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AMD Athlon™ 64/Opteron™ Processor Driver
Version 1.1.0
(Windows® XP)


DESCRIPTION:

This driver supports processor performance control via the processor objects defined in the ACPI 2.0 specification.


REQUIREMENTS:

AMD Athlon™ 64/Opteron™ systems with ACPI 2.0 processor performance control objects
Windows XP


KNOWN LIMITATIONS:
1) The processor performance state may not berestored to the maximum state if the
CPU runs at 100 percent. This problem occurs if the computer is 100 percent busy
when the power policy changes.
For more information and support options, please refer to the following website:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=330512

2) "System Properties" reports wrong processor speed.
For more information, please refer to the following website:http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;303602

3) The Processor speed may be reported incorrectly in Windows XP.
For more information, please refer to the following website:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;316965

NOTE: As with all driver installations on Windows XP, you need to login as Administrator or have administrator rights for your domainlogin.


INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS:
To install the driver, copy the installation files to a temporary directory, then use the “Device Manager” to perform an "Update Driver" operation as follows.

1) Right-click on "My Computer" and select "Properties".
2) Select the "Hardware Tab" and click on the "Device Manager" button.
There should be a device section named "Processors" with aprocessor device.
3) Right-click on the processor device, and click on "Update Driver".
4) Select "Install from a list or specific location (Advanced)", and click "Next" to
continue.
5) Select "Don't search, I will choose the driver to install", and click "Next" to
continue.
6) Click "Have Disk", "Browse..." to the installation files and click "OK".
7) A box will appear: "The wizard hasfinished installing the software for
"AMD Athlon™ 64 Processor" or “AMD Opteron™ Processor”. Click "Finish" to
complete the installation.

Instructions for enabling Cool‘n’Quiet on Windows XP with user accounts that do not have Administrative Rights
1. Log on as Administrator on the Local Machine.
2. Click Start, then Run…
3. Enter Regedt32 into the run dialog box and click Ok.4. Locate and click the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
ControlsFolder\PowerCfg\GloBalPowerPolicy
5. Right click and from the context menu, click Permissions.
6. Click on “Users” group entry.
7. Click in the Full Control box under the Allow heading and click Ok.
8. Locate and click the next registry key:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
ControlsFolder\PowerCfg\PowerPolicies
9. Right click and from the context menu, click Permissions.
10. Click on “Users” group entry.
11. Click in the Full Control box under the Allow heading and click Ok.
12. Close the Registry.

Verify that users have the right to shut down the system:
1. In Control Panel, double-click Administrative Tools, andthen double-click “Local Security Policy…”
2. In the left pane, expand Local Policies and click User Rights Assignment.
3. In the right pane, double-click “Shut down the system”.
4. If the Security Setting does not include the “Users” group, click on button to add the “Users” group.

Making these changes will allow normal users to alter power scheme settings without being added to the LocalAdministrators group.


UNINSTALL INSTRUCTIONS:

1) Delete the "Oemx.inf" file from the "%windir%\inf" directory that contains the
header "amdk8". This "Oemx.inf" should have been created from the previous
driver installation, and must be deleted to prevent the OS from re-installing the
CPU driver on the next system restart.

2) Right click on "My Computer" and select...