SCSI compatability

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rose g

New PC with XP Pro
Have 2 scanners connected which show yellow (!) in device
manager. Adaptec 2940UW is recognized. Scanner Viewscan
software don't detect scanners. Not sure what I need to
make this combination work...Rose
 
First, remember that with SCSI devices you normally power
off, attach them, turn them on, then last power on the
PC. SCSI is not hot-swapable like USB.

Next, you need drivers for the scanners. I have an HP
6200C scanner, currently connected by USB, but oiginally
connected by SCSI (on older computer also running XP). In
both cases I neded to load the HP drivers for the
scanner. XP did not have sufficient default drivers.
Further, the scaning software on the HP CDROM was
inappropriate for XP, so I had to download over 40 Meg of
new software.

Check with you scanner maker's support website for info
specific to your scanner and XP compatibility. Be aware
that not all older devices will work under XP, since not
all device makers support older devices for more than a
few years.
 
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