American Megatrends Inc. Announces the Release of AMIDiag Suite

   ATLANTA (Tuesday, March 20, 2001) American Megatrends Inc. (AMI), the leader in storage and computing innovations worldwide, today announced it is shipping AMIDiag® Suite, which contains the both AMIDiag 6.11 for DOS and AMIDiag 7.0 for Windows.
American Megatrends continues to offer industry standard diagnostic software solutions for both DOS and Windows®. AMIDiag 6.11 offers the most robust feature set of any DOS diagnostic software on the market. AMIDiag 6.11 provides the most advanced system information and computer diagnostics available today. AMIDiag for Windows is a revolutionary diagnostic offering designed with an easy-to-use graphical user interface.
AMI continues our commitment of offering industry standard diagnostic software at low-cost to our customers. Offering the Windows version to our customers who purchase the DOS version will give AMI the opportunity to introduce AMIDiag to customers who are not comfortable working in DOS," said Stefano Righi, Engineering Manager, Utilities Division. "By offering the bundled software package, AMIDiag users will have the benefit of the enhancements made in version 6.11 as well as the user-friendly Windows version of AMIDiag."
AMIDiag 7.0 is the first release of a Windows diagnostic software for AMI. AMIDiag 7.0 advanced features include system information for major components, Trouble Ticket in HTML format and several interactive diagnostics including mouse, keyboard, video resolution, 3D video and audio tests, which enable the user to view results as they run. Designed with the consumer in mind, the AMIDiag 7.0 interface is easy to navigate and allows for user-friendly interaction and comprehension.
AMIDiag 6.11 is the upgrade of AMIDiag for DOS diagnostic utility. AMIDiag 6.11 is a high-end utility that offers the most enhanced diagnostics available including USB mass storage support, hard disk tests for up to UDMA 100, ACPI tests and support for non-legacy IDE devices. AMIDiag 6.11 supports the latest CPUs from Intel®, AMD® and Cyrix® with virtually no speed limitations.
AMIDiag software solutions are Windows® ME enabled. AMIDiag 6.11 is the only diagnostic software that runs in DOS mode, which is capable of running on a Windows ME system without the need for a DOS floppy. AMIDiag Suite offers the most complete and comprehensive diagnostic software solution on the market.