Windows 2000 Hangs on Start when Loading Crystal ISA WDM CS4232 Driver

• Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional

SYMPTOMS

When you install Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional on a Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) Alpha computer based on reduced instruction set computing (RISC), the computer stops responding, or hangs, during startup.

This occurs while the system is loading the Cwbwdm.sys file on a computer that uses a Crystal ISA Windows Driver Model (WDM) audio driver (CS4232).

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional.

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Additional query words: sound device fail hang stop respond lock

Keywords : hang
Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug