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Inserting SRAM Card into Docking Station May Hang Computer

Article ID:166400
Last Review:September 22, 2005
Revision:2.1
This article was previously published under Q166400

SYMPTOMS

When the following conditions are all true, your computer may stop responding (hang):
Windows 95 OEM Service Release 2 (OSR2) or 2.1 is installed
The computer docking station uses a TI 1131 CardBus controller
A SRAM card is inserted into a slot in the docking station
A SRAM card is the first card inserted after booting

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CAUSE

This behavior occurs because of the manner in which the PCCARD driver in OSR2 interacts with the page registers on the TI 1131 CardBus controller.

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RESOLUTION


To work around this issue, insert another PC Card device into one of the docking station's slots before inserting the SRAM card.

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STATUS

This problem no longer occurs in Windows 98. To resolve this problem, install the current version of Windows. For information about the current version of Windows, visit http://www.microsoft.com/windows (http://www.microsoft.com/windows).

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MORE INFORMATION

This behavior has not been reported to occur with docking stations that use the TI 1130 CardBus controller.

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APPLIES TO
Microsoft Windows 95

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Keywords: 
kbhotfixserver kbqfe kbhardware kbprb KB166400

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