Event IDs 257, 12, and 51 are logged on a Windows Server 2003-based computer (835473)



The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition

SYMPTOMS

Your event log may contain events that are similar the following:
Event Type: Warning
Event Source: PlugPlayManager
Event Category: None
Event ID: 257
Date: 1/12/2004
Time: 10:48:04 PM
User: N/A
Computer: EXCH11
Description:
Timed out sending notification of target device change to window of "VDS 
Notification Thread Hidden Window {417F6FAB-6A56-49C6-B9A9-6A795A0C73C1}"


Event Type: Error
Event Source: PlugPlayManager
Event Category: None
Event ID: 12
Date: 1/12/2004
Time: 10:57:29 PM
User: N/A
Computer: EXCH11
Description:
The device 'NETAPP LUN SCSI Disk Device' 
(SCSI\Disk&Ven_NETAPP__&Prod_LUN_____________&Rev_0.2_\1&2afd7d61&0&0111) 
disappeared from the system without first being prepared for removal.
Data:
0000: 04 00 68 00 01 00 ba 00 
0008: 00 00 00 00 33 00 04 80 
0010: 2d 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 
0018: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 
0020: 00 5e 03 08 00 00 00 00 
0028: ea 62 08 00 00 00 00 00 
0030: ff ff ff ff 03 00 00 00 
0038: 40 00 00 84 02 00 00 10 
0040: fe 20 0a 12 82 01 20 40 
0048: 00 10 00 00 19 00 00 00 
0050: 00 20 0c 89 08 ae 1d 89 
0058: 00 00 00 00 58 52 53 89 
0060: 00 00 00 00 af 01 04 00 
0068: 2a 00 00 04 01 af 00 00 
0070: 08 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 
0078: f0 00 06 00 00 00 00 0a 
0080: 00 00 00 00 3f 0e 00 00 
0088: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 

Event Type: Warning
Event Source: PlugPlayManager
Event Category: None 
Event ID: 257 
Date: "date" <-- the date of the event 
Time: 4:46:21 PM 
User: N/A 
Computer: "servername" <-- The server name 
Description: Timed out sending notification of target device change to window of "LDM Service"Event 
Disk ID : 51 
Data : 
0000: 04 00 68 00 01 00 ba 00 
0008: 00 00 00 00 33 00 04 80 
0010: 2d 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 
0018: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 
0020: 00 7e 00 bc 00 00 00 00 
0028: 99 44 11 00 00 00 00 00 
0030: ff ff ff ff 03 00 00 00 
0038: 40 00 00 84 02 00 00 11 
0040: fd 20 0a 12 82 01 20 40 
0048: 00 10 00 00 19 00 00 00 
0050: 00 c0 42 89 e0 c9 3e 89 
0058: 00 00 00 00 58 07 40 89 
0060: 00 00 00 00 3f 00 5e 00 
0068: 2a 00 00 5e 00 3f 00 00 
0070: 08 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 
0078: f0 00 06 00 00 00 00 0a 
0080: 00 00 00 00 3f 0e 00 00 
0088: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 
Disk 2 resides on Bus 0, Target 0, Lun 17 
Failing opcode : 0x2a = SCSIOP_WRITE 
Sense code : 0x06 = SCSI_SENSE_UNIT_ATTENTION : 
0x3f : 0x0e Srb status : 
0x04 = SRB_STATUS_ERROR Scsi status : 
0x02 = SCSISTAT_CHECK_CONDITION 
Event Type:     Warning
Event Source:   Disk
Event Category: None
Event ID:       51
Date:           xx/xx/xxxx
Time:           xx:xx:xx AM
User:           N/A
Computer:       EXCH11
Description:
An error was detected on device \Device\Harddisk1 during a paging operation.
Data:
0000: 04 00 68 00 01 00 ba 00   ..h...º.
0008: 00 00 00 00 33 00 04 80   ....3..?
0010: 2d 01 00 00 00 00 00 00   -.......
0018: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00   ........
0020: 00 54 32 0a 00 00 00 00   .T2.....
0028: cb 75 58 00 00 00 00 00   ËuX.....
0030: ff ff ff ff 03 00 00 00   ÿÿÿÿ....
0038: 40 00 00 84 02 00 01 06   @..?....
0040: ef 20 0a 12 82 01 20 40   ï ..?. @
0048: 00 10 00 00 19 00 00 00   ........
0050: 00 80 5e 88 a8 2f db 88   .?^?¨/Û?
0058: 00 00 00 00 10 ec 01 8a   .....ì.?
0060: 00 00 00 00 2a 19 05 00   ....*...
0068: 2a 00 00 05 19 2a 00 00   *....*..
0070: 08 00 00 00 00 00 00 00   ........
0078: f0 00 06 00 00 00 00 0a   ð.......
0080: 00 00 00 00 3f 0e 00 00   ....?...
0088: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00   ........

CAUSE

These events may be logged when both of the following conditions are true:
  • A high volume of disk I/O operations are performed.
  • A time-out occurs during the interaction between Logical Disk Manager (LDM) and Plug and Play (PNP).
These messages are only informational and can be safely ignored.

MORE INFORMATION

The symptoms that are described in this article do not indicate that there is a problem with your computer. The time-out that is described in the "Cause" section does not adversely affect the performance of Microsoft Windows Server 2003.

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:5/4/2004
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