From: "Rich Gauszka" 


"Jeff Shultz"  wrote in message
news:pan.2004.10.02.19.14.23.372045{at}shultzinfosystems.com...
> On Sat, 02 Oct 2004 11:31:21 -0700,  wrote:
>
>>   Intel supplies the microcode updates that Microsoft distributes.  Of
>> course SP2 didn't warn you of the flaw with your system's BIOS as it was
>> not known when SP2 was released.
>>
>>    I don't see you mentioning that your motherboard or BIOS supplier
>> warned you either and they are the ones that sold you non-production
>> level microcode that is the source of this problem.
>>
>
> Yup - simple solution here. Toss the Intel chip and board and go buy an
> Athlon 64 (or XP) chip and mobo.
>
>

Athlon 64 users have had problems with SP2 ( reboot loop )

http://news.com.com/Microsoft+tackles+AMD+conflict+in+SP2/2100-1016_3-5326707.h
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Microsoft said in its advisory that PCs with 64-bit AMD processors may
restart repeatedly after installing Service Pack 2, if those machines are
also configured to enforce so-called data execution prevention (DEP) and
contain hardware that requires a driver software known as Mpegport.sys.
Sigma Designs' Realmagic Hollywood Plus DVD decoder application is one such
application that uses the driver, the software maker said.

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