Incorrect Voltage Is Applied to Dual-Voltage CardBus Controllers (297257)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP1
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP1
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP1
This article was previously published under Q297257

SYMPTOMS

When a dual-voltage CardBus controller is inserted into a PCMCIA slot, 5 volts may be applied no matter what the preferred voltage is. Note that to save power, the lowest voltage the controller can accept should be used.

CAUSE

This problem can be caused by a bug in the PCMCIA bus driver.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

260910 How to Obtain the Latest Windows 2000 Service Pack

The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:
  Date        Time      Version          Size     File name
  -----------------------------------------------------------
  3/28/2001   04:33p       -             34,740   Ntdetect.com
  4/17/2001   03:35p    5.0.2195.3515    59,024   Pci.sys
  5/1/2001    05:49p    5.0.2195.3558   109,168   Pci.sys

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Windows 2000 Service Pack 3.
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:9/26/2005
Keywords:kbHotfixServer kbQFE kbbug kbenv kbfix kbHardware kbOSWin2000fix kbWin2000PreSP3Fix kbWin2000sp3fix KB297257
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