An IBM 720 Server Multiprocessor May Randomly Hang

Last reviewed: November 4, 1997
Article ID: Q158672

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows NT Workstation versions 3.5, 3.51, and 4.0
Microsoft Windows NT Server versions 3.5, 3.51, and 4.0

SUMMARY

Windows NT Server running on a IBM 720 Multiprocessor Server computer may stop responding at random.

This problem has been seen to occur on computers with BIOS Revision 8 or below.

If you install BIOS Revision 9 or above, it has been known to fix this problem. The most recent BIOS can currently be found on the following ftp site.

   ftp://ftp.pc.ibm.com/pub/pccbbs/pc_servers/720upd.exe

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Keywords          : NTSrvWkst ntstop kb3rdparty kbhw kbnetwork
Version           : WinNT:3.5,3.51,4.0
Platform          : winnt
Issue type        : kbinfo

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Last reviewed: November 4, 1997
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