PCI-6503 on Windows 10

[UncleTed]

Hello guys,

I have a HP ML110 G6 Sever PC with Windows 10 x64 and a PCI-6503 NI card. I need to get this up and running but I'm having trouble getting the card recognised by either NI-DAQMX or Windows device manager. This has been previously working under the Traditional DAQ software and Windows XP.

The device shows up below in device manager:

I have reinstalled NI-DAQmx via its package manager several times. The NI Device Monitor does not detect any hardware installed. The NI Max app does show the device under Devices and Interfaces but reports that "Windows does not have a driver associated with your device.".

I have 2 cards and both have the same issue.

I have just finished setting up a new fresh install of Windows 10x64 on a second identical machine after installing the latest NI DAQmx - this is showing:

What can I do to get this card recognised?

[altenbach]

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@UncleTed wrote:

This has been previously working under the Traditional DAQ software and Windows XP.

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Traditional DAQ requires a 32bit OS, so that's out, of course.

This card should be fully compatible with the newest DAQmx. Sorry, I cannot tell what's wrong. Did you reboot? Any other troubleshooting steps? What else did you install?

[UncleTed]

I have sort of solved this issue!

I found an obscure thread that hinted of some incompatibility between certain HP motherboards and NI cards and a BIOS update could fix it. Tried that and it didn't help, but it jogged my memory. I had a Startech PCI expansion box lying around.

This was well worth trying because if I fit the NI card in this, it works. It is detected by NI-DAQmx under Windows 10 properly now.

HP ML110G2 motherboards do not work directly with this NI PCI-6503 card. Try using a PCI to PCIe adaptor.

So I shall leave this here for future head scratchers.

[santo_13]

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@UncleTed wrote:

I have sort of solved this issue!

I found an obscure thread that hinted of some incompatibility between certain HP motherboards and NI cards and a BIOS update could fix it. Tried that and it didn't help, but it jogged my memory. I had a Startech PCI expansion box lying around.

This was well worth trying because if I fit the NI card in this, it works. It is detected by NI-DAQmx under Windows 10 properly now.

HP ML110G2 motherboards do not work directly with this NI PCI-6503 card. Try using a PCI to PCIe adaptor.

So I shall leave this here for future head scratchers.

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This is the first time I am hearing a third-party PCI extension works with NI hardware whereas a direct connection to the motherboard does not work.