Download Athlon/Duron W2K AGP Patch

Sake informs us that Microsoft and AMD have collaborated on a solution to the problem of a Windows 2000 hanging when a program such as Ziff Davis 3D or WinBench 2000 tries to access the AGP port when using an AMD Duron or Athlon processor. The problem is easily solved with a registry edit.

The solution can be found at Microsoft in the form of Knowledge Base article Q270715† AMD also has something (although mostly the Usage Terms from the .reg file)

Symptoms:

A Windows 2000-based computer may stop responding (hang) when you use an Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) program such as Ziff Davis 3D WinBench 2000. This behavior may occur more frequently depending on the computer’s processor, memory, and graphics configuration. This problem is known to occur with Nvidia GeForce 256 and Matrox G400 video adapters on computers with AMD Athlon processors. This issue is not specific to any specific video adapter type.

Cause:

Memory that is allocated by the video driver is being corrupted.

[break]The solution involves adding a particular Registry key. See AMD’s .reg file or Microsoft’s KB article.[/break]