Connectivity Problems Using VIA 1394 PCI Host Controllers

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This article was previously published under Q272155

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SYMPTOMS

You may experience connectivity problems when you use VIA 1394 PCI host controllers while attempting to establish a connection between two computer. You may see error statuses in Device Manager and be unable to browse. The cable connection could be causing this behavior.

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CAUSE

This behavior is caused by a problem in the Ohci1394 driver.

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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 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/260910/EN-US/ ) 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
   ---------------------------------------------------------
   10/11/2000  05:01 AM  5.0.2195.2228  37,200  Ohci1394.sys

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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.

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MORE INFORMATION

This issue has been observed with the VIA 1394 PCI host controller model VT5289. 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 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/249149/EN-US/ ) Installing Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 Hotfixes

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