, 2012· The current version features the new SMBus device accessing routine particular both for all Intel SMBus controllers and such SeverWorks chipsets as OSB4, OSB5, OSB6 and HT-1000. The main menu of Thaiphoon Burner window now contains the “Edit” menu. This menu combines two commands of “Product Details” and “Addressing and Capacity” to call appropriate dialogs. The last one is new. The “Addressing and Capacity” dialog is used to edit certain parameters of the module and employed SDRAM devices. All fundamental parameters like Number of Rows, Number of Columns, SDRAM Banks, SDRAM Width, SDRAM Die Count, Module Ranks can be easily edited though this dialog. Besides, the dialog displays Organization both for SDRAM device and DRAM module in real-time mode. The dialog is available for PC SDRAM, DDR, DDR2, DDR3 and FB-DIMM SPDs. Since the new version Thaiphoon Burner uses only fundamental parameters from SPD to calculate the Module Capacity.
February 27th, 2012· The new update is based on numerous minor improvements to the source code and GUI. The main one is the support for AMD Hudson-3/4 FCH SMBus tested on the HP ProBook 4535s (LG847EA). This enables Thaiphoon Burner to read and reprogram SPD on AMD A60M, A68, A68M, A70M, A75 and A85X chipset based notebook and desktop systems. The utility now displays more information on DDR3 SDRAM LRDIMMs. In accordance with the latest JEDEC DDR3 Spec Release No. 21A the utility retrieves a die count of one SDRAM chip package. SPD Browser has been updated to version 4.2.0.2 and has extended search criteria as LRDIMM and 32GB capacity. XMP Enhancer Professional now displays more accurate values for timing delays, expressed in nanoseconds. The “Enable Fast Read and Write” option is set by default as it is needed only for outdated VIA chipsets like VIA VT82C586 and performs SPD reading two times faster on VIA, Intel and AMD/ATI SM buses.
September 2nd, 2011· This minor update brings support for the Intel CPT Family SMBus Controller and Panther Point SMBus Controller used as part of Intel’s Ivy Bridge next generation platform. The new update also supports accessing SPD EEPROM on the Intel EG20T PCH based platforms.
August 11th, 2011· The current update provides full support for Intel Extreme Memory Profiles 1.3 Specification for DDR3 SDRAM. To meet the latest requirements and changes added to the XMP 1.3 spec the XMP Enhancer Professional has been redesigned. The new GUI organization enables to create both XMP 1.2 and 1.3 compatible profiles. Moreover, switching between the two appropriate options allows automatic profile conversion from one revision to another one. This gives a choice for OEMs when creating XMP profiles they need. All other functions to be dependent on XMP have been modified or improved as well.
July 25th, 2011· Super Blaster has been released. Major improvements have been made to SPD Browser. Since new version 4.1 it enables you to search for SPD firmware extended with Intel XMP profiles within Thaiphoon Burner’s SPD database. The resulting table lists all SPD firmware with XMP #1 and #2 enabled/disabled profiles and consists of several fields with XMP details such as Revision, Speed Grade, Clock Frequency, VDD, Timing delays and Profile Id. This new feature is very helpful when searching for any specific XMP profile to be flashed to the DIMM module. Besides, on the main search bar of SPD Browser there an extra list box which is used to define a type of the DIMM module – UDIMM, SO-DIMM and RDIMM. This helps to find the desired SPD firmware specific for your notebook or server class DIMM module. The new built-in application of DIMM Power Calculator is available within Thaiphoon Burner software. This engineering tool is to provide numerical approximation of the power consumption of DIMM on the base of its technical specification parameters. The new version of Thaiphoon Burner is qualified to be compatible with any Windows PE Edition. This means the utility now runs on Windows XP or 7 loaded from a live CD/DVD or USB drive.
June 20th, 2011· The HEX Editor of the software now supports the Hex to ASCII conversion mode. When it is enabled the user is allowed to enter notes, comments, remarks, etc to be written to SPD firmware. Besides, it is very easy to modify OPNs, serial numbers and other SPD information presented in ASCII form. DDR2 Timing Table Editor now features the extra Settings main menu which is used to define value for SDRAM Capacity and SDRAM Page Size parameters. Changing these parameters affects the timing delays of tRFC and tRRD automatically. The tRFC field of XMP Enhancer Professional has been enhanced up 2800 MTB units to support 8Gb SDRAM chips.
