Event ID - 6

Event Id6
SourceE100B
DescriptionAdapter : Hardware failure detected
Event InformationFrom a newsgroup post:
A correction is needed to a setting in PROSet when running the driver for a Microsoft OS from the February 2001 software release version 5.0 (individual e100b driver version 5.40.11). In the settings in PROSet, please turn APT off to eliminate any hardware error messages being added to the event log.
To turn off APT, please go into PROSet and click on the Advanced tab. Choose Adaptive technology from the middle left column and change the value on the right side to OFF. Exit PROSet and depending upon the OS, reboot. This workaround is for 82557 based adapters only.

According to some reliable source :
this problem may also appear if any of the NIC which is disabled and still first in binding protocol binding order. Remove or reconfigure the binding order may resolve this problem.
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