NI-488 2.2.6 vs NI-488 2.2.7

[denis029]

I am using NI-488 version 2.2.6 and older on my PC, mostly with Visual Basic Test programs.

Since the installation of TestStand 4.2 and LabView 2 days ago, the NI-488 is now updated with version 2.2.7.

Now when I execute Visual Basic programs accessing GPIB, my computer and Windows XP crash, giving a blue screen with the following info:

A problem has been detected and Windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer.

PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA

If this is the first time, ..........

Check to make sure ..............

If the problem continue, .......

Technical information:

** Stop: 0x00000050 (0xFFFFFFFD, ox00000008, 0xFFFFFFFD,0x00000000)

Beginning dump of physical memory.....

De-installing and re-installing of NI-488 drivers gives no correction.

Any corrective action (or application note) is available?

Thanks.

[denis029]

After investigation, the crash is due not the NI-488 driver, but to the NI-DAQ 7.4.4 (legacy) driver. We have PCI-DIO-96 cards on our PC, with driver 6.9.3. When TestStand 4.2 and LabView was installed, the 6.9.3 driver was not properly removed, and there was a confilct with version 7.4.4.

By doing a repair on the NI-DAQ 7.4.4, the driver 6.9.3 was then removed, 7.4.4 was repaired, and the crash problem was then solved.