May 16th, 2011· In accordance with the latest “Annex K: Serial Presence Detect (SPD) for DDR3 SDRAM Modules” specification released by JEDEC in March 2011, significant improvements were made to DDR3 Timing Table Editor and its design. Now the list of standard JEDEC speed bins is enhanced with three additional downbins for DDR3-1333H, DDR3-1600K and DDR3-1866M. In the main menu there is the new Settings menu which is used for SDRAM Page Size and SDRAM Capacity selection. These two parameters affect to the tFAW, tRFC and tRRD automatic timing adjustment when the user adjusts all the timings from the DDR3 Speed Bins combobox. Thaiphoon Burner now shows an additional parameter of SDRAM Page Size in the SPD report. According to the latest JEP106 document, the utility identifies over 20 new manufacturers and vendors. Among them there are new memory module manufacturers like Goldenmars Technology, Ramos Technology, Mach Xtreme Technology.
April 5th, 2011· New features provide support for two SMBus controllers of all NVIDIA nForce MCP series southbridges. This makes possible to poll and access up to 16 SPD EEPROM devices on the NVIDIA nForce Professional 3600 chipset built servers.
· Besides, both the source code and graphical user interface of the software have been significantly enhanced to access I2C slave devices connected to both the primary and secondary SM buses. All previous versions of Thaiphoon Burner are not capable of detecting the secondary SMBus controller of the chipset.
· Since the new version 7.1 Thaiphoon Burner is able to lock the data of the first 128 bytes of SPD EEPROM of DDR2 FB-DIMM modules by enabling the Permanent Software Write Protection feature if available. To reach this idea the PSWP Protection dialog box has been modified.
· Continuing the good tradition of being the only Windows software for SPD programming purposes, Thaiphoon Burner lets you identify the SPD EEPROM chip featuring the on-die Temperature Sensor. The utility identifies both the vendor and model of the SPD EEPROM chips. Atmel, Microchip, ST, IDT, On Semi are in the vendor supported list of Thaiphoon Burner.
March 18th, 2011· The latest update brings support for the official JEDEC Standard No.21-C Page 4.1.2.5 - Appendix E: Specific PD’s for Synchronous DRAM (SDRAM).
· In accordance with the specification Thaiphoon Burner reports several additional timing parameters, such as tIS, tIH, tDS, tDH and tRC that are specific for SPD Revision 1.2 and higher.
· The full part number decoder for Samsung PC SDRAM DIMMs has been added. It is intended for extracting complete information from part numbers on Samsung PC SDRAM modules.
· The part number decoder for Samsung DDR2 SDRAM now supports the latest revision of the part numbering system.
· On the base of some SPD registers Thaiphoon Burner determines PCB revision and SDRAM device generation of Samsung PC SDRAM, DDR SDRAM and DDR2 SDRAM modules.
January 31st, 2011· The latest update incorporates SPD Browser 4.0! As you probably remember, SPD Browser 3.0 had a capability of connecting to Micron’s online SPD database and downloading original SPD firmware. But after Micron Technology had acquired Numonyx, the company changed its website and most of the public links moved to the private category. Besides, Micron did not meet the new SPD Browser truly and removed over 300 SPD images from its database after Thaiphoon Burner 6.5.0.0 had been released. Since that SPD Browser 3.0 was useless for Micron DIMM owners and OEMs. Now the lack is eliminated! The new version of SPD Browser 4.0 downloads the offline database with original Micron SPD firmware from Showshock Softnology website. We are interested in providing the reliable service that will not be interrupted again. So, using SPD Browser 4.0 the user can lookup SPDs both in the common Thaiphoon’s SPD database and Micron’s Original SPD Database. For the moment, there are over 500 SPD images in the Micron database.
