MXI-4 bridge causes PC to crash

[manson]

I've the following system:
- NI MAX 3.0
- NI PXI-MXI-4/ PXI-8331 bridge
- Elma chassis, with CompactPCI backplane

When I power the cPCI chassis, and then turn on the computer (which I believe
is the correct order), the computer crashes. Then when I power down the cPCI
chassis, computer resumes boot-up normally - I also tried to move the MXI-4
bridge to another PCI slots in the computer. But the same problem appears.

Inversely, when I turn on the computer before I power the cPCI chassis, the
computer boots up normally - but this is a wrong order of powering up the
devices, and I don't think the computer communicates with the MXI-4 bridge
when I power up the devices in this order.

What are the potential reasons that might cause the computer to crash? How
can I troubleshoot this problem? Thank you very much!

Manson

[Collin M]

When you say the PC crashes, exactly when does it crash? Does it boot into Windows first? Do you see any BIOS messages?

Also, do you have the latest BIOS on your computer?

[manson]

Thank you for replying. The problem is resolved.

The problem was that one of the jumper cables is missing in the chassis.

Thanks,

Manson