Hi, in March my computer, PIII, 450MHz, 256B ram, Win98SE, crashed with the blue screen. A tech person restored the system and all is working well except the scanner. When ever I click the scanner icon to start up the scanner, I get the message "please connect or switch on your scanner". Before the crash, when I turned on the computer the scanner indicator light would blink and then remain on. But now when I turn on the computer the light blinks but then it doesn't stay on. The scanner is an Agfa Snapscan 1212, connected with a USB cable. I've changed the USB cable with no change. Is there a way to check the USB port? Thanks. Walt Do you want to signoff PCBUILD or just change to Digest mode - visit our web site: http://freepctech.com/pcbuild.shtml