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Section 4: Driver Installation
KPXI System Controller User’s Manual
Introduction
The controller comes preloaded with all KPXI series drivers as well as the Windows XP
®
drivers
for all the internal hardware components. This section includes instructions for re-installing the
device drivers if Windows had to be reinstalled or device drivers were lost for some other reason.
The driver installation instructions for Windows
®
XP/2000 are described below.
To install Windows drivers:
Step 1:
Fully install Windows properly before installing any drivers. Most of the standard I/O device
drivers have been included in Windows.
Step 2:
Install the chipset driver.
Step 3:
Install the VGA driver.
Step 4:
Install the LAN driver.
Step 5:
Install the Audio driver.
Step 6:
Install the PXI Trigger driver.
To ensure compatibility, it is recommended that the chipset, VGA, LAN, Audio, and PXI Trigger
drivers provided in the Keithley Instruments CD are used.
To install the Windows drivers for the Model KPXI-CON system controller, refer to the installation
information in this section. The Windows drivers are located in the following directories of the
Keithley Instruments CD (
):
The Bus-mastering IDE drivers are automatically installed by Windows.
For using USB 2.0, please update to the newest Windows Service Pack.
Chipset driver installation
This section describes the system requirements of Intel® 855GME chipset device drivers. The
drivers are designed for and tested with Windows XP/2000. The system must contain a supported
Intel processor and chipset configuration. Ensure that a mouse is connected to the system. One of
the following versions of Windows XP/2000 must be installed on the system prior to running the
utility program.
• Windows XP Version 2002 (Original release)
• Windows 2000 5.00.2195 (Original release)
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Windows drivers file locations
Chipset driver
\Driver Installation\PXI controller\chipset\Win2KXP
VGA driver
\Driver Installation\PXI controller\VGA\
LAN driver
\Driver Installation\PXI controller\LAN\
Audio driver
\Driver Installation\PXI controller\Audio\
PXI Trigger driver
\Driver Installation\PXI controller\PXI_Trigger\
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