On 14 Dec 2002, at 18:49, James Maki wrote:

> (Not sure if this is a hardware or software issue so posting to both)

  OS installation and configuration falls within PCBUILD; this is the right
list for this question.

> Well, I decided to make the plunge and "upgrade" my system to Windows XP. I
> did most of my homework, including downloading Microsoft's program that
> scans your system for XP compatibility. It flagged serveral potential
> problems, but gave my fireport40 scsi card (which controls a CDROM and CDRW)
> a pass. I installed XP this morning and the fireport is not recognized. I
> trolled the internet and found many other expressing the same problem.

  Although I never got my hands on one, I seem to recall that the FirePort
40 used the same chipset as the Adaptec 2940, but with a different external
connector.  So if you can find a way to lie to XP and tell it that's what
you've got, it may work.  (The 2940 was *the* SCSI adapter just a few years
back, and so I'd be shocked if XP didn't inherit NT's built-in support for
it.)

David Gillett

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