Boot mxi express

I have a system with a PXI 1085 and a NI PXIe-PCIe8371, NI PXIe-PCIe8372 PCI Express Control of PXI Express, which was being controlled by a Dell Precision T5600 with Windows 7 and with an NVIDIA Quadro 2000 graphics card.  I had installed the MXI compatibility software and things were working just fine.  I could see it in MAX and use the cards in the chassis.  I decided to upgrade from the 8371 to the 8381 (NI PXIe-PCIe8381, NI PXIe-8384 PCI Express (x8 Gen 2) Control of PXI Express).
I put the 8381 in one of the empty x16 slots (there are no x8 slots on the motherboard).  When I turn on the computer, if I have the chassis connected the monitor does not display anything and although the computer gets power it doesn't seem to boot, if I unplug the chassis then the computer boots fine. 
In a similar thread the user removed all of the cards except the MXI Express card and it worked, I have tried removing all of the cards in my chassis, except for the PXIe-8384 (of course), and I still have the same problem.
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Give this a try:
Flip the BIOS Compat DIP switch on the PCIe-8381 to the ON position (switch position 1, should be labeled).  This tells the card that you're using MXI compatibility software.  This should allow the system to boot and one of two things will happen....
1) Things will work fine, and you're all set.
2) The system will boot, but you won't see the chassis.
If #2 happens, install the latest version of the MXI compatibility software, reboot, and try again.  The thinking here is that it's possible that if you installed that software long enough ago (more than a few months) that you're on a version of that software that doesn't support the 8381.  The latest version should work fine.

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    Thanks
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    Dear Sir,
    two quick questions need to consuly you,
    1)
    After reviewing 
    http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/allkb/81CBF2F7F0BAEDBD86257330000514DF?OpenDocument
    May I know what "MXI-Express BIOS Compatibility" for? to fix issue of boot-freezing, right?
    If I do need to solve the PCI resource issue, should I still need to update the BIOS depends on selected laptop?
    Does that mean if I got problem for using 8360 with my Laptop in the first installation for booting problem,  I can use "MXI-Express BIOS Compatibility" to solve the booting issue, and use my 8360 with limited condition on PCI resource enumeration?
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      Dell
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    Bonjour,
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    Hi,
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    I'm not sure all of that rambling will help with your issue, but it may help as you're trying to reduce/balance the sharing of the interrupts.
    - Robert

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    The behavior is totally expected. That is NOT a correct use of the PXI. You did not mention what PXI you are using or what MXI connection you are using, but you can find in the manual the instructions to power up the system and you need to power on the chassis first, then you power on the host. If you are going to power down the system, power down the host first, finally the chassis.
    Because of this, BIOSes and operating systems make the assumption that all PCI devices in the entire hierarchy will be available as soon as code execution begins at power-up time. This assumption means that all of the expansion chassis must be turned on before the host PC for the BIOS and OS to correctly configure a MXI-Express system.
    Regards
    Frank R.

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