
amdmsr.exe and amdring0.sys version, 0.10
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Device Driver Installation :
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This version of amdmsr.exe is a Windows NT program, which requires
a device driver, amdring0.sys, in order to program model specific
registers. An appropriate error message is displayed if the amdmsr.exe
program attempts to communicate with the amdring0.sys device driver
and is unable to do so.

The AMDRing0.sys device driver needs to be installed onto the system
before it can be used. This involves the following three steps :

    1. Place the file amdring0.sys in the device drivers directory.

       This directory, on most systems, is
           c:\winnt35\system32\drivers
       This directory may vary if the operating system is not
       installed on your c: drive, or is in a different directory.

       If you type the command
           set
       at a Windows NT command prompt, the SystemRoot environment
       variable will show you the drive and directory the system is
       using, eg
           SystemRoot=C:\WINNT35
       Merely concatentate
           \system32\drivers
       to the
           C:\WINNT35
       to get the correct location for your machine.

    2. Add the registry entries to define the device driver for
       Windows NT.

       Save the files "amdring0.ini" and "regini.exe" to your disk,
       in any convenient directory, and then execute from a Windows
       NT command line,
           regini amdring0.ini

    3. Shutdown and reboot the system.


This installation is a once-only procedure. However, doing it multiple
times on a particular system will not cause any problems.


Running the amdmsr.exe program :
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First, install the device driver, as explained above. This only need to
be done once on any particular system.

The device driver must then be started before using it, with the command
    net start amdring0

When you have finished with the device driver, you can either just leave
it running, or you can stop it with
    net stop amdring0

Type
    amdmsr -?
at a Windows NT command line for instructions. Multiple commands can
be given at the same time, eg
    amdmsr -wt32m -wte -w15e

The amdmsr program will refuse K5 specific commands on a K6 and vice-versa.

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