One thing you could also try: use Vuescan, it uses it own drivers instead of the ASPI. In my case it works on an SCSI ACER scanner that doesn't work with the original factory driver. http://www.hamrick.com/ You don't have to buy it in order to try it out.
On Wednesday 11 May 2005 02:58, Joseph Tainter wrote: FJW> I need to call again on my computer support team. You guys FJW> know who you are -- the ones who held my hand while I FJW> installed Windows XP. FJW> FJW> Everything is connected and working fine, except for my FJW> Nikon LS-2000 scanner. It is an older one that connects by a FJW> SCSI card. In Windows 98SE the scanner and its connection FJW> worked fine. FJW> FJW> In XP, Windows recognizes the SCSI card and says it is FJW> working properly. I connected the scanner to it and booted FJW> up. Windows reported new hardware (i.e., it detected the FJW> scanner), and asked for its software. Here the problems FJW> began. Both the current and an older version of Nikon Scan FJW> install okay, but cannot detect the scanner. Windows can FJW> "see" the scanner and says that it is working okay. FJW> FJW> I got the scanner second-hand. It came without the original FJW> SCSI card, by Adaptec. I got a SIIG card, which, as I FJW> mentioned, worked just fine. FJW> FJW> I have contacted technical help at both SIIG and Nikon. SIIG FJW> has not yet answered. Nikon answered late today. The first FJW> thing Nikon said is that XP does not support SCSI FJW> connections. Huh??!! Is this so? Then Nikon said it should FJW> work okay anyway, but I need the Adaptec SCSI card and FJW> something called "ASPI Layer 4.70." Then it should work. FJW> FJW> I am reluctant to shell out the money for a different card FJW> unless I can be certain that the combination will work. Does FJW> anyone know anything about ASPI Layer 4.70, or have any FJW> other thoughts about getting the scanner working? Would the FJW> lack of ASPI Layer 4.70 be the reason why the Nikon Scan FJW> software cannot "see" the scanner? FJW> FJW> Thanks, FJW> FJW> Joe FJW> FJW> FJW> -- Frits W�thrich
