Service Pack 3
Where to update or not
Sunday, June 22, 2008 by tex115 | Discussion: Personal Computing
i was just wondering if anybody could tell me,if i should up date from xp2 to xp3 service pack? i have a gateway computer with AMD Athlon 64 Processor..Media Center Edition
does the problems i have heard about effect all AMD Processor's?..hate to lose all my work on my computer! Thanks for your time!
does the problems i have heard about effect all AMD Processor's?..hate to lose all my work on my computer! Thanks for your time!
tex115
Reply #2 Sunday, June 22, 2008 1:52 PM
Reply #2 Sunday, June 22, 2008 1:52 PM
Media Center Edition is not better, just give's you more on the entertainment side!record movies from t.v. look at your pix & video's music from their program..has some fun Dancer's that dance on your desktop to your music! Ha!I bought system because it was on "sale" oops! did i say that!Thanks have good day!
DethAdder
Reply #3 Sunday, June 22, 2008 1:56 PM
Reply #3 Sunday, June 22, 2008 1:56 PM
I have an AMD CPU, updated to SP3 and haven't noticed a bit of difference. Everything runs just like it always has, no faster and no slower.
SanChonino
Reply #4 Sunday, June 22, 2008 2:46 PM
Reply #4 Sunday, June 22, 2008 2:46 PM
Same as DethAdder's experience on my end. No change since the update to SP3. No better, no worse.
Zydor
Reply #5 Sunday, June 22, 2008 3:18 PM
Reply #5 Sunday, June 22, 2008 3:18 PM
I have an AMD FX60 running XP Pro, installed SP3 as soon as it came out - no dramas, not even a hint of one. It'll be the usual story, someone somewhere yelled about an install issue they had, and self interested parties got the rumour going - the usual irresponsible claptrap.
Even if 1000 PCs had issues with it, and I have heard of not a single one (not even "rumours"), with the zillions out there, the odds of successful install are going to be are going to be in the order of 99.9999%+, pretty good odds by any standard.
At risk of sounding "nannyish", if you have that real practical concern re failure on a business PC, and its utterly business critical, backup essential data (which you should be doing anyway). If the PC runs "minute to minute" daily operations, and you are still concerned, dont upgrade, there is no "killer" aspect about SP3 - dont get sucked into the whole "install because its there" mindset.
Murphys Law often hits PCs and they have a habit of going wrong at the wrong time - if there's ever a right time - but the chances of it going bang over this are remotely miniscule.
Regards
Zy
Even if 1000 PCs had issues with it, and I have heard of not a single one (not even "rumours"), with the zillions out there, the odds of successful install are going to be are going to be in the order of 99.9999%+, pretty good odds by any standard.
At risk of sounding "nannyish", if you have that real practical concern re failure on a business PC, and its utterly business critical, backup essential data (which you should be doing anyway). If the PC runs "minute to minute" daily operations, and you are still concerned, dont upgrade, there is no "killer" aspect about SP3 - dont get sucked into the whole "install because its there" mindset.
Murphys Law often hits PCs and they have a habit of going wrong at the wrong time - if there's ever a right time - but the chances of it going bang over this are remotely miniscule.
Regards
Zy
Coelocanth
Reply #6 Sunday, June 22, 2008 3:47 PM
Reply #6 Sunday, June 22, 2008 3:47 PM
Actually, it was a very real problem, but affected only HP or Compaq users with AMD chips. This is because the OEM vendors used images of the OS that were configured for Intel chips. The update to SP3 would then result in BSODs for people that had AMD cihips in their machines. MS has since released an update to fix it, IIRC.
Zydor
Reply #7 Sunday, June 22, 2008 4:23 PM
Reply #7 Sunday, June 22, 2008 4:23 PM
- HP or Compaq but only as OEM assemblies, and of those only AMD ones.
- Restricted to new PC buys
- MS has since released a patch
Odds of success plumett to 99.99% across the user base - its a bummer if you were one of them though
OP should relax, it applied to new purchases of those PCs only, not across the board hassles, even then only if a new buy right off the bat at the time of upgrade to SP3. A far cry from "affecting all AMD PCs" that rumour control had people believing. Its not even an issue any more.
Regards
Zy
- Restricted to new PC buys
- MS has since released a patch
Odds of success plumett to 99.99% across the user base - its a bummer if you were one of them though
OP should relax, it applied to new purchases of those PCs only, not across the board hassles, even then only if a new buy right off the bat at the time of upgrade to SP3. A far cry from "affecting all AMD PCs" that rumour control had people believing. Its not even an issue any more.Regards
Zy
tex115
Reply #8 Sunday, June 22, 2008 6:46 PM
Reply #8 Sunday, June 22, 2008 6:46 PM
thanks everybody! just needed some input..before i installed update, guess i read to many bad review's
Zydor
Reply #9 Sunday, June 22, 2008 7:16 PM
You were very wise to check, regretably many dont bother to do any kind of background read on this stuff, and wonder why the world falls apart. Until you read the bad ones, you dont know which are the good ones. Until you ask questions you dont come across the good gems from people, like the one from Coelocanth.
Good luck with the install, I'm sure it will go fine *struggles into Flak Jacket*
Regards
Zy
Reply #9 Sunday, June 22, 2008 7:16 PM
thanks everybody! just needed some input..before i installed update, guess i read to many bad review's
You were very wise to check, regretably many dont bother to do any kind of background read on this stuff, and wonder why the world falls apart. Until you read the bad ones, you dont know which are the good ones. Until you ask questions you dont come across the good gems from people, like the one from Coelocanth.
Good luck with the install, I'm sure it will go fine *struggles into Flak Jacket*
Regards
Zy
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Reply #1 Sunday, June 22, 2008 1:19 PM