AT-MIO-16E-10 Causes Floppy Drive Failure at Boot-Up When Plugged into MachinePrimary Software: Driver Software>>NI-DAQPrimary Software Version: 4.8.0 Primary Software Fixed Version: N/A Secondary Software: N/A Hardware: Legacy DAQ Devices>>Multifunction DAQ>>AT-MIO-16DE-10
Problem: My Dell Dimension is having trouble with a National Instruments AT-MIO-16E-10 DAQ board. When placed in the computer, it consistently gets a floppy drive controller failure. The floppy drive is configured for DMA 2: IRQ 6: address 3F0-3F7. If the E-10 board is removed, the problem goes away. Solution: This problem was observed frequently with certain older Dell machines and was related to the PnP BIOS giving away resources already assigned to the floppy controller. The solution is to install the latest version (A04 or later) of the DELL flash BIOS that is appropriate for you computer (see the link to the Dell homepage below). A similar problem may also exist on Gateway and Austin machines with PnP BIOS. Enter the computer's BIOS and verify that the BIOS is configured to be Plug n Play aware. If this does not correct the problem, use the National Instruments EEPROM updater (EEUPDATE) to change the resources requested by the DAQ board (this utility actually reprograms the board's EEPROM). Visit the related link below to download the EEUPDATE utility. Related Links: Dell Computers Homepage Hardware Installation/Configuration Troubleshooter Drivers and Updates: EEPROM update utility (EEUPDATE) for AT-MIO E Series boards. Attachments:
Report Date: 05/30/1995 Last Updated: 05/13/2004 Document ID: 09T9MANI |
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