W2K crashes with PCI-GPIB

[Cory Allen]

I am using a PCI-GPIB card under W2K, with driver version 1.60. All diagnostics
indicate that the card is functioning correctly, and there are no hardware
conflicts. I am able to use WaveStar to communicate with the Tektronix 694C
scope. When using Excel/VBA macros to control an oscope, W2K crashes to
a blue screen, with the message:

Hardware Failure

Please Contact Hardware Vendor

A hard reset is required to re-start the system. There is no error logged
by W2K, and using NI Spy reveals no consistent macro command that is causing
the failure. I have followed all the suggestions in the Troubleshooter,
Knowledge Base, etc. I have tried a different PCI-GPIB card from an known-good
system. I have tried this card in a
different, identical system. Any other
suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Cory Allen

[GPIB_Guru]

What type of computer are you running? Please indicate the make and model.

Thanks,
Eric Singer
"Cory Allen" wrote in message
news:3a10657f@newsgroups.ni.com...
>
> I am using a PCI-GPIB card under W2K, with driver version 1.60. All
diagnostics
> indicate that the card is functioning correctly, and there are no hardware
> conflicts. I am able to use WaveStar to communicate with the Tektronix
694C
> scope. When using Excel/VBA macros to control an oscope, W2K crashes to
> a blue screen, with the message:
>
> Hardware Failure
>
> Please Contact Hardware Vendor
>
> A hard reset is required to re-start the system. There is no error logged
> by W2K, and using NI Spy reveals no consistent macro command that is
causing
> the failure. I ha
ve followed all the suggestions in the Troubleshooter,
> Knowledge Base, etc. I have tried a different PCI-GPIB card from an
known-good
> system. I have tried this card in a different, identical system. Any
other
> suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Cory Allen
>

[Cory Allen]

I am using a Pentium III 733/Intel VC820 motherboard/256M RAM/Matrox Millenium
G400 that was built by our IT dept. In addition to the GPIB card, there
is an Intel PRO/100+ network card, an In-Target Probe (ITP) card, and a SoundBlaster
Live (which has since been removed, reducing the frequency of the crashes,
but not eliminating them.). I have tried a variety of PCI slot configurations.


Thanks,
Cory


"Eric Singer" wrote:
>What type of computer are you running? Please indicate the make and model.>>Thanks,>Eric
Singer>"Cory Allen" wrote in message>news:3a10657f@newsgroups.ni.com...>>>>
I am using a PCI-GPIB card under W2K, with driver version 1.60. All>diagnostics>>
indicate that the card is functioning correctl
y, and there are no hardware>>
conflicts. I am able to use WaveStar to communicate with the Tektronix>694C>>
scope. When using Excel/VBA macros to control an oscope, W2K crashes to>>
a blue screen, with the message:>>>> Hardware Failure>>>> Please
Contact Hardware Vendor>>>> A hard reset is required to re-start the system.
There is no error logged>> by W2K, and using NI Spy reveals no consistent
macro command that is>causing>> the failure. I have followed all the suggestions
in the Troubleshooter,>> Knowledge Base, etc. I have tried a different PCI-GPIB
card from an>known-good>> system. I have tried this card in a different,
identical system. Any>other>> suggestions would be greatly appreciated.>>>>
Thanks,>> Cory Allen>>>>

[Sascha Kolb]

Did you uninstall ACPI-PC mode and set you PC to Standard-PC, so that it
uses no dynamic IRQ assigns this causes much trouble ? Could be a way !
(Possible in the drivers section)


"Cory Allen" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:3a10657f@newsgroups.ni.com...
>
> I am using a PCI-GPIB card under W2K, with driver version 1.60. All
diagnostics
> indicate that the card is functioning correctly, and there are no hardware
> conflicts. I am able to use WaveStar to communicate with the Tektronix
694C
> scope. When using Excel/VBA macros to control an oscope, W2K crashes to
> a blue screen, with the message:
>
> Hardware Failure
>
> Please Contact Hardware Vendor
>
> A hard reset is required to re-start the system. There is no error logged
> by W2K
, and using NI Spy reveals no consistent macro command that is
causing
> the failure. I have followed all the suggestions in the Troubleshooter,
> Knowledge Base, etc. I have tried a different PCI-GPIB card from an
known-good
> system. I have tried this card in a different, identical system. Any
other
> suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Cory Allen
>

[jimbo]

Check out this knowledge base on ni.com: 23R7A8LS. It talks about the way
Win2k controls power affecting the performance of the GPIB card.

"Cory Allen" wrote:
>>I am using a PCI-GPIB card under W2K, with driver version 1.60. All diagnostics>indicate
that the card is functioning correctly, and there are no hardware>conflicts.
I am able to use WaveStar to communicate with the Tektronix 694C>scope.
When using Excel/VBA macros to control an oscope, W2K crashes to>a blue
screen, with the message:>> Hardware Failure>> Please Contact Hardware
Vendor>>A hard reset is required to re-start the system. There is no error
logged>by W2K, and using NI Spy reveals no consistent macro command that
is causing>the failure. I have followed all the suggestion
s in the Troubleshooter,>Knowledge
Base, etc. I have tried a different PCI-GPIB card from an known-good>system.
I have tried this card in a different, identical system. Any other>suggestions
would be greatly appreciated.>>Thanks, >Cory Allen>