National Instruments NI 8171 Series

Chapter5 Troubleshooting

©NationalInstruments Corporation 5-3 NI8171 Series User Manual

Ican’t chang e the display on the NI 8171 series controller from

640 ×480to800×600. What’swrong?

Ifyou are using a PXI-1020 or PXI-1025 chassis, the integrated LCD limits

the maximum resolution displayed.

If you are not using a PXI-1020 or PXI-1025 chassis, be sure the video

driveris installed. If it is not, see the Drivers.txt file on the hard drive

orrecovery CD-ROM.

Whati f thereis a power loss during a BIOS update?

Createa crisisrecovery disk. Unzip crisis.zip on the recovery CD.

Insert a blank floppy disk in the PC. Run crisis.exe (or

Wincrisis.exein Windows). Follow the instructions to create the BIOS

recoveryfloppy disk. Insert the disk in the NI 8175 or NI 8176 floppy drive

andpower on the controller. The controller installs the BIOS from the disk.

Contents

Main Page Important Information Warranty Copyright Trademarks WARNINGREGARDING USE OF NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS PRODUCTS Compliance FCC/Canada Radio Frequency Interference Compliance* Determining FCC Class FCC/DOC Warnings Class A Compliance to EU Directives Contents About This Manual Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Installation and Configuration Chapter 3 I/O Information Chapter 4 Common Configuration Questions Chapter 5 Troubleshooting Page About This Manual How to Use the Documentation Set Conventions Related Documentation Introduction Benefits of PXI NI 8171 Series Description Modules Functional Overview NI 8171 Series Functional Description Figure1-1. NI8171 Series Block Diagram Page National Instruments Software Page Installation and Configuration Installing the NI 8171 Series Page How to Remove the Controller from the PXI Chassis BIOS Setup Entering BIOS Setup Main Setup Menu DMI Event Logging Submenu Advanced Setup Menu Integrated Peripherals Submenu PXI Setup Menu Security Setup Menu Boot Setup Menu Exiting BIOS Setup System CMOS Using the Controllers with PXI-1020 and PXI-1025 Chassis LCD Display IDE CD-ROM Drive Chassis Mouse and Keyboard Drivers and Software Files and Directories Installed on Your Hard Drive PXI Features PXI TriggerConnectivity Upgrading RAM Hard Drive Recovery Recovery from a CD-ROM Recovery from a Network Installing an OS Installing from a CD-ROM Installing from a Network I/O Information Front Panel Connectors VGA COM1 and COM2 Ethernet Parallel Port Page Universal Serial Bus PS/2 Trigger GPIB (IEEE 488.2) Front Panel Features Data Storage PXI-1020 and PXI-1025 Chassis Interface Common Configuration Questions General Questions Boot Options Cables and Connections Operating System and Software Driver Installation Hard Drive Recovery Recovery from a CD-ROM Drive Recovery from a Network Chassis Configuration LCD Display IDE CD-ROM Drive Chassis Mouse and Keyboard Upgrade Information Page Windows NT4 Issues PXI Configuration Troubleshooting Page Page A Specifications NI 8176 NI 8175 Page NI 8174 Page B Technical Support Resources Web Support NI Developer Zone Customer Education System Integration Worldwide Support Glossary Symbols A B C D E F G H I K L M N P R S U V W Index A B C D E F G H L M N O P R S T U V W Y