DOCUMENT:Q124963 06-FEB-2002 [winnt] TITLE :TCP/IP Fails with SMC Ultra Elite 32 EISA Adapter PRODUCT :Microsoft Windows NT PROD/VER::3.5 OPER/SYS: KEYWORDS: ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 3.5 - Microsoft Windows NT Server version 3.5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SYMPTOMS ======== The TCP/IP protocol will not function with the SMC Ultra Elite 32 adapter if an EISA SCSI adapter is installed on your computer. Windows NT 3.5 boots without problems, but PING results in a "request time-out" message. If you boot Microsoft Windows or Microsoft Windows for Workgroups first, and then soft-boot Windows NT 3.5 (by pressing CTRL+ALT+DEL), this configuration will work as expected. It is only after you cold boot Windows NT 3.5 (turn the power off) that TCP/IP malfunctions. If no SCSI EISA adapter is present, TCP/IP works as expected. TEST ---- This problem was reproduced under the following configurations: - Dell 466Me, SMC Ultra Elite adapter, Adaptec 2742 or BUSLOGIC SCSI EISA Adapter - ALR SMP Revolution Dual Pentium, BUSLOGIC SCSI EISA Adapter RESOLUTION ========== Run EISA configuration and disable Bus Mastering on the SMC adapter. Install the SMC patch, SMC8232N.SYS (file size: 45,344, file date: 11/16/94). This patch can be found on SMC's BBS at (516) 434-3162. The file to look for is called CNT105.EXE, a self-extracting zip file. NOTE: If you use the Micronics EISA configuration utility to disable bus mastering, the option is labeled "ADAPTER TIMING" with choices of "PRIMARY" or "ALTERNATE". ALTERNATE is the required choice. STATUS ====== Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 3.5. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available. Additional query words: wfw wfwg prodnt ====================================================================== Keywords : Technology : kbWinNTsearch kbWinNTWsearch kbWinNT350search kbWinNTW350 kbWinNTW350search kbWinNTSsearch kbWinNTS350 kbWinNTS350search Version : :3.5 ============================================================================= THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY. Copyright Microsoft Corporation 2002.