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Builder’s Guide for AMD Athlon™ 64 Processor-
Based Desktops and Workstations
4.6 AMD Athlon™ 64 Processor Drivers and Utilities
AMD CPUID—This application executes and displays the return data from the CPUID
instruction set. No source code is provided.
AMD Processor Information Display Utility—This utility displays the processor signature,
approximate speed, L1/L2 cache sizes, processor revision, and instruction extensions supported.
AMD Athlon™ 64 Processor Cool ‘n’ Quiet!™ Software for Windows
®
ME and
Windows
®
2000—Cool ‘n’ Quiet! technology allows the system to dynamically and automatically
select the processor speed, voltage, and power combination to match instantaneous user
performance need. These changes can happen as often as 30 times per second.
AMD Athlon™ 64 Processor Driver for Windows
®
XP, (exe)—AMD Athlon 64 Processor
Driver for Windows
®
XP allows the system to automatically adjust the processor speed, voltage,
and power combination to match instantaneous user performance need. Download this Setup
Installation program (EXE) to automatically update all the files necessary for installation. This
package is recommended for users who desire a graphical user interface for installation. This .EXE
driver is a user-friendly localized software installation of the driver designed for end-users.
AMD Athlon™ 64 Processor Driver for Windows
®
XP, (zip)—AMD Athlon 64 Processor
Driver for Windows XP allows the system to automatically adjust the processor speed, voltage,
and power combination to match instantaneous user performance need. Download this Setup
Installation program (ZIP) to automatically update all the files necessary for installation if you are
using the Have Disk feature of the Install Driver button in Device Manager to install this driver.
The latest AMD Athlon™ 64 processor drivers and utilities can be found and downloaded from
http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/TechnicalResources/0,,30_182_871_9706,00.html.
In EMEA, these utilities can be found and downloaded from
http://www.amd.com/drivers.
4.7 AMD-8000™ Series Chipset Drivers
Table 4 on page 34 shows AMD-8000 series of chipset components drivers for Microsoft
®
operating systems.
Chapter 4
Hardware Considerations 33