AMD has now released a patch for the corruption of video data issue on Windows 2000 machines.
Description of IssueDownload
An issue has been identified that could result in the corruption of video data shared between AGP graphics adapters and AMD Athlon or AMD Duron processors when running Microsoft Windows2000. This issue is independent of system chipset and has been observed when running Ziff-Davis 3D Winbench2000 and Mad Onion 3DMark 2000 in benchmarking mode.
Solution
AMD and Microsoft have worked together to identify a patch that involves adding a key to the registry. To add the key run the registry key installation file below or add the registry key as detailed in Microsoft KnowledgeBase article Q270715. AMD recommends that AMD Athlon and AMD Duron users with AGP graphics adapters running Windows 2000 install this patch.
