Windows 95 Hangs on Reboot with CardBus Card Installed

ID: Q247965

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows 95

SYMPTOMS

After you install a CardBus card and a PC Card in a CardBus-based laptop computer, your computer may intermittently stop responding (hang) when you restart it.

Additionally, Windows may eventually display a "VFAT device initialization" error message.

This problem typically first occurs during the second restart after you install the cards.

RESOLUTION

A supported fix that corrects this problem is now available from Microsoft, but it has not been fully regression tested and should be applied only to systems experiencing this specific problem.

To resolve this problem, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the fix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services phone numbers and information on support costs, please go to the following address on the World Wide Web:

http://www.microsoft.com/support/supportnet/overview/overview.asp

The English-language version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:


   Date       Time        Version     Size      File name
   ------------------------------------------------------
   01/04/00   9:32:30pm   4.03.1217   427,552   Vmm.vxd

WORKAROUND

Note that disabling the COM port in the computer's BIOS settings may allow you to work around the problem until you can apply the update.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: pccard

Keywords : kberrmsg kbhw osr2 win95x
Version : WINDOWS:95
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb