I have an old gateway 400 computer. It is beginning to run slow, often
freezes, and I get booted alot. A friend told me that there are some patches
to my amd k6(tm) 3D processor that have been added since I got this computer
and I need to go online to update my processor. However, I have searched and
searched and I cannot find the updates. Can anyone help me with this?

There is no such thing as patches for your processor, it either works or it
doesn't.

I think you may be referring to your BIOS there could be patches available
for that, however this is a XP general questions group and your question
would be better answered in the hardware group.

"silohette" wrote:

> I have an old gateway 400 computer. It is beginning to run slow, often
> freezes, and I get booted alot. A friend told me that there are some patches
> to my amd k6(tm) 3D processor that have been added since I got this computer
> and I need to go online to update my processor. However, I have searched and
> searched and I cannot find the updates. Can anyone help me with this?

He may be referring to patch needed to run K6IIIs with 95, (reaching way
back, now).

sgopus wrote:
> There is no such thing as patches for your processor, it either works or it
> doesn't.
>
> I think you may be referring to your BIOS there could be patches available
> for that, however this is a XP general questions group and your question
> would be better answered in the hardware group.
>
> "silohette" wrote:
>
>> I have an old gateway 400 computer. It is beginning to run slow, often
>> freezes, and I get booted alot. A friend told me that there are some patches
>> to my amd k6(tm) 3D processor that have been added since I got this computer
>> and I need to go online to update my processor. However, I have searched and
>> searched and I cannot find the updates. Can anyone help me with this?

I am running xp home edition. Does that help?

"Airman Thunderbird" wrote:

> He may be referring to patch needed to run K6IIIs with 95, (reaching way
> back, now).
>
> sgopus wrote:
> > There is no such thing as patches for your processor, it either works or it
> > doesn't.
> >
> > I think you may be referring to your BIOS there could be patches available
> > for that, however this is a XP general questions group and your question
> > would be better answered in the hardware group.
> >
> > "silohette" wrote:
> >
> >> I have an old gateway 400 computer. It is beginning to run slow, often
> >> freezes, and I get booted alot. A friend told me that there are some patches
> >> to my amd k6(tm) 3D processor that have been added since I got this computer
> >> and I need to go online to update my processor. However, I have searched and
> >> searched and I cannot find the updates. Can anyone help me with this?
>

Thank you. Is there an upgrade or update that you know of?

"sgopus" wrote:

> There is no such thing as patches for your processor, it either works or it
> doesn't.
>
> I think you may be referring to your BIOS there could be patches available
> for that, however this is a XP general questions group and your question
> would be better answered in the hardware group.
>
> "silohette" wrote:
>
> > I have an old gateway 400 computer. It is beginning to run slow, often
> > freezes, and I get booted alot. A friend told me that there are some patches
> > to my amd k6(tm) 3D processor that have been added since I got this computer
> > and I need to go online to update my processor. However, I have searched and
> > searched and I cannot find the updates. Can anyone help me with this?

Some of the symptoms you mentioned point to some type of hardware problem -
overheating perhaps. There is no patch that I'm aware of for a K6 to run on
XP properly. The first XP system I set up was using a 400 mhz K6 with an
Epox motherboard, but that was years and years ago. It worked fine with no
need for a patch of any type. It might be time for some new hardware.

"silohette" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:79C3302D-D37B-4E9B-B312-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Thank you. Is there an upgrade or update that you know of?
>
> "sgopus" wrote:
>
>> There is no such thing as patches for your processor, it either works or
>> it
>> doesn't.
>>
>> I think you may be referring to your BIOS there could be patches
>> available
>> for that, however this is a XP general questions group and your question
>> would be better answered in the hardware group.
>>
>> "silohette" wrote:
>>
>> > I have an old gateway 400 computer. It is beginning to run slow, often
>> > freezes, and I get booted alot. A friend told me that there are some
>> > patches
>> > to my amd k6(tm) 3D processor that have been added since I got this
>> > computer
>> > and I need to go online to update my processor. However, I have
>> > searched and
>> > searched and I cannot find the updates. Can anyone help me with this?