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Hard Disk Sentinel 5.50

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    hdsentinel_setup.zip

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What's new in this version:

Improvements and new features:
- added support of Intel Virtual RAID on CPU (Intel VROC): detect NVMe RAID array members, complete self-monitoring S.M.A.R.T. status of NVMe M.2 SSDs managed by Intel VROC controller
- added support of HighPoint NVMe RAID controllers: detect NVMe RAID array members, complete self-monitoring S.M.A.R.T. status of NVMe M.2 SSDs managed by HighPoint NVMe RAID controllers
- added support of HighPoint SSD7101A-1 NVMe RAID controller
- added support of Lenovo 530-8I RAID adapter: detect complete S.M.A.R.T. status of SATA/SAS hard disk drives configured as RAID
- added support of ThinkSystem 930-8I 2GB Flash PCIe 12Gb Adapter: detect complete S.M.A.R.T. status of SATA/SAS hard disk drives configured as RAID
- added support of Dell PowerEdge Boot Optimized Storage Solution - BOSS: detect RAID array members, complete self-monitoring S.M.A.R.T. status of SSDs managed by the BOSS RAID controller
- added support for MOBIUS 5-bay RAID hard disk enclosure: detect complete status of SATA hard disks configured as JBOD or RAID
- added support of ICY DOCK MB662U3-2S R1 RAID external enclosure: detect status information about RAID disk members
- added support of Kingston Enterprise SSDs: DC500R and DC500M
- added detection of eMMC storage devices used in tablets: detect and display eMMC specific information and self-monitoring status. Display eMMC health (if supported by the eMMC device)
- added support for Swissbit industrial SD cards, ATP industrial SD cards, Kingston SDCIT industrial SD cards: detect status information, health and statistics
- added support of Minerva RAID R2056A adapter (M.2 B+M notch to SATA 7pin x2 RAID Card)
- added support of various Apacer SATA SSDs

Improved hardware support:
- fixed health display for Western Digital WD BLUE SSDs
- improved support of WD and Hitachi Helium-filled (He) hard disk drives
- completely redesigned HighPoint SATA/SAS RAID controller support: better detection of RAID array configuration, logical/physical disk drives, improved status detection and S.M.A.R.T. reporting with HighPoint SATA/SAS RAID controllers
- added option to start Disk menu -> Short self test, extended self test on disks managed by JMicron external RAID enclosures
- added option to use Disk menu -> Advanced power management, Acoustic Management on disks managed by JMicron external RAID enclosures
- improved support of JMicron external multi-drive enclosures running in port multiplier (non-RAID) mode (drive order and logical drive assignments corrected)
- improved NVMe detection with Intel RST RAID driver and Intel Volume Management Device NVMe RAID Controller driver
- improved support of different Kingston, KingDian SSDs
- improved write-type disk testing with Transcend RDF5 memory card reader
- improved write-type disk testing of SD cards formatted to exFAT
- improved NVMe status detection under Windows 7 when Intel chipset driver 15.7 used for the NVMe SSD
- improved support of multiple HighPoint RAID controllers (SATA only, SATA+SAS, NVMe)
- improved display of lifetime writes on various TOSHIBA SATA SSDs
- improved support of ORICO 2139U3 external enclosures
- improved support of ADATA SU650 SSDs
- improved support of KingSpec SATA SSDs
- improved detection of SATA disk drives on LSI (non-RAID) HBA controllers
- improved ASM1092R RAID controller chip support
- improved power on time display for SAS hard disk HGST H7280A520SUN8.0T
- improved support of eSATA / USB multi-drive hard disk enclosures in port multiplier (non-RAID) mode
- improved compatibility with ICY BOX IB-RD3640SU3
- improved lifetime writes on various Samsung SATA SSDs
- improved health display on Kingston SA400M8120G SSD
- improved Intel NVMe SSD detection
- improved disk detection with LSI RAID controllers when array(s) degraded / disk(s) missing or foreign

Bug fixes, further modifications:
- improved display of lifetime writes on various Samsung SATA SSDs
- improved power on time display for various SCSI/SAS hard disk drives
- overheat tray notification shows affected hard disk drive(s) first
- display message box with the result of e-mail test when all notifications disabled
- updated Russian language support, THANKS for Dmitry Yerokhin for the translation
- updated Spanish language support, THANKS for Skylär Astaröt for the translation
- updated Chinese language support, THANKS Chenxu Wang for the translation

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