Laurie, I almost always have only one scanner turned on. I have each USB device in its own port - Epson scanner, Epson printer, trackball, and multi-card reader (that takes up two ports). I have tried switching ports (a suggestion made by Epson). What's strange is that the only device drivers that go away are the Epson scanner drivers.
Even stranger is that occasionally I have to install/uninstall the scanner drivers several times before the scanner is recognized. Another anomaly is that the computer will often not power down after I use the Epson Scanner. The shutdown sequence seems to go normally but it will not power down - screen goes dark, hard drives spool down, but the fans and power light stay on. Jim LAURIE SOLOMON wrote: >I have had problems trying to run two scanners off a SCSI card wherein one of the >scanners insisted that it be loaded first or else it would not load. Others have said >that they have run into a similar thing with a SCI card where one of the scanners >insisted on being given a specific ID assignment on the SCSI card or on the card >being put into a specifc slot on the motherboard. Maybe a similar thing is taking >place where the two scanner drivers are in conflict due to the way they load. If one >keeps the Polaroid turned off, doe the Epson continue to lose its driver recognition? > It might also be a conflict between the other USB devices and the scanner. I assume >that all the USB devices are plugged into their own ports on the motherboard or they >are all plugged into a powered hub. > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of James L. Sims >Sent: Friday, September 17, 2004 7:35 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: [filmscanners] Epson scanner drivers will not stay installed > >I am having a problem with my computer dropping a driver. I have a >Polaroid SprintScan 120 film scanner (firewire interface) and an Epson 1650 scanner >(USB interface. In addition, I have a multi-card reader and a trackball that also >have USB interfaces. My problem is that I have to reinstall the drivers for the >Epson scanner almost every time I use it. My operating system is Windows 2000. > >Has anyone experienced this problem? The Epson scanner also has a SCSI interface. >Maybe using it would help. I haven't done that because the scanner has a 50-pin >connector and my Adaptec SCSI card has a 25-pin connector - I guess there's such a >thing as an adapter. > >Any advice would be greatly appreciated. > >Jim Sims > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body
