Did you remove the software drivers for the SCSI? It should load when your system initializes. You may want to check to make sure there are no conflicts between the SCSI host adapters IRQ and I/O address. These two factors are known to cause erratic operaton or system hang ups. One other quesion. Did you add the host card or did it come with the scanner? Even though SCSI is usually considered "universal", not all devices are compatible between PC, adapter, and attached device. Try removing the card and its drivers (as well as the scanner drivers), and see if it works. Check the host adapter setup menu (usually accessed during boot) and see if the settings are correct. James A. Taylor I have a HP Pavilion, running W98Se with 666 MgH, PIII Intel with 30 gig and 128 Ram. I have had lock up problems from the start and the HP technician wants to blame the SCCSI card I have for a scanner. However, I removed the SCCSI card and still had the freeze ups. They are more and more frequent and occur 90% of the time when I am online and loading a page. Simply scrolling down a page will cause a freeze up. I am an ATT@Home <mailto:ATT@Home> user that is currently using IE5.5. Any ideas on how to ferret out the problem. It is quite frustrating and doing a control-alt-delete does not work. I have to manually shut down the system and reboot. Thanks, Leanna Flom _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp Do you want to signoff PCBUILD or just change to Digest mode - visit our web site: http://freepctech.com/pcbuild.shtml