Event ID - 1004

Event Id1004
SourceIPMIDRV
DescriptionThe IPMI device driver attempted to communicate with the IPMI BMC device during normal operation. However the communication failed due to a timeout. You can increase the timeouts associated with the IPMI device driver.
Event Information According to Microsoft :

Cause :

This event is logged when the IPMI device driver attempted to communicate with the IPMI BMC device during normal operation.

Resolution :

Increase the timeouts associated with the IPMI device driver

Caution : Incorrectly editing the registry might severely damage your system. Before making changes to the registry, you should back up any valued data.

Modify the timeout by changing the value of entries in the following registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\HardwareManagement\IPMI

The values of the following registry entries control timeout: IpmbWaitTimeoutPeriod and CommandWaitTimeoutPeriod . Contact your hardware vendor and ask them to recommend appropriate values.

To edit these registry values:
  1. Click the Start button .
  2. Type regedit in the search box and press Enter .
  3. Navigate to the IPMI registry key shown above and double-click the registry entry to edit it.
Verify :

To test that the IPMI driver is functioning correctly, check that it loaded successfully and check that the RequestResponseEx method of the Microsoft_IPMI WMI class returns a CompletionCode of 0 (Command completed normally.)

To check that the driver loaded successfully:
  1. Click on Start , then click on Start Search .
  2. Type Device Manager and click Enter to open the Device Manager window.
  3. Open the System devices node and locate Microsoft Generic IPMI Compliant Device .
  4. Note whether there is an exclamation mark beside the device name. If there is no exclamation mark, the driver has loaded successfully.
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