I have been lucky enough to score a Tektronix DPO5054 from scrap at work. It would power on with fans running, beep once, and did nothing else. The screen stayed black. I was able to get the thing running after replacing the CMOS battery. It still didn't work with the new battery but I hooked up a PS/2 keyboard and mashed around with ctrl-alt-delete, various function keys, and probably most importantly the delete key. The BIOS settings appeared and after pressing "save & exit", the scope returned to normal operation. It booted from the hard drive and all was well. Right away, I used Clonezilla to make a couple of clones of the hard drive. One of the clones was onto a solid state HD, and I proceeded to boot up the scope and remove all documents, etc. All is well, and I could consider it done at that point.
Like any computer that I get from the recycle bin, I would like to start fresh with the hard drive. There is no telling what might be on there and typically I would zero out the drive and do a fresh install. I think it is the right thing to do. So I have proceeded trying to find a way to do that, and I would like to reach out to tell what I have tried so far, what did and did not work, and get any ideas others. This can also be a good resource for anyone that got a similar scope without the hard drive.
This scope comes with Windows 7 Ultimate edition. The Windows license sticker on the back says "Windows 7 Ult EMB x32/x64" and has a typical Windows serial number. Looking at the existing installation's computer properties, (i.e. right-click "This PC" in explorer and go to properties), it says that it is the 64-bit version of Windows 7 Ultimate. The "EMB" on the sticker made me think that it was the embedded version of Windows 7 though. I found an ISO image of Windows 7 embedded 64-bit, burned it to a DVD, attached an external DVD drive and a fresh hard drive. When I installed, it would not accept the serial number from the sticker. I tried again with the normal Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit, and it did accept the serial number. Based on this, I am under the belief that this scope runs the non-embedded/normal Windows 7.
So at this point, I have the scope booting up into a fresh Windows 7 and next is to install the TekScope software. And I have not made any progress at all on that.
First, I downloaded and tried installing the "Deployment Package" from this page:
https://www.tek.com/en/support/software/firmware/deployment-package-for-dpo5000-b-mso5000-b-v1081"DeploymentPackage_V10_8_1_DP9_066141831.exe"
When I try to run that, I just get a message box that says:
TekScope software cannot be loaded onto this unit.
Contact your nearest Tektronix Support Center for assistance.
Next, I found this one:
https://www.tek.com/en/support/software/firmware/mso5000-and-dpo5000-series-firmware-upgrade-package-windows-7-v613"DPO_MSO5000_V6.1.3_0.exe"
Similarly, it gives me a message box that says:
This software is intended for use on Tektronix DPO/MSO5000,
DPO7000C or DPO/DSA/MSO70000C Series oscilloscopes only.
Setup cannot continue.
That was kind of the dead end of my web searches. I looked through the hard drive that came with the scope and I found a couple of other installers that the previous user must have saved:
"MSO_DPO_DSA_5K_7K_70K_V7.6.1_066141813.exe", file modified date May 13, 2016.
It gave this message box:
This software is intended for use on Tektronix DPO/MSO70000DX
Series oscilloscopes only.
Setup cannot continue.
"MSO_DPO_5K_V6.4.0.exe", file modified date May 29, 2012.
It started by installing a Java runtime, which appeared to be successful. Then it tried installing "TekScope version 6.0.4.7". A small red X appeared and it said "TekScope is not installed properly. Click Cancel to exit the deployment package." No actual description of what may have gone wrong.
"TekScope_6_2_0_26_Firmware_2011.10.20.10.11.02_19137_EN", file modified date October 20, 2011.
This software is intended for use on Tektronix DPO/MSO5000,
DPO7000C or DPO/DSA/MSO70000C Series oscilloscopes only.
Setup cannot continue.
(Same message as the one from the 2nd download link above.)
I am gathering that these various installers can't tell that it is a Tektronix scope. Looking back at the system properties of the original hard drive, it was personalized with:
Manufacturer = Tektronix, Inc.
Model = DPO/MSO5000
as well as a Tektronix logo and support information. Maybe the installers are checking for this information that would not be present in a vanilla Windows 7 installation?
According to this document from Tektronix:
https://www.tek.com/en/documents/primer/windows-7-ultimate-64-bit-sp1-operating-system-recoveryThe scope probably did come with Windows recovery DVDs when it was new. The document goes on to talk about an Acronis true image tool that is included on the hard drive, if you press F5 during startup. I went back to a clone of the original hard drive and pressed F5 like it says. This got me into the Acronis menu, where I pressed a restore button. It warned me about losing my data on the hard drive. When I proceeded, the scope very quickly rebooted and no such restore had taken place. I also noticed in the start menu that there was an Acronis program installed, which allowed creation of a bootable ISO. I made the ISO file, but it was much too small; on the order of 50 MB. So I do not think that the original hard drive actually has the recovery files unfortunately.
Does anyone know how I could reproduce the recovery DVDs, or ideas how to get these installers to recognize the scope properly?
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