Hey Plowman,
That's really perculiar. Would you happen to have a home desktop computer you would be able to test this as-well? After it's able to load, just a reminder that you'll need the Driver 488.2 installed in your computer. (**This is for XP, and may need another version depending on you GPIB board)
Can you let me know how the test goes on another PC?
Regards,
Nick D.