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Q164259: MS DOS 3.0 Client May Need Newer Network Card Driver

Article: Q164259
Product(s): Microsoft Windows NT
Version(s): WinNT:3.51,4.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbnetwork
Last Modified: 10-AUG-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation versions 3.51, 4.0 
- Microsoft Windows NT Server versions 3.51, 4.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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Some AMD2100/AMD1500T network cards (for example, the embedded network card on
Hewlett Packard Vectra systems) have problems with the network boot disk, which
is created with the Windows NT Client Administrator. The system stops responding
after the network card driver is loaded. With a newer AM2100.dos driver from
AMD, the system works fine.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 4.0. We are
researching this problem and will post new information in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION
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AMD has a newer driver available on its FTP site at:

  ftp://ftp.amd.com/pub/ind/software/am1500.2100-drivers

Additional query words: AMD boot-disk
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Keywords          : kbnetwork 
Technology        : kbWinNTsearch kbWinNTWsearch kbWinNTW400 kbWinNTW400search kbWinNT351search kbWinNT400search kbWinNTW351search kbWinNTW351 kbWinNTSsearch kbWinNTS400search kbWinNTS400 kbWinNTS351 kbWinNTS351search
Version           : WinNT:3.51,4.0
Hardware          : x86

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