Hi Nasir,
The new GPIBPCI.SYS fixed the problem. I've run several overnight tests
without a crash.
Thanks for the help,
Mark
"Mark Newman" wrote in message
news:39ff0c84@newsgroups.ni.com...
> Nasir,
>
> Thanks for the tips. I'll try them out one at a time, so it will take a
few
> days for me to post results.
>
> Mark
>
> "Nasir" wrote in message
> news:39fefa97@newsgroups.ni.com...
> >
> > Hi Mark,
> >
> > There are two things that you might want to try. The first one is to try
> > the gpibpci.sys that fixes one problem under Windows 2000. This file can
> > be downloaded from:
> >
> > ftp://ftp.ni.com/support/gpib/misc/ACPI_fix/Win2000
> >
> > Replace the existing gpibpci.sys in your system with
this one and reboot
> > the machine. If this does not fix the problem, then try disabling DMA.
You
> > can disable DMA by using the ibdma board level call. An example in IBIC
> would
> > be as follows:
> >
> > ibfind gpib0
> > ibrsc 1
> > ibsic
> > ibdma 0 <- this will disable DMA
> >
> > If this fixes the problem, please let us know.
> >
> > thanks
> > Nasir
> >
> > "Mark Newman" wrote:
> > >I'm getting a DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL Win2K crash, caused
> by>GPIBPCI.SYS.
> > This is on a relatively long test (15 hours) and it doesn't>happen right
> > away, usually a few
> > hours into the test. Most of the bus>activity during the test is just
> once-per-second
> > serial polls of a device,>waiting for data to be ready. About every
three
> > minutes a data sample is>ready, resulting in some standard ibwrt/ibrd
> commands.>>Card
> > is a PCI-GPIB, driver version 1.60.41. Windows 2000
> Professional.>>Thanks,>>Mark>>
>
>
