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Help! Need recovery CD for WinME version of TDS 5054 (FIXED)
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darron:
It appears the GPIB Programmer and the other extras on the software install are libraries, software interfaces, and example code projects for using the scope with other applications... (Possibly including TekScope itself)  So... they're intermediate layers between the drivers and the user applications.

The drivers themselves must be on the recovery CD.

I did work through a Tek support ticket, which ended after a couple days with them saying a recovery CD is required and they just don't have any left.  (Of the WinME version... they have the Win2K version but at a fairly crazy price for a media replacement)
miguelvp:
Relevant:

http://www.tequipment.net/assets/1/26/Documents/TDS5000B_CDBooklet.pdf

which mentions the software should be in the "GPIB Programmer" of the Product Software CD-ROM Contents.

Also

Part# 063350807   Tektronix 063350807 Software Pkg; Product,V1.2.1,Cd;Tds5000 Series
Which seems to be the same as:
http://www.tek.com/oscilloscope/tds5052-software/tds5000-series-firmware since it mentions, Part Number: 063350807

You sure it doesn't contain the "GPIB Programmer" directory?

Last:

Part# 063350902   Tektronix 063350902 Software Pkg; Operating System Restore, Calabassis Intel Motherbd, Winme,Cd;Tds5000 Series
which I can't find at the Tek site.

http://www.testequipmentdepot.com/tektronix/pricelist-service-parts.htm
has them for $263 and $372

There are other places a bit cheaper but not by much, but at least you have the part numbers.
miguelvp:
Tequipment has it for $256 and with the eevblog 6% discount might be worth while (about $241)

http://www.tequipment.net/Tektronix/63350807/

They aslo have it with the os system restore for the calabasss intel motherboard winme cd for $363.00

http://www.tequipment.net/Tektronix/63350902/

Maybe you can pm tequipment here at the forum to make sure they have what you need.


A working one goes for $4K easy so it might be worth your while if you know it's going to work well.
darron:
Woo hoo!  I got it running again!

I managed to locate a hard drive image from a similar scope. It locked up on boot at first, but after booting in safe mode and removing TekScope and installing the older TekScope version it seems to run fine.

There are WAY more drivers on the hard drive than were in the software package. It looks like only the recovery CD contains those drivers. I used the built in drivers to get the touchscreen and thermal printer working, as they weren't initially.

Oops! I messed it up running sysprep and trying a non-OEM Windows 2000 key, so I'm going to reinstall Windows 2000 from my own CD and pull the drivers I need from the hard drive image I received. I'd prefer not to be running the donor's OS key.

I've ordered a $64 32GB PATA SSD for this thing, too.  Hopefully that helps me out a bit on boot speed.
wldshy:
Where you got its driver?
I hit the nearly same situation,My Hard disk  broken,changed and cannot find these drivers.

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