Services for Macintosh May Cause STOP 0x0A During High Load (157032)

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Terminal Server Edition
Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0

This article was previously published under Q157032

SYMPTOMS

You have a system with more than one CPU and Services for Macintosh installed. Under stress, the server intermittently stops with the following error:

STOP 0x0000000a (parameter, parameter, parameter, parameter)

NOTE: This problem has been observed while using a SysKonnect FDDI adapter, but it may occur with other NDIS drivers as well.

CAUSE

This problem is caused because you are using a network interface card (NIC) driver that is written as a "full NDIS driver" to gain maximum performance, which causes synchronization problems in Sfmsrv.sys, a component of Services for Macintosh.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows NT 4.0 or Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

152734 How to Obtain the Latest Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Windows NT 4.0 and Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition. This problem was first corrected in Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 4.0 and Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition Service Pack 4.

Modification Type:	Minor	Last Reviewed:	9/23/2005
Keywords:	kbHotfixServer kbQFE kbbug kbfix kbHardware KB157032