Henri, Obviously, you need to get the slide out - mechanically! This sounds like a projector jam followed by the scanner shutdown. Regards, Bob S.
On Tue, 04 Jan 2005 03:39:12 +0100, Henri Toivonen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Oooh, aahh, uuuhhhrrrggghhh. I'm so frustrated I just want to scream. > > A couple of hours ago I was scanning some slides, and then when I > pressed the eject button to change the slides mounted, the scanner > suddenly just made a quiet "brrrrr" sound and didn't push the > slide-holder out. > After that, Windows stopped recognizing my scanner. > "Usb device not recognized, one of the usb devices attached to this > computer has malfunctioned, and windows does not recognize it." > Thanks for that helpful error message, which is the only thing Windows > is willing to tell me. > > So for the past 2 hours I've been reinstalling drivers, giving it slight > bangs, well everything I can think of. Nothing. > Stone cold dead. > Why does this stuff always happen to me? > Well, any hints or suggestions before I go to sleep and call Minolta > tomorrow? > Driver has been reinstall, windows has been rebooted too many times to > count. I've changed all the cords, blown dust, everything I could think of. > > /Henri > >
