Article ID: 296872
Article Last Modified on 1/31/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 1
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 1
- Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition
This article was previously published under Q296872
SYMPTOMS
You may be unable to start your Toshiba laptop computer after you apply the hotfix that is described in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article:
279491 Multiple CardBus Devices Cannot Share IRQs
NOTE: This problem only happens with the BIOS implementing DMA mode for INT 13 access to devices.
CAUSE
This problem can be caused by a bug in the Ntdetect.com file.
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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5/2/2001 11:17a - 34,756 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 Pcmcia.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.
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
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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