PXI 8184 system boots up - shows nothing on screen

[Nature_Comp]

Hi All,

I recently found our NI PXI-8184 in our company and I wanted to test if we can use the device for our testing purposes.

The first time, I got to its BIOS. I saw the system date was resetted to 1988. I did make some changes on boot options, saved and exited bios. I was able to loging WindowsXP and run LabView.

After turning off the unit, unplug power cable. I removed the PXI-8184 to check on its battery. I found its bios battery voltage is 0 (technically no charge). I got a new battery (3V) and plugged into the system.

Once the power is turned on, there is nothing showing on screen, only black screen. The power LED is ON, LED lights for ethernet cable are ON (one is solid, one is blinking), the Drive LED is off (the hard drive is not even accessed). I checked the hard drive with my external encloser, it seems everything is ok. I can read files from hard drive from my laptop through an external encloser.

I suspect there is something wrong with BIOS. I did reset BIOS by moving jumper to a new location and setting it back to its original place.

The screen shows nothing on bootup, I think the bios is not even loaded.

Any help/inputs to help me to solve this problem would be helpful. Thanks for your replies and inputs.

PS: The Switch Configuration at the moment is Switch1 is ON position (Boot LabView RT) and other switches are in OFF positions

[crdub09]

Hi Nature_Comp,

Was removing the CMOS battery the only change that occured? What happens when you put the original battery back in place?

[Nature_Comp]

Yes. That was the only change. With the old battery (zero charge voltage), same behavior with black screen.

I am not sure whether or not the last bios save did have affect on bios firmware (may some corrected parts of firmware ? )

Thanks for your reply.

[ABuig97]

Hi Nature_Comp,

I am an student and I am working with that model of PXI.

I would like to know how did you connect the PXI-8184 to run? I am unable to detect the PXI in NI MAX.

I am looking forward to hearing from you.

Thank you.

[cweeks12]

ABuig97,

You're responding to a 3-year-old thread. Maybe if you created a new thread, you'd get some more visibility on this issue. Here's a KnowledgeBase Article that talks about what to do if your PXI chassis doesn't appear in NI-MAX: https://knowledge.ni.com/KnowledgeArticleDetails?id=kA00Z0000019LOfSAM