How to install the AMD X2 drivers, hotfix, the correct way.

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03-04-2006, 02:19 PM
dstar2002

It works with MCE

I installed this Hot Fix last night, after doing some research on why I got so many lag spikes playing Day of Defeat Source. On my laptop (non dual core) I never got spikes, but on my desktop (AMD X2 4400, much better components all around as well) I would get lag spikes ever 5-10 minutes, and a lot of choke from the graphics card. After playing for four hours last night after this fix, the system had zero faults, my ping improved, FPS went from 70's to 80's in the same areas, and played smooth as melted butter.

Also, my task manager showed me true processor use, instead of just the same old reports. My 3dMark scores went up 300 points, and my computer seems to be faster overall.

Here are my full desktop specs:

Windows Media Center Edition (Havnt seen someone say it worked on this yet, even though it should of by common sense, seeing as Media Center is mostly like a skin for XP)
AMD X2 4400 2.2 ghz (Sometimes I OC to 2.5, didnt while testing)
2 x 250 gb Western Digital SATA II 16mb Cache
2 Gigs (4x512mb) Patriot Memory
470 mhz Factory OC EVGA Nvidia GT7800
Arctic Freezer 64
Idle Temps @ 34 C in a 75 F room (Im not doing the math lol)
03-04-2006, 04:04 PM
mentalcrisis00

When i change the core affinities for my windows programs and games they'll stay at what i set them untill i restart. The i alt/ctrl/del and all my programs run on both cores again which causes some applications to crash.

Is there anyway to save the affinities so applications will stay locked to one core?

I have my AMD drivers and hot fix loaded

-Ray
03-05-2006, 02:56 AM
kenofstephen

is that really necessary??

coz I don't feel there is any problem at all......:confused:
03-05-2006, 08:12 AM
GFDuke

Does this pertain to the FX 60?
03-05-2006, 10:04 AM
Pandamonia

Fed Up!

I am just about fed up with the constant hang's of my games such as COD2 and Dnd Online. seems the higher end the game the more often it does it. i get a screen freeze followed by the sound looping and then it rights itself after 10-15 secs. ive tried setting affinity and the hotfix and all the updated drivers. i have no idea whats causing this or how to fix it. i got a RMA on my GTX card but i cant see it bein faulty cus it works fine most the time. also this only happens in the 3.0 tests on 3dmark06.

any advise?
03-05-2006, 02:14 PM
mentalcrisis00

Mine does the same EXACT thing pandamonia, sept mine usually won't recover, it'll just crap out completely and the other night i got a primary data dump blue screen.

Stats:

Amd x2 4400
2GB corsaid XMS
1 seagate SATA 2 300GB drive
EVGA 7800GT
EPOX nforce 4 ultra board
550 Antec Truepower 2
03-05-2006, 02:23 PM
Pandamonia

i dont know why this is happening but it sure aint good, not sure if RMA my GTX will do anything! i am unsure what to do!
03-07-2006, 04:56 PM
mentalcrisis00

I'm guessing my PSU is the problem, alot of people have been having trouble with the antecs lately when used on dual cores. Mine makes a buzzing sound even if everything is shut down so i imagine a capacitor is blown out in there. I'm getting an enermax tomorrow and hopefully that'll fix the problem. I'll check back in, seeming you're using an OCZ i wouldn't even care to guess what the trouble is. If the system boots, it shouldn't be a bad CPU, RAM, or video card. When the cpu goes bad it usually overheats madly and shuts system down, bad ram usually won't allow the system to boot at all, and a bad VGA would give you alot of artifacting and crazy colors in the post.

I'd say it's either a software problem or your motherboard acting fruity. Try reformating the drive without adding the nforce storage drivers, and i'd suggest loading the nforce drivers from the nvidia website not the mobo manufacturer.

Good luck to ya.
03-08-2006, 09:07 PM
Indyxc

Hey guys,

Just wanted to post this reference.

I intially just installed the AMD x2 drivers, and Nvidia Newest Dual core support Drivers. Didn't install the windows hotfix since the link was down.

I found that games were running a bit slow, but since it's my first dual I didn't know what to think. It seemed slower than my Opteron 148 at about the same speed. I thought maybe it was just me.

Well tonight I installed the Hotfix, did the regedit, and games are much. Watching my task manager while playing (dual monitor) both CPU are utilized 80% of the time +. Frame rates are smooth, if not smoother than with my Opteron 148 in Battlefield 2.

Excellent fix. Thank you Gar.
03-08-2006, 10:32 PM
ValkyrieLenneth

So sad there isnt any x64 patch yet :(
03-09-2006, 04:55 PM
Indyxc

Quote:

Originally Posted by ValkyrieLenneth

So sad there isnt any x64 patch yet :(

When I ran my dual core in X64 I didn't notice any problems like x32. I suspect the dual core support is much better, since it was native to server 2003 (the basis for x64).
03-09-2006, 10:47 PM
Rodzilla

GAR!!!!!! You rock man! :up:

This made my system run SOOOO much better!
(ASUS A8R32-MVP running a FX-60)
Games are smooth!!! MP3 files don't skip, DiVX ripping is faster and more reliable, And you wouldn't believe how much smoother the 3Dmark benches look!

----> And even better yet!!!!!
I too have a dual monitor setup and was running the task manager and my Temp prog on the 2nd monitor... With them up while i was playing CS:S I noticed something amazing!!!

Before the patch I was running at 100% CPU usage on both cores all the time! Which gave me a high CPU temp...

After I ran the patch CS:S would run at 50% on both cores :eek: and I dropped my temp by 5*C!!!!! :clap: :up:

This thing runs soooo much better now!
03-10-2006, 07:30 AM
FlyBoyGeo

Just got my Opty 170. Thanks for putting this together!!!
03-10-2006, 01:14 PM
GAR

you guys are welcome!!
03-11-2006, 08:40 AM
ValkyrieLenneth

Quote:

Originally Posted by Indyxc

When I ran my dual core in X64 I didn't notice any problems like x32. I suspect the dual core support is much better, since it was native to server 2003 (the basis for x64).

I guess so also :toast:
03-12-2006, 09:03 AM
jonicadalton

Do you need the registry change?

I just installed the hotfix and rebooted fine. When I read the Microsoft article it states 'disable the new performance state...' when discussing the registry change.

The word new implies that updating the registry will disable the hotfix, but after reading this thread it seems like the registry changes are required.

Had I not been on this forum and just read the article by itself I'd assume the registry changes are not required.
:confused:
03-12-2006, 09:24 AM
Rodzilla

Quote:

Originally Posted by jonicadalton

I just installed the hotfix and rebooted fine. When I read the Microsoft article it states 'disable the new performance state...' when discussing the registry change.

The word new implies that updating the registry will disable the hotfix, but after reading this thread it seems like the registry changes are required.

Had I not been on this forum and just read the article by itself I'd assume the registry changes are not required.
:confused:

As a general rule setting a reg entry to 1 enables something... My games look choppy without having this key inputted.
03-12-2006, 11:19 AM
mentalcrisis00

figured out what my problem was, bad ram.

14 passes over 9 hours and i had 690,000 errors in memtest
03-13-2006, 02:44 PM
aud0z

anyone know where I can get the hotfix for my Win XP Norwegian language?
Thanks for the great how-to-do it. Looking forward to try it out if I ever find the hotfix.
03-13-2006, 08:30 PM
GAR

Quote:

Originally Posted by aud0z

anyone know where I can get the hotfix for my Win XP Norwegian language?
Thanks for the great how-to-do it. Looking forward to try it out if I ever find the hotfix.

you might have a problem bro, there is no fix for your lang. but i would recommend you contact MS, see if they have something for your language, good luck.
03-13-2006, 10:51 PM
masterofpuppets

Had to install the hotfix on my last installation. Was doing it in CS:S with 1600x1200/full aa/full af/everything at max, yet video stress test was reporting a good average fps. It was just dropping to 3 fps every couple of seconds consistantly. I thought it was just my X1900 not being upto the job, so I dropped everything to minimum and it would still do it just as bad. Tried the drivers + hotfix and now everything is fine. Never needed this on my last installation, must be one of those things.
03-14-2006, 04:37 AM
aud0z

finally.. got the hotfix for my language, followed the steps and rebooted.
And now it's all goooood!
Thanks alot for the great post GAR =)
03-15-2006, 07:49 AM
Gorfiuz

I have problem to install the hotfix :( When i try to install the hot fix, btw I think i have the latest drivers to amd = 1.2.2.0? when I Install it and restart, after the windows loading screen it become blue screen for 1sec so i couldent se what it stod and it restart again. is there something i could do reinstall the windows? I Would appreciate some help if it can be fixed. I play bf2 and It gets very laggy and disconnect me from the server.
03-15-2006, 09:16 AM
kenofstephen

one more time and no offense.

is that really necessary??
03-15-2006, 09:41 AM
Rodzilla

Quote:

Originally Posted by kenofstephen

one more time and no offense.

is that really necessary??

If you have a dual core and a win 32 OS... yes unless you don't mind the poor performance... some people can't tell the diff cause they just don't know any better.

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