PC freeze after booting with SCB 68 (connection box) connected

My PC hang immeaditely after boot when my signal box SCB 68 is connected. What can cause this error?
Can it be due to some driver problems? Wrong cable? Others who had same problem?
Rune
Test technican

Rune:
Sounds odd to me. Have you tried disconecting pieces of hardware incrementally and reboot to try and isolate the cause? Of course power down the PC while disconnecting hardware.
1. Disconnect any devices/wiring on the SCB-68
2. Disconnect the SCB-68 from the cable
3. Disconnect the cable
4. Remove DAQ card from PC.
If you still hang up during boot, then I would say it is a software issue. Let us know how 1-4 goes.
What operating system, LV and DAQ versions are you using?
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