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AMD Athlon™ Processor Model 4 Revision Guide

1 Product Errata

This section documents AMD Athlon processor model 4 product errata. The errata are divided into categories to assist referencing particular errata. A unique tracking number for each erratum has been assigned within this document for user convenience in tracking the errata within specific revision levels. Table 1 cross-references the revisions of the processor to each erratum. An “X” indicates that the erratum applies to the stepping. The absence of an “X” indicates that the erratum does not apply to the stepping. Shading within the table indicates an addition or modification from the previous release of this document.

Note: There can be missing errata numbers. Errata that have been resolved from early revisions of the processor have been deleted, and errata that have been reconsidered may have been deleted or renumbered.

Table 1. Cross-Reference of Product Revision to Errata

 

Errata Numbers and Description

 

Revision Numbers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A4

A5

A6

A7

A9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5 MCA Bus Unit Control Register MSR 408H Returns Incorrect Information

X

X

X

X

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10

Resistance Value of the ZN and ZP Pins

X

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11

PLL Overshoot on Wake-Up from Disconnect Causes Auto-Compensation

X

X

X

X

X

Circuit to Fail

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13

Instruction Execution Deadlock

X

X

X

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

14 Processors with Half-Frequency Multipliers May Hang Upon Wake-up from

X

X

X

X

X

Disconnect

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15

Processor Does Not Support Reliable Microcode Patch Mechanism

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16

INVLPG Instruction Does Not Flush Entire Four-Megabyte Page Properly with

X

X

X

X

X

Certain Linear Addresses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

17 Code Modifications that Coincide with Level 2 Instruction TLB Translations

X

X

X

X

X

May Escape Detection Resulting in Stale Code Execution

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

20 A Speculative SMC Store Followed by an Actual SMC Store May Cause One-

X

X

X

X

X

Time Stale Execution

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

21

Real Mode RDPMC with Illegal ECX May Cause Unpredictable Operation

X

X

X

X

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

22 Using Task Gates With Breakpoints Enabled May Cause Unexpected Faults

X

X

X

X

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

23 Single Step Across I/O SMI Skips One Debug Trap

X

X

X

X

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

24 Software Prefetches May Report A Page Fault

X

X

X

X

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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