Reboot issue with RDP

[Shawn Johnson]

I am having an issue using the RDP client to connect to
my Windows 2000 server. I have 3 Win2k servers running,
and I can successfully connect using RDP to 2 of them.
With the third machine, I start the RDP client, the
client says it is going to connect, then it continues to
cycle indefinitely. This process actually reboots the
server.

This is a problem that cropped up after 1.5 months of
successfully being able to run the RDP. There have been
no changes to the system.

I have looked at the error log, and have only found a
Schannel Error ID 36871, and STOP Error 0x0000007f.
According to what I have read, the Schannel error has to
do with some certificate issues, but should not be a
fatal error (and is quite common..). And the 0x0000007f
error is as generic as white bread. None of the kb's
really state what to take a look at.

The only other two entries are Event ID's 1001 and 6008.

Here is part of the messages:

(#1)
Event Type: Information
Event Source: Save Dump
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1001
Date: 9/27/2003
Time: 11:46:45 PM
User: N/A
Computer: NW1
Description:
The computer has rebooted from a bugcheck. The bugcheck
was: 0x0000007f (0x00000008, 0x00000000, 0x00000000,
0x00000000). Microsoft Windows 2000 [v15.2195]. A dump
was saved in: C:\WINNT\Minidump\Mini092703-02.dmp.

(#2)
Event Type: Error
Event Source: EventLog
Event Category: None
Event ID: 6008
Date: 9/27/2003
Time: 11:46:44 PM
User: N/A
Computer: NW1
Description:
The previous system shutdown at 11:43:58 PM on 9/27/2003
was unexpected.

It was suggested to me that I reinstall SP4 on top of the
system, but that was to no avail. If anybody has any
insight, I would appreciate your help. It is much easier
for me to administer from home after hours, so getting
this fixed would prove beneficial.

Thanks for your help in advance.

Shawn Johnson
(e-mail address removed)

 

[Vera Noest [MVP]]

Have you looked at the troubleshooting information for STOP error
0x7F on MSDN at
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?
url=/library/en-us/ddtools/hh/ddtools/bccodes_0ug7.asp?frame=true

I would suspect a hardware failure and run all hardware
diagnostics program that came with the server.