gotdamojo06 Posted September 19, 2006 Posted September 19, 2006 I am running an AMD Athlon 64 3500+ with an MSI motherboard, I play CS:S but recently I have been having a problem, it freezes up and I am forced to power down and reboot. I went to the Steam website and they suggest to update the OS, which I am running XP pro SP1. I have heard that if I do the update to SP2, it has been known to have booting problems with the 64 bit processors, so what should I do? I cant afford to loose any information I have on the computer, no time to reinstall due to the fact that I am in college. I am thinking about creating a restore point before I update and if something goes wrong, try some how to get it back to the restore point that I created, is this possible with out being in Windows and if so how? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdy284 Posted September 19, 2006 Posted September 19, 2006 just install SP2 maybe it had probs with 64bit when it first came out but it doesn't anymore Look @ how many people here have a 64bit proc & SP2 if there were probs with it you'd see a lot more threads about it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fire_storm Posted September 19, 2006 Posted September 19, 2006 Just install SP2. There use to be problems with it but I think there all fixed know. When I first installed SP2 years ago I had problems but the problem just kinda went away after a while. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotdamojo06 Posted September 19, 2006 Posted September 19, 2006 So you are saying that I should be fine downloading the SP2 with my 64 bit processor? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cchalogamer Posted September 19, 2006 Posted September 19, 2006 The only REAL problems ive ever had with SP2 were all with Skt A systems. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdy284 Posted September 19, 2006 Posted September 19, 2006 So you are saying that I should be fine downloading the SP2 with my 64 bit processor? 2 people said the exact same thing YES, you'll be fine Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotdamojo06 Posted September 19, 2006 Posted September 19, 2006 I know sdy I was just making sure, get the most information that I can Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
romeo55 Posted September 19, 2006 Posted September 19, 2006 As cchalo said, they only had some minor problems with socket As and i haven't ever heard sp2 having problems with 64bit cpus Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMeeD Posted September 19, 2006 Posted September 19, 2006 As cchalo said, they only had some minor problems with socket As and i haven't ever heard sp2 having problems with 64bit cpus Me either. Ive never heard of any problems nor have I had any problems. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigred Posted September 19, 2006 Posted September 19, 2006 it had to do with the installer, NOT the actual service pack. and yes when multiple reliable members of the site tell you something, please don't ask them AGAIN. this isn't the first thread you've done that in. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdy284 Posted September 19, 2006 Posted September 19, 2006 it had to do with the installer, NOT the actual service pack. and yes when multiple reliable members of the site tell you something, please don't ask them AGAIN. this isn't the first thread you've done that in. 2 people aren't going to purposefully give you the wrong info Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Fried_fry Posted September 20, 2006 Posted September 20, 2006 ya I installed sp2 and I have a 64bit cpu and no problems! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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