Microsoft KB Archive/151837

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RZ1000 IDE Controller/CMD Chip Detection Utility

Article ID: 151837

Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006



APPLIES TO

  • Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server 3.1
  • Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.1



This article was previously published under Q151837

SUMMARY

Intel has developed a program called Rztest.exe, which tries to determine whether your computer may be affected by the RZ1000 PCI IDE Controller problem. In addition, for certain configurations, the program Rztest.exe offers the option to fix the problem.

MORE INFORMATION

There is a problem with PCI computers that use the RZ1000 PCI IDE Controller. Baseboards that use this chip include Intel baseboards commonly known as Premiere or Plato, as well as non-Intel baseboards.

This problem presents the potential for data corruption, which could manifest itself as a misspelled word in a document, incorrect values or account balances in accounting software, unexplained program failures when program execution reaches a corrupted instruction in the executable code, destruction of directory trees, or even corruption of an entire partition or drive.

The only operating systems known to be affected by this problem are Windows NT versions 3.1 and earlier, OS/2, Warp and LINUX.

Please see the notes provided by Intel at their website for additional information on systems affected and correct use of the detection utility.

Updated drivers are also available from CMD Technology's bulletin board system. The BBS number is (714) 454-1134.

For more information on Rztest.exe, contact Intel.

For information about how to contact Intel, query in the Knowledge Base for one of the following articles:

65416 Hardware and Software Third-Party Vendor Contact List, A-K


60781 Hardware and Software Third-Party Vendor Contact List, L-P


60782 Hardware and Software Third-Party Vendor Contact List, Q-Z


The products discussed here are manufactured by Intel Corporation and CMD Technology, Inc., vendors independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding the product's performance or reliability.


Additional query words: 3.10 prodnt

Keywords: KB151837