Article ID: 276409
Article Last Modified on 2/21/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
This article was previously published under Q276409
SYMPTOMS
After two or more Fibre Channel adapters are installed but only one is connected to a single set of disks, no problems occur. However, after another set of disks is attached to the second adapter, you may receive Stop 0xA error message with the following parameters:
This error also occurs if any of the following devices from SCM are connected to the system:
1. Sandisk USB CF reader
2. Microtech USB Cameramate
3. Microtech ZIO-MMC (Multimedia card) reader
4. Zio-SD (Secure Digital) reader
5. USB-Smartmedia reader
CAUSE
This problem can occur after you apply the hotfix that is documented in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article:
259545 Windows 2000 Starts Slowly After Modifying SMART Drive Parameter
After the IRP is allocated, the thread information is not set.
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
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10/24/2000 09:09p 5.0:2195.2557 29,072 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 2.
MORE INFORMATION
For additional information about how to install Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 hotfixes at the same time, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
249149 Installing Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 Hotfixes
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