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Re: [News] [Rival] Windows XP Service Pack III Renders Machines Dead

  • Subject: Re: [News] [Rival] Windows XP Service Pack III Renders Machines Dead
  • From: "Gary M. Stewart" <asK0U0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 10 May 2008 01:16:40 -0500
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Lying Asshole Roy Schestowitz wrote:

>
> XP SP3 crashes AMD machines
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | One user reported, "I just installed Windows XP SP3 and after completing the > | processes and when the system reboots, the system cannot proceed to load the > | Windows. It just displays the flash screen of Windows then after it reboots
> | again."
> |
> | Angry users have also reported that, after the installation, it is not even > | possible to boot in safe mode, usually the last resort before setting up a
> | repeated forehead/screen interface.
> `----
>
> http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/05/09/xp-sp3-crashes-amd-machines
>
> Appended at the very bottom is the possible explanation. Microsoft's Windows
> programmers and management have left the building, leaving temps, cheap
> labours and newcomers that don't mind taking orders from convicted criminals.
> The codebase gets worse over time.


[quote]
According to Johansson, there appears to be two separate problems. One affects only AMD-equipped PCs sold by Hewlett-Packard. "The problem is that HP, apparently along with other OEMs, deploys the same image to Intel-based computers that they do to AMD-based computers," said Johansson.

"Because the image for both Intel and AMD is the same all have the intelppm.sys driver installed and running. That driver provides power management on Intel-based computers. On an AMD-based computer, amdk8.sys provides the same functionality. "
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