Trouble configuring pxi 6289

[BZhu]

I'm having trouble configuring the PXI 6289 DAQ. I have the PXI-1036 chasis along with the PXI-8336 MXI-4 control board. All the hardware seems to be installed correctly and I've installed all the drivers and software from the disks. When I launch MAX, under "Devices and Interfaces" I set the PXI System to be "External PC" and I set the chasis as PXI-1036. Under the chasis however, it detects the PXI system but it doesn't detect the DAQ in any of the slots. 

I've tried switching the DAQ to the other slots as well as updating all the drivers but to no avail. Is there something basic that I'm missing?

[Scott-M]

Hi B Zhu,

Sounds like your trying all the right things, can you see your card in device manager? or under Devices and Interfaces in MAX(not under PXI system)? What version of DAQmx to you have installed? (you can check under the software tab in MAX to find out)

Let us know what you find. 

Thanks

Scott M

[BZhu]

Hey Scott-M

I can't see the card in device manager or under Devices and Interfaces in MAX. To be honest, I don't even see the PCI control board under device manager in Windows (I'm supposed to be able to see it correct?). I've also tried switching around the PCI card in different slots, I removed the sound card that I know was working, so it's definitely in a slot that's working. I wasn't the person who did the initial installation of everything, when I came everything was already set up and I was just supposed to configure things.  The hardware originally came with NI-DAQmx 8.7.1, but I've downloaded the latest version (NI-DAQmx 8.9.5) and installed it.

Thanks

Brian

[BZhu]

Ah I think everything is functioning now. Apparently over half of the PCI slots on this computer were busted