AMD K7 driver from Windows Update

June 27th, 2002

Has anyone else (with an Athlon/Duron etc..) been prompted to download a driver update for the AMD K7 when running Windows Update?

I keep getting it every time I run Update, and I'm a bit puzzled. Is this just what Microsoft are using as a generic name for AMD processors? Does it apply to my processor at all (see sig.)? Would it do anything (good or bad) to my system?

I could set a restore point & just give it a go, but I'd like to see if anyone else is getting this & knows what it's all about first...

cheers,

**Taurus** · June 28th, 2002

that windows update only applies to athlon xp's, mcdruid... as i never see the update available with my tbird.

June 28th, 2002

I have installed it. But not from M.S. I have an Athalon 1.4 gig and it works great with the driver. The system seems to be more stable. My 3d mark bench went up about 10 points. So it's doing something.

**Geffy** · June 28th, 2002

I dont have it on my system I have a tbird, but I worked on another and it was an AthlonXP. I installed it, it did nothing harmful to the system. I dont use it so I cant vouch for performance.

I would download it.

June 30th, 2002

I installed the update on my 1800 Athlon XP and it certainly didn't do anything bad.

I don't do this benchmarking thing (not that tech minded) so I couldn't tell you if it did much better, but you would expect if it is newer update then there has to be some form of improvement in compatibility or performance or bug fixed in certain hardware combinations.

**GoNz0** · June 30th, 2002

Originally posted by catch23
I've seen it once, when I didn't install the VIA 4in1s

yup same here.

June 27th, 2002	Top \| #1
mcdruid Unregistered Posts: n/a	AMD K7 driver from Windows Update Has anyone else (with an Athlon/Duron etc..) been prompted to download a driver update for the AMD K7 when running Windows Update? I keep getting it every time I run Update, and I'm a bit puzzled. Is this just what Microsoft are using as a generic name for AMD processors? Does it apply to my processor at all (see sig.)? Would it do anything (good or bad) to my system? I could set a restore point & just give it a go, but I'd like to see if anyone else is getting this & knows what it's all about first... cheers,

June 28th, 2002	Top \| #4
Geffy OSNN Veteran Addict Joined: March 2002 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 7,805 Reputation: 1490 Power: 217	I dont have it on my system I have a tbird, but I worked on another and it was an AthlonXP. I installed it, it did nothing harmful to the system. I dont use it so I cant vouch for performance. I would download it.  • blog • tumblog • lastfm • flickr • #rubyonrails • @twitter "I could be replaced with a very small shell script"

June 30th, 2002	Top \| #6
GoNz0 NTFS Stoner Joined: March 2002 Location: the year 2525 Posts: 2,781 Reputation: 350 Power: 155	Originally posted by catch23 I've seen it once, when I didn't install the VIA 4in1s yup same here.

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June 28th, 2002	Top \| #2
Taurus hardware monkey Joined: May 2002 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 3,206 Reputation: 90 Power: 155	that windows update only applies to athlon xp's, mcdruid... as i never see the update available with my tbird.

June 28th, 2002	Top \| #3
ikester7579 Unregistered Posts: n/a	I have installed it. But not from M.S. I have an Athalon 1.4 gig and it works great with the driver. The system seems to be more stable. My 3d mark bench went up about 10 points. So it's doing something.

June 30th, 2002	Top \| #5
robin.munro Unregistered Posts: n/a	I installed the update on my 1800 Athlon XP and it certainly didn't do anything bad. I don't do this benchmarking thing (not that tech minded) so I couldn't tell you if it did much better, but you would expect if it is newer update then there has to be some form of improvement in compatibility or performance or bug fixed in certain hardware combinations.