amdk8.sys anyone?

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David Teich

I'm trying to get an old C drive running that has XP SP3. I get logged in,
but then the system hangs asking me for amdk8.sys. Online research seems to
imply it was an SP3 patch add, so it's not on my original XP CD.

XP wants it on a disk, but I can't find a download of it anywhere. Where can
I find one?
 
I'm trying to get an old C drive running that has XP SP3. I get logged in,
but then the system hangs asking me for amdk8.sys. Online research seems to
imply it was an SP3 patch add, so it's not on my original XP CD.

XP wants it on a disk, but I can't find a download of it anywhere. Where can
I find one?
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When I see AMD, I think hardware - processors, video cards... Advanced
Micro Devices, Inc. (NYSE: AMD)

What is the question? Hey Dave, please give me the amdk8.sys
file? ;)

What are your options for response? What do you choose, what
happens?

There is no amdk8.sys on my XP Pro SP3 system and online research is
all over the place but appears AMD related.

What is your hardware/software situation and history?
How did this HDD get in this computer?
Has it ever worked?
Would it be okay to whack the contents of the drive and reinstall XP
to match the hardware?
Do you have bootable XP installation media (CDs).
 
Intersting. That's the exact opposite from the story AMD gave me. Since it
had AMD in the file name, I contacted them first. They didn't have it on
their support or download site. I called. Their support person say that was
an XP SP3 file to help MS talk with AMD processors and that I needed to find
my installation disk to get it.

Since my installation disk was just XP, before the Service Packs, and the
packs were separate installs, I don't have it.

So I have AMD pointing to MS and MS pointing to AMD. Love that support!
 
On an update to that, I just searched the net. There are lots of articles,
including in ComputerWorld, stating specifically how SP3 messed up AMD based
machines. I found a link to a AMD_Processor_Driver_1320053.zip, but the setup
didn't work when I tried to run it.

Does anyone know where a good copy of the file is? Please, no more posts
blaming other people, just a location of the appropriate file.

thanx,
David
 
When I see AMD, I think hardware - processors, video cards... Advanced
Micro Devices, Inc.  (NYSE: AMD)

What is the question?  Hey Dave, please give me the amdk8.sys
file?  ;)

What are your options for response?  What do you choose, what
happens?

There is no amdk8.sys on my XP Pro SP3 system and online research is
all over the place but appears AMD related.

What is your hardware/software situation and history?
How did this HDD get in this computer?
Has it ever worked?
Would it be okay to whack the contents of the drive and reinstall XP
to match the hardware?
Do you have bootable XP installation media (CDs).
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It seems that you are trying to "move" a previously installed Windows
XP Pro SP3 hard drive to a different motherboard / PC. This is
usually not easy to do as the XP Product Activation is "geared" to
detect several motherboard component for the activation. The
generally accepted solution is to do a repair reinstall of the XP
version. You need to use your original XP install CD (must have SP1
re-installed on it) and slip stream the SP3, With the newer XP SP3
installer CD, you can then do a repair re-install.

Note: You can get more info on how to slip stream SP3, WMP11, IE 8
and any other drivers from nLite.
 
David

I have no connection to Microsoft. I am another user with an interest in
computers.I have not blamed anyone.

There is no amdk8.sys on my system. It is based on a Windows XP CD SP3
disk. My system is Intel not AMD.

You never answered these questions?

What is your computer make and model? What is your motherboard make
and model?

My recollection is that there was a problem with AMD based computers
when SP3 was introduced.

--


Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
David

I have no connection to Microsoft. I am another user with an interest in
computers.I have not blamed anyone.

There is no amdk8.sys on my system. It is based on a Windows XP CD SP3
disk. My system is Intel not AMD.

You never answered these questions?

What is your computer make and model? What is your motherboard make
and model?

My recollection is that there was a problem with AMD based computers
when SP3 was introduced.

--

Hope  this helps.

Gerry
 ~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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David has abandoned this thread since he never found a solution (he
never looked for one!) He has posted another one for the same problem.
 
Forget it, it transpires the OP is using an oem version of winxp, supplied
with a laptop that is now dead, and is now trying to boot the old C drive on
new hardware
He has the same problem with an oem copy of Office, doesnt seem to
understand that all his licences died with the laptop
 
David said:
I'm trying to get an old C drive running that has XP SP3. I get
logged in, but then the system hangs asking me for amdk8.sys.
Online research seems to imply it was an SP3 patch add, so it's not
on my original XP CD.
XP wants it on a disk, but I can't find a download of it anywhere.
Where can I find one?
Click to expand...
amdk8.sys is third party driver.

What is your computer make and model? What is your motherboard make
and model?
http://www.amd.com/uk/Pages/AMDHomePage.aspx
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David said:
Intersting. That's the exact opposite from the story AMD gave me.
Since it had AMD in the file name, I contacted them first. They
didn't have it on their support or download site. I called. Their
support person say that was an XP SP3 file to help MS talk with AMD
processors and that I needed to find my installation disk to get it.

Since my installation disk was just XP, before the Service Packs,
and the packs were separate installs, I don't have it.

So I have AMD pointing to MS and MS pointing to AMD. Love that
support!
Click to expand...
I have no connection to Microsoft. I am another user with an
interest in computers.I have not blamed anyone.

There is no amdk8.sys on my system. It is based on a Windows XP CD
SP3 disk. My system is Intel not AMD.

You never answered these questions?

What is your computer make and model? What is your motherboard make
and model?

My recollection is that there was a problem with AMD based computers
when SP3 was introduced.
Click to expand...
Forget it, it transpires the OP is using an oem version of winxp,
supplied with a laptop that is now dead, and is now trying to boot
the old C drive on new hardware
He has the same problem with an oem copy of Office, doesnt seem to
understand that all his licences died with the laptop
Click to expand...

I think the OP understands - just won't accept any of it. ;-)

http://groups.google.com/groups/pro...zRZaggEMNSk_mMNPT6GLY9TTjwDXanyOqa0bKo3O7grdQ
 
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Microsoft needs to find a way to block these leaching forums
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leaching?

look carefully!
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Take your own advice.

The conversation you replied to was started on July 22, 2009. The
originating author's headers (below) show they posted it to the actual
Microsoft Newsgroups using the horrible web interface Microsoft themselves
put up so those who could not use a newsreader (for whatever reason,
including personal preference) could post on the Microsoft Newsgroups.

Here is the entire conversation, archived by Google groups:
http://groups.google.com/group/micr...d_support/browse_frm/thread/d7fe6d71e41dbe56/

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You, given your involuntary signature:

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Are posting from "techarena" and it is being synchronized with the newsgroup
from which it originated and was initially copied from/synchronized with so
you could find it on "techarena".

What am I saying?

Originally "techarena" leached the newsgroup post from the actual news
servers at Microsoft or elsewhere (since many newsgroups synchronize with
other newsgroups) and put it in their forums format (all through an
automated process of course) and it looks like all posts until yours came
from people using actual news servers (whether through a web interface or
newsreader of some flavor) - yours, four months after the last activity on
the conversation, was done through a web forum - which to my knowledge -
does not have a news server backend.

So yes - "techarena" and many others have been leaching off the activities
of news servers for a while - the conversation you chose to respond to on
the "techarena forums" being no exception. ;-)
 
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