Unfixable BUG: ASUS Motherboards do not work with National Instruments M-Series Boards
I have found that WinLTP using a National Instruments M-Series board does NOT run on computers using an
ASUS motherboard. When the
MainProtocol run button is pressed, the program immediately hangs up and a
National Instruments NIDAQmx StatusCode error of -200016 appears in a dialog
box. WinLTP has so far only been
shown to fail on two ASUS motherboards, the ASUS PK5-SE and the ASUS P5LD2-SE,
but the problem is likely very widespread with ASUS motherboards. However,
the Axon Digidata 1322A board appears to work fine on these problem ASUS
motherboards.
The National Instruments MAX
(Measurement & Automation Explorer) program also fails to run when
outputting 1 AnalogOut channel at >= 33000 samples/sec, so IT
IS NOT SPECIFICALLY A WINLTP PROBLEM, but is a National Instruments / ASUS
motherboard problem.
National Instruments says the
problem is with ASUS motherboards, and I'm sure ASUS would say the problem is
with National Instruments data acquisition boards.
However, National Instruments has refused to test ASUS motherboards even
though ASUSTek is one of the world's leading, or "the world’s leading
motherboard manufacturer" (InfoWorld, 2006).
Amazing.
THE ONLY SOLUTION I KNOW OF IS TO AVOID USING COMPUTERS WITH ASUS
MOTHERBOARDS IF YOU ARE USING M-SERIES BOARDS.
I also asked National
Instruments which motherboards they do recommend, seeing as how the ASUS
motherboards do not work. They
would not make any recomendations. However,
in dealing with their testing group, even though they say they test 'lots'
of motherboards from 'lots' of manufactures, as far as I can tell they primarily
use and test DELL computers (they are both
So I would primarily recommend DELL and INTEL motherboards, although I
have had no reported problems with any motherboards other than ASUS
motherboards.