Bought PCI-6251 from lab liquidation, chip on pcb missing or stripped version modell?

[antyama]

Hi,

I've aquired a used NI PCI-6251 DAQ from a Lab liquidation and I can't get it to work, an I'm not sure if its because there is something missing on the PCB or if I'm doing something wrong regardless. I'm trying to get it to work via a PCI-Express X1 to PCI bridge adapter, which might be the cause but I'm not sure.

Model is PCI-6251 (190996F-03L)

I've also attached a picture of the "missing" place, I gathered online that there should be a ferrite bead / inducter bead there I think, my question is basically, is that just an offshoot version or am I actually missing a component on here?

[santo_13]

It must be an inductor, "L8," and was also damaged and stripped off the PCB trace.

Good thing is you are good with soldering, you may be able to wire the trace to the end points and glue in an equivalent inductor but this raises the question, "what else is damaged?"

[AnalogKid2DigitalMan]

Images on the web show cards with and without L8 present. Probably different design revisions throughout the years.

I suspect your adapter may be an issue.

EDIT: I may be wrong about L8, just realized the image I was looking at was actually a 6250 (which was also missing additional components found on the 6251).

I would still try to find a PC you can plug it into directly, if possible to eliminate the adapter as a potential issue.

-AK2DM