Solution by registry hack worked. Much appreciated! I have been fighting this nuisance for a long time rolling back and forth unwillingly(update I mean) on SONY VAIO VGN-FE11S. Thanks, great solution!!!
Multiple device failure (Code 12) after Windows 10 Creators Update
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Hi all,
I was given a computer to fix that showed multiple 'This device cannot find enough free resources that it can use (Code 12)' errors in the Device Manager. It is a quite old Sony VAIO VGN-N29VN.
I reinstalled Windows from scratch but the problem reappeared after applying the Creators update. As of now, multiple devices show the Code 12 error and are unusable. In some cases, there are multiple errored entries and one good entry for a given device (e.g. Intel 945 integrated GPU). In other cases, there is only one errored device and the device isn't working (e.g. WiFi or wired network adapters.)
The peripherals showing the errors are the following:
- Mobile Intel 945 GPU
- Intel 82801G ATA controller
- Texas Instruments 1394 OHCI controller
- LAN-Express AS 802.11g PCI-E adapter
- Marvell Yukon 88E8036 PCI-E Fast Eth controller
- HD audio controller
- various PCI to PCI bridges
- three Inter 82801G USB controllers
Some of them are usable (as they appear twice or three times in the Device Manager, others are not.) It looks like the update broke something, as this happened twice and I haven't added or removed any internal or external peripherals. What can I do to fix the problem?
Thank you.
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Anonymous
2018-06-26T07:52:13+00:00 -
Anonymous
2018-03-21T12:13:26+00:00 Thank you MaBow
Renaming pcmcia.sys solved my problem on
ACER 9410
- Mobile Intel 945 GPU
- Intel 82801G ATA controller
- Texas Instruments 1394 OHCI controller
- LAN-Express AS 802.11g PCI-E adapter
- Marvell Yukon 88E8036 PCI-E Fast Eth controller
- HD audio controller
- various PCI to PCI bridges
- three Intel 82801G USB controllers
Also disabled this device in device manager and chose No on Advanced system settings-Device Installation Settings-Select the second option titled No, let me choose what to do option, so that Windows Defender will give no risk warning.
As I wrote before, Microsoft programers after XP, know nothing about programing in comparison to their predecessors.
In our almost 2 years case, THEY SEE for almost a whole month that A DRIVER, a SPECIFIC DRIVER called pcmcia.sys causes this issue and they do nothing. Mabow, as a chance occurrence, using a PCMCIA module found out that this was causing the issue. And they do nothing. They gave a new Update to 1709 and they did not solve.
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Anonymous
2018-01-12T21:14:11+00:00 We are multiple users with the same problems.
I would like to know the solution of Microsoft to this.......
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Anonymous
2017-11-29T06:36:37+00:00 Yes I have a Windows 10 Vaio VGN-N31M with the same exploding Device Manager resulting in no Internet Connection due to code 12 errors and multiple entries.
Hi Keith,
Just to check, are you still getting Error Code 12 in Device Manager?
We're looking forward to your reply.
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Anonymous
2017-11-26T19:21:00+00:00 I completely agree with you.
I have the same problem,,several devices are not working because of the code 12 problem.
This devices were running correctly in 1607 versión and not not in 1709 or 1703
We need a solution to the problem.
It is not a Windows 10 problem.