Event ID 1003

[klines]

We have one workstation in our company that is having a problem with DHCP each time it reboots. The error is:

Source: DHCP
Event ID: 1003
Description: Your computer was not able to renew its address from the network (from the DHCP Server) for the Network Card with the network address 000BDB46D033. The following error occurred: The semaphore timeout period has expired. Your computer will continue to try and obtain an address on its own from the network address (DHCP) server.

Most times within a few seconds, it will reconnect to the network on its own and sometime a ipconfig /release and ipconfig /renew gets it back.

I have tried the following things:

-Updated windows critical updates
-Increased the MaxDgramBuffering value from 128 KB to 256 KB. Run Regedt32.exe, go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\NetBT\Parameters. On the Edit menu, click Add Value, and then add the following information:
Value Name: MaxDgramBuffering
Data Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 0x40000
-Updated Network card Driver
-Updated Bios
-Renamed computer
-Removed and rejoined the computer from the domain

It is updated itself in both DHCP and DNS, but I continue to get this error. I don't want to make it a static address.

Any one have any suggestions?

Thanks - Kristi

 

[MontrealSoft]

Simple question, did you checked the network cable ?

MontrealSoft.com

http://www.montrealsoft.com

 

[klines]

Yes - did that too. Swapped it with a computer next to it that is working fine. Changed the port connections in the jack to make sure it wasn't something going back to the switch or in the jack also.

Still continue to get this error.

 

[GlenJohnson]

Have you tried installing a new nic? Old one might be going bad.

Glen A. Johnson
Johnson Computer Consulting

 

[klines]

Installing a new NIC is the next thing I am going to try. Another item that I am looking into is that this is an Intel 1000mt Pro card with spanning tree enabled. One of the posts states to make sure your switch has spanning tree enabled and I checked it and it does. But I am questioning if the card has it enabled and the switch has it enabled, could this be causing any of the problems. I need to figure out how to turn it off on the nic to see if that helps.

When the PC boots up, the first event I see is an information event id 31 stating: Intel(R) PRO/1000 MT Network Connection :Spanning Tree Protocol has been detected on the device your network connection is attached to.