January 8th, 2011· The key innovation of the latest update is the new HTML template which is used for creating SPD data reports. This is the second version of the HTML template. The first one was introduced in Thaiphoon Burner 1.0 five years ago. For distinguishing purposes all logos and icons of Thaiphoon Burner software have been redesigned. This brings a new look for the software and makes it fresh and attractive. The Part Number decoder of Thaiphoon Burner 7.0 now supports DDR, DDR2, DDR2 FBD and DDR3 SDRAM DIMM modules manufactured by Nanya Technology. Additionally, it meets the latest updates of Samsung and Elixir Part Numbering Guide. JEDEC DDR3 DIMM label is now determined for DDR3-1866 and DDR-2133 parts. XMP Enhancer features minor improvements specific for the timing parameters on the Additional tab. Three turn-around times from XMP timing parameters set – Read to Write, Write to Read and Back to Back are decoded to the SPD data report
January 8th, 2011· The key innovation of the latest update is the new HTML template which is used for creating SPD data reports. This is the second version of the HTML template. The first one was introduced in Thaiphoon Burner 1.0 five years ago. For distinguishing purposes all logos and icons of Thaiphoon Burner software have been redesigned. This brings a new look for the software and makes it fresh and attractive. The Part Number decoder of Thaiphoon Burner 7.0 now supports DDR, DDR2, DDR2 FBD and DDR3 SDRAM DIMM modules manufactured by Nanya Technology. Additionally, it meets the latest updates of Samsung and Elixir Part Numbering Guide. JEDEC DDR3 DIMM label is now determined for DDR3-1866 and DDR-2133 parts. XMP Enhancer features minor improvements specific for the timing parameters on the Additional tab. Three turn-around times from XMP timing parameters set – Read to Write, Write to Read and Back to Back are decoded to the SPD data report
November 29th, 2010· The latest update brings an official support for the recently released JEDEC DDR3 SPD 1.1 specification that describes SPD data for two new DDR3-1866 and DDR3-2133 standards. In accordance with this DDR3 Timing Table Editor provides eight new JEDEC’s speed bins for 933MHz and 1067MHz DDR3 DIMM modules: DDR3-1866J, DDR3-1866K, DDR3-1866L, DDR3-1866M, DDR3-2133K, DDR3-2133L, DDR3-2133M and DDR3-2133N. Now DDR3 Timing Table Editor is a powerful and easy to use tool for complying SPD timing parameters with any JEDEC DDR3 speed bin. Additionally, the new update now properly interprets DDR-1866 and DDR3-2133 SPD specific data when decoding SPD information to the reports.
November 18th, 2010· The new update solves some issues found in the NVIDIA SMBus Controller initialization routines of Thaiphoon Burner software and were being specific for Macbooks only. Additionally, the latest update provides SPD EEPROM accessing through the NVIDIA MCP89 SMBus Controller and newest Intel SMBus Controllers implemented in ”Cougar Point” PCH and “Patsburg” PCH chipsets designed for Intel “Sandy Bridge” processors. The DCT Tuner add-in now correctly reports tRFCx delays for DDR2-1066 DIMM modules.
September 28th, 2010· DCT Tuner is a new key feature of the latest update. DCT Tuner would be useful for estimating over-clocking capabilities of DRAM controllers of the AMD Family 10h and Family 11h processors. DCT Tuner provides the easiest way to alter timing parameters and frequencies of the two DRAM controllers operating in ganged or unganged mode. It is also possible to synchronize timing parameters of both the DCTs or even to change timings of each DCT independently. DCT Tuner allows saving a snapshot of the current timings to file and attach it as a profile for future use. The latest update of Thaiphoon Burner software improves support for SMBus protocol particular for NVIDIA southbridges.
August 16th, 2010· Among the new additions there is an extra option for custom SPD Devices Address selection in the main menu of the Write SPD Data dialog box. The option is very useful if the SPD EEPROM is corrupted and not visible on SMBUS but allows its firmware to be written. The global Save Dump functions have been improved. Now the HEX Editor has its own context menu with the most frequently used commands from the main menu which adds a quick and easy navigation to the utility. Since the new update the Write Emulation Mode is automatically enabled when SPD firmware is typed from the keyboard. Fixed some errors particular to the SPD firmware database extraction.
August 4th, 2010· The latest update features a redesigned style of the SPD Write dialog box that replaces both the Full Write and Selective Write dialog boxes. Now the new dialog box is friendly and more accessible than the previous ones. Additionally, it enables to write SPD data to a particular EEPROM device or to all EEPROM devices at a time. This maybe useful for DRAM manufacturers when all DIMMs installed on the main board are to be flashed with a generic SPD dump. The latest update of the software improves support for accessing SMBus devices on the Intel 5400 series server chipset based platforms. Also, it adds support for AMD Hudson I/O Hub SMBus. When choosing a profile from the Standard Speed Bin List the DDR3 Timing Table Editor now sets CAS# Latencies automatically in accordance with JEDEC standard requirements.
June 23rd, 2010· The latest update brings support for SMBus controllers of the old AMD Southbridges, such as AMD-756, AMD-766, AMD-768 and AMD-8111. Thanks to this new feature Thaiphoon Burner is capable of reading and writing SPD content of EEPROM chips. Besides, the new update performs additional initialization of SMBus controllers of old Intel I/O Hubs to access SPD EEPROM. This may grant access to the SPD content when the SMBus controller is disabled by OEMs. The additional initialization is applied to all various parts of Intel ICHs up to ICH5 inclusive. DDR2 Timing Table Editor has been extended and provides the easiest way to edit six additional timings of tIS, tIH, tDS, tDH, tDQSQ and tQHS.
May 18th, 2010· IT meets two latest JEDEC requirements related to DDR3 SDRAM - JESD79-3D and N09-NM4. Since the new update Thaiphoon Burner now creates DDR3 summary timing tables in accordance with JEDEC standard. Additionally, the software determines all supported CAS# latencies specified in DDR3 SPD. As a bonus for DDR3 SDRAM vendors and manufacturers, Thaiphoon Burner now reports DDR3 DIMM Label proposed by JEDEC Committee JC-45 and approved by the JEDEC Board of Directors. Thanks to the ASUS Eee PC community Thaiphoon Burner now supports SPD read and write operations via Intel SCH chipset. For instance, Thaiphoon Burner should read SPD data on ASUS Eee PC 1101HA netbook.
May 10th, 2010· The new update brings full support for DDR2-1066 JEDEC standard and JEDEC DDR2 SPD Revision 1.3. For this purpose we have designed an absolutely new edition of Timing Table Editor to support both the latest JEDEC DDR2 and legacy DDR SDRAM standards. Now Timing Table Editor enables you to adjust timing parameters in accordance with JEDEC’s DDR2 speed bins just in one click. All speed bins for DDR2 are listed in appropriate combobox. Especially you may enjoy new Timing Table Editor if your RAM memory supports 533MHz through the NVIDIA EPP 1.0 profiles. This means you may update standard DDR2-800 SPD firmware Rev 1.2 up to SPD Rev.1.3 to define 533MHz approved by JEDEC as an official standard. In addition, Timing Table Editor both for DDR2 and DDR3 now automatically corrects SPD checksum.
May 10th, 2010· The new update eliminates some errors made after the utility had got a new design of the Hex Editor. For instance, all data cells of the Hex Editor are now updated after any changes have been made by using XMP Enhancer, EPP Enhancer and Timing Table Editor. Also, when changing a content of the Hex Editor the data cells are colored automatically again in accordance with a SPD version. The Status Bar shows new hints for some DDR3 SPD registers previously know as “reserved”. If a part number of the DRAM module is changed through the Hex Editor it is changed respectively in the caption of the main window too. SPD Browser now supports SPD of DRAM modules with a data capacity of 16GB. Additionally to the part number decoding routing for Samsung DDR3 DIMMs Thaiphoon Burner now reports a die generation of SDRAM components.
April 26th, 2010· The new update provides the easiest way to alter various production items of the DRAM module such as Module Manufacturer ID, DARM Manufacturer ID, module serial number, module production date, part number and so on. For this purpose the new Product Details form has been added. All known manufacturers of DRAM modules are listed on the form. The Product Details form is applicable for all supported SPDs. In accordance with JEP106AB Standard the latest update identifies new DRAM module manufacturers such EKMemory, TwinMOS, Silicon Power, etc. There are minor improvements in determining the module production date, module manufacturing location and module revision code.
