While trying to change the configuration of PCI-MXI-2 cards, whenever new config info is attempted to be written in, MAX freezes. When MAX is started up again and the settings are checked, the following error appears: PCI-MXI-2 configuration EEPRON is invalid The problem may be caused by: - memory conflict with another device - incomplete configuration update - EEPROM corruption To correct the problem, boot with the Factory Override switch set. This is followed by the error "Unable to access conifguration information". Then when the card is changed to have the above switch set (per instructions given in the NI document "Restore the Factory Configuratin Defaults for the PCI-MXI-2 and the VXI-MXI-2"), all user configuration is blank. Again, anytime data is attempted to be written to the card, either by loading an existing config file or by trying to set to the "Default Configuration", MAX freezes. Put the same PCI-MXI-2 card into another PC to see if I could change it there, but couldn't change it there either. So thought the card had defective EEPROM, but then tried another PCI-MXI-2 card, and had the same issue again! Tried both VISA 3.5.1 Beta as well as VISA 4.3, same results. Note that Resman works fine, just can't change the settings. Any ideas?

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PCI-MXI-2 EEPROM corruption

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Thanks! That makes sense.

And I have been told that once the EEPROM is corrupted through this method, the only way to clear these errors is to ship them back to the factory to be reflashed, so am in the process of going through that now.

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