Microsoft KB Archive/319588

= Peripheral Hardware May Not Be Initialized During the Startup Process =

Article ID: 319588

Article Last Modified on 2/21/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 1
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 2
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 1
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 2

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This article was previously published under Q319588



SYMPTOMS
If many peripheral devices are connected to the bus on a Windows 2000-based computer, some of the devices may not be initialized during the startup process. When this problem occurs, Device Manager shows the device as being present, but the device may be listed with an exclamation point.



CAUSE
This problem occurs because Memory Manager cannot allocate a contiguous block of memory that is required for a particular device.



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 --  20-Mar-2002  17:01  5.0.2195.5209   1,686,976  Ntkrnlmp.exe 20-Mar-2002 17:03  5.0.2195.5209   1,686,720  Ntkrnlpa.exe 20-Mar-2002 17:03  5.0.2195.5209   1,707,328  Ntkrpamp.exe 20-Mar-2002 17:01  5.0.2195.5209   1,664,704  Ntoskrnl.exe



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.



MORE INFORMATION
For additional information about how to obtain a hotfix for Windows 2000 Datacenter Server, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

265173 The Datacenter Program and Windows 2000 Datacenter Server Product

For additional information about how to install multiple hotfixes with only one reboot, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

296861 Use QChain.exe to Install Multiple Hotfixes with One Reboot

Additional query words: kbBaseOS

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbwin2000presp3fix kbqfe kbwin2000sp3fix kboswin2000fix kbhotfixserver KB319588

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