April 9th, 2010· The updated version of the software features the new HEX Editor which is more attractive, more flexible, user friendly and easy to use compared to its previous implementation. This is the second our conception of the hexadecimal editor. The first one was taken 5 years ago when Thaiphoon Burner was a primitive HEX Editor with support for SiS963 only. Now it’s time to make changes. Since the new version of Thaiphoon Burner there is a quick way to send your feedbacks from the software to us! Besides, Thaiphoon Burner lets you attach SPD dumps to your feedback. This feature is pretty useful if you add your SPD dumps to our database.
March 15th, 2010· The latest version of the software features a new universal routine to access SM Bus devices on any SiS chipsets. Thanks to this Thaiphoon Burner is capable of reading SPD EEPROM device content both thought the incorporated SMBus controller and ACPI. The last method is used for older SiS chipsets like SiS630.
· The latest version has been successfully tested on SiS630 and SiS730 chipsets. In addition, the new update supports SPD accessing via legacy SiS960, SiS961 and SiS962 southbridges. All other SiS southbridges coming after SiS962 including SiS968 are supported as well.
· As with other improvements, new Thaiphoon Burner determines the SDRAM device organization without errors being specific for DDR3, FB-DIMM and PC SDRAMs. The Module Specification Panel now reports a capacity of the SDRAM device. Although this parameter is traditionally measured in megabits, Thaiphoon Burner displays it in megabytes. This easily helps to determine a number of SDRAM devices incorporated on the SDRAM module.
February 25th, 2010· Now this is the first known software to protect the EEPROM device of memory modules from being written permanently.
· Thaiphoon Burner uses the Permanently Software Write Protect feature of Atmel AT34C02-based SPD EEPROMs. Once PSWP has been enabled it cannot be reversed by powering down the EEPROM device. This is exactly what DRAM module vendors need to protect their products.
· Besides, Thaiphoon Burner uses PSWP to check whether the EEPROM device is protected. If it is not protectected the user can protect it by himself by clicking the only button!
February 25th, 2010· This brings a significant GUI improvement for the DDR3 Timing Table Editor which is now capable of adjusting JEDEC timings in accordance with XMP templates created by the XMP Enhancer Professional. For this purpose the DDR3 Timing Table Editor features an additional combobox with custom XMP templates.
· Besides, the DDR3 Timing Table Editor provides the easiest way to overwrite the current SPD timings with the predefined ones from XMP. How to perform such a trick, please refer to the Tips&Tricks Section. The EPP2.0 Enhancer now properly fits Full profiles into the Basic profile data structure.
· The new update also uses an absolutely new SMBus protocol to be universal for all NVIDIA chipsets supported by Thaiphoon Burner.
February 25th, 2010· This brings support for NVIDIA Ion platform based on the NVIDIA GeForce 9400M chipset. This means the update makes SPD flashing possible on notebooks and netbooks featuring NVIDIA MCP79/MCP7A chip. For instance, Thaiphoon Burner can be used as a tool to reprogram SPD on HP Mini 311 netbook highly discussed.
· Fixed a bug when tFAW setting through the DDR3 Timing Table Editor.
January 31st, 2010· The new version employees BEMP Enhancer designed for AMD Black Edition Memory Profiles. This add-in provides flexible tools for creating and altering AMD BEMP profiles. Now no need to worry if your DDR3 memory modules are not supported by AMD OverDrive utility. By using BEMP Enhancer it is possible to easily create a missing profile. Besides, it enables to alter timings for an existing profile without any difficulties. BEMP Enhancer is a full-featured add-in and does not require Thaiphoon Burner to be registered before use.
November 26th, 2008· It can detect up to 16 memory modules on two RAM branches
· It perfectly reads and writes SPD on FB-DIMM and creates exhaustive reports in accordance with JEDEC FBD SPD data decoding
· It brings support for Intel 5100 MCH, Intel 5400A and 5400B MCH Chipsets
· SPD Report Browser is now capable of reporting a module width and number of ranks of the module while searching for SPD report
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