CardBus PC Cards May No Longer Function on Specific Docking Stations After You Apply SP3

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SYMPTOMS

After you apply Windows 2000 Service Pack 3 (SP3), some CardBus PC Cards may no longer work in your docking station. A yellow exclamation mark may appear next to the device in Device Manager with the following status:

This device cannot find enough free resources that it can use (Code 12).

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CAUSE

Docking stations with PC Card controllers frequently contain an additional PCI-to-PCI bridge. This issue is exposed with Windows 2000 SP3 when a bridge is behind another bridge.

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RESOLUTION

A supported hotfix is available from Microsoft. However, this hotfix is intended to correct only the problem that is described in this article. Apply this hotfix only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem.

If the hotfix is available for download, there is a "Hotfix download available" section at the top of this Knowledge Base article. If this section does not appear, submit a request to Microsoft Customer Service and Support to obtain the hotfix.

Note If additional issues occur or if any troubleshooting is required, you might have to create a separate service request. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for this specific hotfix. For a complete list of Microsoft Customer Service and Support telephone numbers or to create a separate service request, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=support (http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=support)

Note The "Hotfix download available" form displays the languages for which the hotfix is available. If you do not see your language, it is because a hotfix is not available for that language. The English version of this fix has the file attributes (or later) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in coordinated universal time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.

   Date         Time   Version        Size     File name
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   28-Jun-2002  17:29                  34,724  Ntdetect.com
   01-Aug-2002  02:41  5.0.2195.5994   59,248  Pci.sys
   28-Jun-2002  23:55  5.0.2195.5918  109,520  Pcmcia.sys

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