AMD Processor driver

crsgardner

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As part of setting up a new system, I ran across installing AMD's Cool and Quiet driver, which updates the Windows XP CPU in the hardware list to a different name (mainly, Athlon 64). Is this driver at all necessary? I'd rather use the one Windows provides, as I'm having trouble running the system with AMD's driver.
 

DAPUNISHER

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The CPU driver and cool-n-quiet drivers are 2 distinctly different things, you are aware of that correct? Because I've been using the CPU driver ver.1.1 10/16/03 with zero issues. I won't bother with tryiong cool-n-quiet because I crunch SETI 24/7 ;) I have heard without proper bios support the cool-n-quiet won't function properly so maybe that's the problem here?
 

nippyjun

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When i go into my device manager and look at the Processor driver for my athlon 64, the processor is properly identified but the driver is from july 2002 and from microsoft. Should I update this driver to the latest one from AMD?