Re: [OT] Wooo Hooo! (computer related)

Doreen wrote:

Good for you, Beverly. Do all your peripherals like the
new USB card?

I haven't tested it with anything except the one external HD yet.
I have ordered a 7 port USB 2.0 hub, because I want to be able to
use it for my digital cameras, photo printer, MP3 player, GPS,
and the second external HD (and each one has a *slightly*
different cable connector, so I have them labeled). It has been
a real pain having to swap out cables every time I want to use a
different device. My scanner *could* be cabled using USB, but
right now I have it daisy-chained using my old inkjet printer's
serial port. Yes, I know *old technology*, but it works... for
now. ;-}

Since I did the same installation a while
back, my computer only recognizes my Visioneer scanner if
I plug it into one of the new USB ports immediately after
a reboot, before calling up any other software.

Have you tried a complete uninstall, reboot, and then re-install
of the Visioneer? It may be that some proprietary driver needs
to be installed, did it come with an installation disk? I know
XP pretty much has all the drivers one needs, but occasionally
some piece of hardware has to have its own special driver.

It must
be some sort of interface glitch between the Visioneer
and the PCI card, because everything else (HP printer, WD
external drive, camera, etc.) performs normally with the
new connections, and the speed gained in scanning makes a
reboot worth it. It just irritates me, though, that I
can't figure it out, although from googling it appears
other people have the same problem.

My scanner is also a Visioneer, so I'll let you know what mine
does after I get the hub. I can always just continue to use it as
it's currently configured, though.

Beverly


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