"Sven Schnelle" <svens@...> writes:
"Jean-Luc F1ULQ via groups.io" <f1ulq@...> writes:
Hi Sven,
you have to place a new CR2032 on the mainboard, then do a CMOS
default and set the correct date/time.
Normally, after that all should be OK. I had the same issue on mine,
fixed it that way.
Thanks, good to know that this must work - i was afraid of some bug or
unknown procedure. In the beginning this didn't work for me with the
symptoms I described. I left the unit without battery for a night and
than it worked the way you described and i was happy. But Windows XP
crashed later during the day, and after that it didn't work again. Also
had some problems that USB didn't work.
I now bought an old used mainboard with the same form factor and PCI
slots, an Asus P8B75. Hope i can implant this, not sure how compatible
the Agilent Software is with other boards.
Would also be a nice upgrade as this one has an i5-3330. Maybe i'll even
try Windows 7.
I now have the Asus P8B75 in place. There are a few remarks:
- The Asus has 2 instead of 3 PCI slots. I decided to remove the USB
client side Controller, luckily the E5071C software doesn't complain
if it isn't present. Another option would have been to replace the PCI
82350 GPIB controller with a PCIe version so one would need only 2 PCI
slots and one PCIe slot.
- No LVDS port on the ASUS mainboard. As the origin screen had a
resistive touchscreen with really bad picture quality compared to
todays TFT and touchscreen wasn't working properly, i bought this one
as a replacement:
This requires a cable fromt the outside HDMI port to the HDMI LVDS
converter, and getting 12V from the power supply. The touchscreen
is connected via USB, and doesn't need any special
drivers. Mechanically the display is a perfect fit - only the mounting
screw locations are a bit different, but that can easily be adapted.
- Instead of Windows XP, i put Windows 7 on it. The E5071C software
communicates via Windrvr 6 to the Agilent PCI card, i used
windrvr6.sys from the Xilinx USB cable drivers because this one is
signed while the Agilent XP driver isn't signed.
So i now have the E5071C software from Windows XP running on Windows 7. If
someone has a E5071C with factory Windows 7 or 10, i would be interested
getting a copy of the E5071C software. I wasn't able to install the
E5071C Windows 7/10 software from keysight, the installer always hangs
when trying to install the LXI web service.
The only remaining issue is that i get some 'VBA can't be started' error
message during selftest. Have to figure out which package is
missing. But i guess i'll never use VBA, so even if this doesn't work
it's not a big deal.
