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Everest™Home Edition is a specialised program for system diagnostics and benchmarking tool, delivering precise details about computer hardware; including intricate component levels, with relative ease of operation.
The program will benchmark any PC running on a Win32 platform.
It displays information on the screen; that can be printed, or alternatively, saves it to a specialist file in various formats; such as, HTML; CSV or XML.
It is a good utility for accurate monitoring of system temperatures that are critical for trouble free computer operations.
Everest™Home Edition contains about 40 different pages of detailed information available.
Generally most users will only need about ½ of this for diagnosis and troubleshooting.
Installation:
Everest™ Home Edition is available for download here.
Everest™Ultimate Edition Trial 4.0 is available for download here.
Please Note: The Everest™Ultimate Trial Edition 4.0 now supercedes Everest™Home Edition; the new program has further enhancements and greater detail and full compatibility with Windows® Vista™ (all versions).
However the original Everest™Home Edition (version 2.2) is still freely available through its link above...it is not compatible with Windows® Vista™ systems.
When downloading, it is advisable to ‘Save’ the download to the ‘Desktop’ for ease of access when installing the program.
Once the download is complete, Right click on the program's Desktop Icon; scan it with an anti virus program, to ensure that the download was not 'tainted'.
Right click the Desktop Icon again; select “Properties”; at the bottom of the pane, a button marked Unblock is visible, click on this;then click OK.
The program is now ready for installation by simply double click on the program's icon on the desktop.
For simplicity and ease of use of this program, it is not necessary to modify any of the default setup settings, just allow the installation to complete automatically, after noting the installation prompts.
Operation:
Immediately upon opening Everest™ Home Edition, a loading panel activates and the Main Page appears as illustrated in Figure 1.
Figure 1:
This Information Data Sheet is designed to give new users of Everest™Home Edition a quick guide in obtaining the necessary ‘System Specs’ that maybe required by TSF members that are assisting you. With this in mind, only the more likely screenshots will be detailed.
There are two methods for extracting the necessary information; the first is by clicking on the information button in the Right Pane for the particular section, and the second; is to click on the +sign in the Left Pane for the corresponding Section.
Computer:
Clicking on the ‘Computer’ icon in the Left Pane will open a new Pane with 5 sub categories:
DMI: Overclock: Power Management: Sensor, and Summary.
Figure 2.
In this guide,only the Sensor and Summary Sections will be discussed.
Sensor:
Figure 3 shows the System Temperatures, Fan Speedsand Power Supply Unit Voltages, operate in real time; clicking on the ‘Refresh’ button will give instantly adjusted results.
Figure 3:
Here are two illustrations of the detailed system information…
If requested by a technician to post detailed computer information, it will be necessary to supply the information in 2 parts as highlighted in Figure 4 and Figure 5.
Figure 4:
[All personal identifying information has been purposely removed].
Some of the items listed are in blue; these are direct links to each manufacturer’s website for Driver, BIOS, and update information about the particular computer.
Figure 5:
Devices:
Figure 6:
In this section, Everest™Home Edition has 6 sub categories; this time only PCI Devices is shown; the reason for this is due to duplication in other areas of the program, and on any computer [mainly in the System Device Manager].
PCI Devices:
Figure 7:
Motherboard:
There are 7 sections in this category; however, only the Memory and Motherboard sub categories are highlighted in this exercise.
Memory:
Figure 8 details a typical RAM installation.
Figure 8:
Motherboard:
The Motherboard is perhaps one of the most important components in any computer; Everest™Home Edition has a wealth of very good intricately detailed information about this component.
Figure 9:
The next section that Everest™Home Edition details is, Multimedia.
In this section, detailed information about installed and onboard Soundcards can be found.
The computer used for this example did not have any Soundcards installed, apart from the AC’97 onboard sound; hence, no illustration has been used.
Network:
Figure 10:
To locate information regarding installed Network cards, click on the sub category icon PCI/PnP Network; Figure 11 details this information.
Figure 11:
Once again this program contains extra detailed information regarding Hard Disk Drives and Removable Media.
[Floppy Disk Drives: CD-ROM’s: CD-RW’s: DVD’s etc].
Storage:
When a faulty Hard Disk Drive is suspected, the SMART section is a good reference guide to determine the health of the HDD, as shown in Figure 12:…
Figure 12:
This is the tool for supplying any technician a computer's 'System Specifications' to assist in diagnosing Computer Hardware malfunctions.
The next question is...
'How do I give it to TSF?’...by a relatively simple process.
This can be done in two ways:
Firstly; by copying the requested information to the clipboard; then, copy and paste it into the posting,
or:
Secondly, by doing a “Print Screen” and uploading the image as a .jpeg file to the post.
In any event the Everest™ Home Edition utility can now be an important tool for any computer user, no matter whether a ‘Newbie’; ‘Novice’, or IT Wizard.
Have fun exploring Everest™Home Edition and discovering what makes a computer “tick”.
Grateful acknowledgement is given to Lavalys.Inc (the software manufacturers) for their invaluable assistance given to the writer during the writing of this tutorial.
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