Joe, I had 2 older scanners, 1-HP and 1-Microtec(?) that I spent hours trying to get working with XP. Never had any luck at all. Bought a $99.00 Epson USB scanner, installed, been using it ever since. ASPI is a way to get "old stuff" to talk to newer OS's, sometimes works, sometimes not. In my experience it's almost always "fussy". Maybe it's time for a new scanner? I'll bet the original Adaptec card was ISA too, does your machine even have any ISA slots, or all PCI?
Don > -----Original Message----- > From: Joseph Tainter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2005 7:59 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Semi OT: Need PC Help Again (a bit long) > > > I need to call again on my computer support team. You guys > know who you are -- the ones who held my hand while I > installed Windows XP. > > Everything is connected and working fine, except for my > Nikon LS-2000 scanner. It is an older one that connects by a > SCSI card. In Windows 98SE the scanner and its connection > worked fine. > > In XP, Windows recognizes the SCSI card and says it is > working properly. I connected the scanner to it and booted > up. Windows reported new hardware (i.e., it detected the > scanner), and asked for its software. Here the problems > began. Both the current and an older version of Nikon Scan > install okay, but cannot detect the scanner. Windows can > "see" the scanner and says that it is working okay. > > I got the scanner second-hand. It came without the original > SCSI card, by Adaptec. I got a SIIG card, which, as I > mentioned, worked just fine. > > I have contacted technical help at both SIIG and Nikon. SIIG > has not yet answered. Nikon answered late today. The first > thing Nikon said is that XP does not support SCSI > connections. Huh??!! Is this so? Then Nikon said it should > work okay anyway, but I need the Adaptec SCSI card and > something called "ASPI Layer 4.70." Then it should work. > > I am reluctant to shell out the money for a different card > unless I can be certain that the combination will work. Does > anyone know anything about ASPI Layer 4.70, or have any > other thoughts about getting the scanner working? Would the > lack of ASPI Layer 4.70 be the reason why the Nikon Scan > software cannot "see" the scanner? > > Thanks, > > Joe >
