Hi everybody,
I worked on my problems with the TDS7054 and I hope that I have found a final solution.
As described I get this DIO.exe "illigal operation" failure, so I decided to install fresh Win2K, cause the Win98 Version was installed in 2001. After installation and get all necessary drivers I started the Tek Scope Software 2.5.5. Everything worked, the scope buttons where on screen, the frontpanel worked correct, but there was no waveforms shown on the screen .
In the documents of my scope I found an Win2k updateoffer direct from Tektronix. There was written, to update my TDS7054 the mainboard must be changed
So I conclude:
My Scope has the old BL440ZX PC Mainboard with an Celeron 533 Prozessor on it and with this board it isn't possible to run Win2k and WinXP. If anyone knows a solution to run a newer OS on my scope please describe here!
So deeply disappointed I installed WinME (had no 98 install CD and ME supports USB Sticks) on a newer Harddrive.
After insalling all drivers and the TekScope App at least my Scope work fine whitout the DIO.exe failure.
@ Serge: Have you managed get your Scope working?
schersch
Hi schersch and all, I have some new info:
1) It DOES work!
I mean, I've managed to install win2000 on a BL440ZX. Steps are what someone here already mentioned:
a) Fresh win2000 install
b) Install custom drivers (for front end, fonts, etc.)
c) Replace the standard "Chips and Tech 69000" driver with the one mentioned here
d) Install 2.5.5 firmware: this is where it got difficult because no matter what I did, it always mentioned that the file was "corrupt" while decompressing the install exe.
What I did is take the different setup files directly from the temp directory of my previous win98 installation.
Unfortunately I can't attach them here because it weights around 60MB but if anyone wants to retrieve them you can by starting an installation of the exe on your "regular" PC and when you get the message that "This is not a TDS...etc etc" you simply go to the TEMP directory mentioned in the first step and grab the folders and setup files from it
e) VoilĂ !
2) I've installed 512MB and 256MB DIMMS on the mainboard slots but they're topped at 128MB only each. I think this is a BIOS thing: I'll try to find a newer one (are there?) my current version is: 4B4LZ0XA.86A.0007.P04
3) With both slots of RAM occupied with 128MB and a 4200RPM Hitach Travelstar I get a boot time of 2mins 10 secs aprox: not great but not unbearable either.
4) I can't seem to see a difference by installing more than 128MB on the PPC board... does anyone do?