Re: Windows XP Professional BSOD (tcpip.sys) on Startup

From: A (anon_at_anon.com)
Date: 01/09/05 

Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2005 17:46:38 -0000

Rick "Nutcase" Rogers wrote:

> The behavior you are describing is typical of a failing bit of hardware.
> Swapping in known-good parts is often the way to discover which one it is.
> This is especially so if the failures happen when the system is
> cold-booted. When it is warm, or just restarted, the component is already
> operating correctly. As the error mentions tcpip.sys, I would start with
> the network card.

Thanks very much. As it so happens, I have some other network cards lying
around, so this will be an easy starting point.

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