Microsoft KB Archive/297257

= Incorrect Voltage Is Applied to Dual-Voltage CardBus Controllers =

Article ID: 297257

Article Last Modified on 1/31/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 1
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 1

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This article was previously published under Q297257



SYMPTOMS
When a dual-voltage CardBus controller is inserted into a PCMCIA slot, 5 volts may be applied no matter what the preferred voltage is. Note that to save power, the lowest voltage the controller can accept should be used.



CAUSE
This problem can be caused by a bug in the PCMCIA bus driver.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

260910 How to Obtain the Latest Windows 2000 Service Pack

The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:

 Date        Time      Version          Size     File name --- 3/28/2001   04:33p       -             34,740   Ntdetect.com 4/17/2001  03:35p    5.0.2195.3515    59,024   Pci.sys 5/1/2001   05:49p    5.0.2195.3558   109,168   Pci.sys



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Windows 2000 Service Pack 3.

Additional query words: kbBaseOS

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbwin2000presp3fix kbqfe kbhardware kbwin2000sp3fix kbenv kboswin2000fix kbhotfixserver KB297257

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