When you start a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008, the Found New Hardware wizard unexpectedly appears and indicates that an unknown device is found even though no new device is installed. Even though you select the Search driver software and install option to install drivers for the newly found device, the installation fails. Additionally, some information that resembles the following is logged in the Setupapi.dev.log file:

>>> [Device Install (Hardware initiated) - ACPI\<Device>\1]
>>> Section start 2009/03/19 08:38:18.155
ump: Creating Install Process: DrvInst.exe 08:38:18.155
ndv: Retrieving device info...
ndv: Setting device parameters...
ndv: Building driver list...
dvi: {Build Driver List} 08:38:18.264
dvi: Searching for hardware ID(s):
dvi: acpi\<Device>
dvi: *<Device>
dvi: Enumerating INFs from path list 'C:\Windows\INF'
inf: Searched 0 potential matches in published INF directory
inf: Searched 33 INFs in directory: 'C:\Windows\INF'
dvi: {Build Driver List - exit(0x00000000)} 08:38:18.763
ndv: Selecting best match...
dvi: {DIF_SELECTBESTCOMPATDRV} 08:38:18.763
dvi: No class installer for 'Unknown driver software package'
dvi: No CoInstallers found
dvi: Default installer: Enter 08:38:18.779
dvi: {Select Best Driver}
! dvi: Selecting driver failed(0xe0000228)
dvi: {Select Best Driver - exit(0xe0000228)}
! dvi: Default installer: failed!
! dvi: Error 0xe0000228: There are no compatible drivers for this device.

Consider the following scenario:

• You have a computer that runs a 32-bit version of Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008.
• You enable the Machine Check Architecture (MCA) feature on the computer.

In this scenario, you expect to receive an error report when the processor detects an unrecoverable hardware error. However, some unrecoverable hardware errors are not reported as expected. Therefore, these hardware errors may remain undetected and may cause unpredictable behavior.

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