Here I go again,
After Bills advice of a few weeks ago, and a bit of leaping before I looked,
I got an HP HD50 to 50 Centronics cable and a Granite Active terminator for
my 4C Scanjet. To refresh, I have an Adaptec 2940UW that runs my UW HD on
the 68 pin circuit internally. Also off the 50 pin internal connector, it
runs to a Zip drive, out to a int-ext converter at the case back, from there
to the scanner. Total length of cables is about 6.5 feet. In the Adaptec
bios, Ver 1.34.3, Host is id#7, Drive is 0(boot), zip is id#4, and scanner
is id#2, Parity checking is enabled, Host termination is Low off/High on.
Under device settings for id#2, scanner, it is set as follows:
Sync negotiation = no
Max. Transfer rate = 10
Enable disconnection = no
Initiate Wide Negotiation = no

Again, what is happening, is I power up the scanner, wait however long 1-2
minutes, then boot up. The scanner is not recognized at the scsi scan on
initial boot. Some time into the boot process the carriage will move about
two inches, and then I can go into device manager, refresh and there it is.
It will be found upon any reboots. Device manager reports that it is working
properly. Ok, now on to the test in control panel under HP Scanjet. I make
it default, run the test, after about 30-45 seconds it reports
"communication problem, check cables, termination and rerun test" The Desk
scan program proceeds to hang to which I have to do C-A-D to close the
program, that happens some of the time. Other times it will close, followed
by a message "An error occurred while Windows was working in the control
panel file C:\Windows\system\HPSCNMGR.dll"

Needless to say I am at a frustrated loss. Is this thing defective??? Or am
I missing something?
I have thought about adding a second Host adapter, such as a 2910 to drive
the zip and scanner. I used to have a jaz drive connected in this same
system which worked fine until it croaked.
Thanks and sorry for being so windy.
Brad Loomis
Los Angeles, Ca

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