I understand an Adaptec PNP 2906 card will work so I guess that is my next
mover. Being cheap like a lot of others I was attemtping to use the HP400 non
PNP card supplied. The scanner is just good a unit to leave it for an USB
unit and none of them seem to have the quality or construction of the
scanjetII cx. Thanks for your response.
--
Scott


"Vanguard" wrote:

> "Scott" <Scott@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:F6A23C7D-EC35-463F-A6C5-BD754AD4673B@microsoft.com...
> >I have a Scanjet IICX that worked fine on 98 and ME. It is a SCSI board
> > scanner and comes with the HP400 (non plug and play) board. I cannot get
> > XP
> > to recognize this board. Has anyone installed this board and scanner on XP
> > Pro and if so, andy suggestions to allow me to do the same. Thanks,
> > --
> > Scott
>
>
> Go to HP's web site and download their DeskScan software. You are using a
> way too old version of it.
>
> I had the HP ScanJet IIcx SCSI scanner connected to an Adaptec card and
> running under Windows 2000 and later under Windows XP. If you are using
> some cheapie scanner-supplied SCSI controller card, you'll probably need the
> driver for that, too, as Windows may not have the driver for that
> low-function card whose primary purpose is to just handle the scanner.
>
>