Thanks Wim, 
 I found the problem last night... 
I have done as you said in my previous attempts but it did not work so this time I tried the "Launch MAX Configuration Import Wizard after installation" option in the installer. 
Through the wizard, I found that my hardware configuration was a mess (MAX had my NI9205 in slot 9 of an 8 slot chassis). 
I corrected the channels and it seems to be working fine now. 
Thanks for the suggestion,