Windows 95 Hangs on Reboot with CardBus Card Installed (247965)
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This article was previously published under Q247965 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.
RESOLUTIONA supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to correct the problem that this article describes. Apply it only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem. To resolve this problem, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the hotfix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services telephone numbers and information about support costs, visit the following Microsoft Web site: Note In special cases, charges that are ordinarily incurred for support calls may be canceled if a Microsoft Support Professional determines that a specific update will resolve your problem. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for the specific update in question.
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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.
STATUSMicrosoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.
| Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 10/18/2005 |
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| Keywords: | kbHotfixServer kbQFE kberrmsg kbHardware kbprb kbQFE KB247965 |
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