I don't think Microsoft hosted the hotfix since they only would send it to people who called in. There is a registry fix that you must do along with the hotfix exe.Quote:
Originally Posted by SpRoX
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I don't think Microsoft hosted the hotfix since they only would send it to people who called in. There is a registry fix that you must do along with the hotfix exe.Quote:
Originally Posted by SpRoX
Jared
Cr*p! You would'nt by any chance happen to know which email adr. to use?Quote:
Originally Posted by MaStA
Why don't you just download the file from one of the links provided...Quote:
Originally Posted by SpRoX
Don't tell me you don't trust it. If you don't then that is your own problem. Thousands of people have used the same file and it is legit.
BTW I don't have a e-mail or phone number because I followed the simple instructions in the first post.
Jared
I've got the file already! But I'm using Danish Windows and therefore can't use the English version...Quote:
Originally Posted by MaStA
The driver doesn't want to install for some reason...
It says i have an unsupported version of windows, since when is WXP Pro SP2 unsupported?
Anyone know how to force install?
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Howdy,
This is a side issue. I have searched high and low, and have not seen any relevant information. I dont know where else to ask....
Is there any way to enable v-sync for the windows dektop. I don't mean game vsync such as in Direct3d or OpenGL. I mean pure windows desktop. There is no reason why with todays super cpu's and fancy gfx cards we need to see ugly tearing when draggging windows around. In my oppinion what makes MacOS so nice is that the interface is supersmooth, thanks to vsync.
Any ideas?
Cheers,
Muz
So your not running Windows?Quote:
Originally Posted by muzzakus
I found out a part of my video card is scraped, where a silver square meets a circuit on the bottom right of the fan side, think that might be causing the problems I'm having and might be why installing the hotfix fixed everyone's problems but mine. Sigh.
Can you get a picture?Quote:
Originally Posted by raz1337
I installed this but I haven't experienced any performance increase in 3dmark06 or any other app. I followed the steps in page 1. It wasn't mentioned on page 1 wheter you should restart after each step. I restarted after each step because it was prompted by the driver installation and the hotfix installation thereafter. Perhaps I did something wrong? Perhaps the opteron driver has a different effect than the x2 driver? Well the fact remains that my cpu WAS working fine to begin with as you can see in my sig, I simply installed the patch believing it would get me a better 3dmark06 cpu score.
i dont use CnQ either, but are you saying that to fix games you should only install the MS patch and not the AMD driver? because to my understand the AMD driver listed in your link on the AMD site is to enable CnQ because from this statement "Allows the system to automatically adjust the CPU speed, voltage and power combination that match the instantaneous user performance need"Quote:
Originally Posted by GAR
:confused:
I use CrystalCPUID (link in sig) to control the 'CnQ' that way u can control the xCPU and the Vcpu and limit the CPU mutli too - so 'CnQ' with an overclock - best of both 'worlds' beeen using it for about 4weeks and not issues just a cool CPU and Mobo:cool:
Well i gave it a go and now HL2 plays like silky smooth butter off a knife, the patch definetely worked because before it was giving me this intermitant stuttering and performance was not as good as it should of been. Im yet to try other games but im extremely pleased with this patch so far :thumbsup:
We have been throught this like 10 times dude, the drivers for dual core are a must, not only for CnQ, if it wasnt needed it wouldnt be in the instructions......Quote:
Originally Posted by KingRoLo
I've read through the sticky and been snooping around at dfi-street and need to post here as I'm stuck...
My issue is only one core (0) of my X2 4200 is recognized by programs capable of doing that (ie, cpu-z, amd cpuinfo, 3dmark, superpi, etc) and I am unable to utilize, set affinity to, or do ANYTHING with core 1. It has been like this as long as I can remember (built in 2/06), i just never considered that it was a problem as i didnt think the processor would boot with a bum core.
Heres where I'm at:
- In DM under computers I have 'Advanced Config n Power Interface (acpi) PC' only
- In DM under processors I have 2 instances for the X2 4200 processors both exactly the same (not sure if they are differentiated somewhere as core 0 core1) both show the updated 1.2.2.0 drivers
- In Task Mgr i'm only able to graph for one cpu
- Everywhere where the cpu is supposed to be listed appropriately (ie, AMD Athlon X2 DC 4200+) it is but whenever the cores can be diff'd I only show core 0
Thus far I have:
- Returned to optimal settings in bios (non-oc'ed)
- dont use cnq
- installed drivers and fix from p.1 and edited reg (this process changed nothing for me that I can tell good or bad)
- uninstalled processors from DM and rebooted (fixed the post info to display the proc correctly, before it was only saying 'core0: ddr400, mem timings, blah)
- tried installing amd dashboard demo and get 'Failed initializing, make sure Amdtoolsdriver is installed and this system has a PSS or PST object'
anyone know what that means?
am about to flash the bios to 6/23 version but doubt that will help as 11/15 basically is 6/23
btw i'm on win xp mce sp2 and besides the fact that i can only run on one core, the system has been very stable even on good oc's (was at 245*11 2700mhz @1.56v prime stable earlier this week)
please throw any ideas, suggestions at me! worst case is reinstall windows or RMA if that dosent work but I have win xp so custom'ed now i really dont wanna lose it all by reinstalling... & i dont have a spare hd to test on
cheers used these drviers worked a treat my cs:s was crashing all the time before i used these.
FYI as an update to my issue above... (posting this for others who might have this issue arise)
The reason only one core of the Athlon X2 Dual Core Processor was recognized in windows programs was due to the ACPI process and the wrong drivers being loaded on windows install. If you have a dual core processor, you have to have the acpi multiprocessor pc drivers loaded for windows to be able to recognize and use both cores. If you dont or only have the ACPI process only (look in device manager and open computer tree to see these) then you wont be using both cores, even though you may have 2 instances for the processor in device manager. To tell if windows is using both of your cores, you can use a number of programs that identify both cores on a processor (cpu-z, mark3d, amd cpuinfo, etc) or open task manager and see if you can display 2 graphs (one graph per cpu).
The solution for this problem is a reinstall of windows. You cannot add the missing .dll files after an installation and get it to function properly.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/309283/en-us
You must reinstall windows and do a forced hardware abstraction layer as detailed in the link below. When the install asks you to press F6 to install any disk drivers or F2 for auto system recovery, press F5 and it will then let you manually choose the multiprocessor drivers that you need (use up arrow to view all of the selections).
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/299340/
After install and windows has loaded, you can then begin the amd driver and hotfix process described at the beginning of this thread.
This was quite a time consuming process for me as there is not a lot of documentation on this issue in the forums. So if you find yourself having the same issue, just know that you must do a reinstall of windows. I learned the hard way that you cant soft install the .dll's to make this work properly.
Is this driver a must for Opty Dual core?Quote:
Originally Posted by GAR
Yup.Quote:
Originally Posted by harbin
going to apply this as soon as my 320GB HD is done formatting. :)
Hey GAR,
Just thought I'd post this relpy (been meaning to for the last week).
I reciently built a new system for myself and was looking forward to playing
BF2 and CoD2 with a sweet system and nice graphics. I was disapointed when I loaded BF2 and the game was jerking and after an hour trying to play it, the game would seem to slow down (like a lag response to movement).
I tried an old Half Life game an it would be pretty ordinary also. While playing the game it would suddenly go into a bionic sprint movement than return to normal.
All this gave me the Sh*@!. I found this post and decided to give it a go. After following the instructions and loading the files BAMMM BF2 and CoD2 never looked sweeter and windows was running like a charm.
Thanks again for sharing the knowledge. It helped me greatly.
Cheers
Phil
Ok, now I am a bit confused. My processor driver shows up as 1.2.2.0 already. Does that mean I don't need to install the driver and hotfix? Actually, the /usepmtimer switch is also already there in the boot.ini file. I guess I don't need to do this after all?
Danish version of the hotfix here
I also noticed that in my control panel it says Athlon 64 Processor Driver, but doesn't say dual core or opteron, so should I install the X2 or Opteron driver?
As far as I can tell my machine sees both cores. I get 2 graphs in task manager and there are 2 instances in device manager, so I am still unsure. Can anyone clarify?
Which AMD drivers did you install since you have an opteron?Quote:
Originally Posted by Badge56
AMD Opteron™ Processor PowerNow! Driver for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 Version (exe) 1.2.2.
OR
AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 Dual Core Processor Driver for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 Version (exe) 1.2.2
I think windows automatically installed the regular Athlon 64 driver, so I will need to update to one of these. The question remains, which?