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NI VXIpc-882 Installation Guide
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What has changed about the system? Did you recently move the
system? Was there electrical storm activity? Did you recently add a
new module, memory chip, or piece of software?
Things to Try
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Make sure the chassis is plugged into a working power source.
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Check any fuses or circuit breakers in the chassis or other power
supply (such as a UPS).
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Make sure the controller module is firmly seated in the chassis.
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Remove all other modules from the chassis.
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Remove any nonessential cables or devices.
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Try the controller in a different chassis.
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Try a similar controller in this same chassis.
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Recover the hard drive on the controller. (For more information,
see the
NI VXIpc-882 User Manual
.)
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Clear the CMOS. (For more information, see the
NI VXIpc-882 User
Manual
.)
My controller boots fine until I get to Windows, at which point I cannot
read the screen. This may include garbled output, white screen, black
screen, or an out of sync message from the monitor.
This problem usually results from having the video card output set past the
limits of the monitor. You will need to boot Windows in Safe Mode. To do
this, reboot the controller. As Windows begins to boot, hold down <F8>.
You should now be able to reset the video driver to lower settings. Try
setting the resolution to 640 × 480 and the refresh rate to 60 Hz. Once you
reboot, you can raise these values again, using the test option in Windows.
These settings are accessible through the
Advanced
tab of the
Display
item
in the
Control Panel
. Alternately, you can try a different monitor,
preferably a newer and larger one.
If the system has been booted to Windows without a monitor attached, the
driver may have defaulted to the video output connector being disabled.
Press <Ctrl-Alt-F1> to re-enable the video display in Windows. Press
<Ctrl-Alt-F4> to re-enable a DVI display. For more information, refer to
KnowledgeBase 3OHCFRD8 at
ni.com/support
.
How do I restore the operating system on my NI VXIpc-882 controller?
NI VXIpc-882 controllers include two methods of restoring the original
factory condition of your hard drive. Hard drive-based recovery stores a
factory backup on a separate portion of your hard drive allowing you to
restore your controller without additional media. The NI VXIpc-882
controller also ships with an OS Recovery CD that allows you to reinstall
