I have a HP ScanJet 4c flat-bed scanner.
I have a SCSI card # C2502-66500 Rev B (ISA - "8 bit")
I have been unable to find a "Windows 98" set of drivers for the
scanner -or- this specific (unique!) SCSI card.
Questions:
1 - What is the "file name" of the Windows 98 drivers
for the ScanJet 4c "and" the SCSI card # C2502-66500 ?
2 - Where do I go to download the "Windows 98" drivers?
3 - What is the 3 pin jumper block settings(on the SCSI card):
- not jumpered = ?
- pins 1 & 2 jumpered = ?
- pins 2 & 3 jumpered = ?
(I'm guessing it has to do with WAIT STATES, but ...)
4 - If it is determined that "you can't get there from here" - then
what is the BEST (low cost) "PCI" SCSI card to buy that will work with
the HP ScanJet 4c "AND" the latest SCSI hard drives , etc.
Make & model to buy ?
THANKS
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Before you buy.
Here is how I got the ScanJet 4c & its SCSI card ( C2502-66500 )
to run under Windows 98.
******1. Remove ALL prior Scandisk drivers, etc.
(paste)
:
: Removing DeskScan II from your computer
: You can run UNINSTAL.EXE to remove DeskScan II from your system.
NOTE: Be sure DeskScan II is in the same directory where you installed
it. If you have moved DeskScan to a different directory or drive,
UNINSTAL.EXE will not work properly. To manually uninstall the DeskScan
II application from your computer follow the steps below.
: NOTE: If you have other HP ScanJet software installed on your system,
you should skip the ScanJet Drivers section and go to the DeskScan
section.
: ScanJet Drivers:
: a) Delete the following files in your WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory if
they exist:
: HPSCNMGR.DLL
: HPSCNTST.DLL
: HPSJ32.DLL
: HPSJ16.DLL
:
: 2) Windows 95/Windows 98 only:
: Delete SCANJET.INF from the WINDOWS\INF directory
: Delete the following files in your WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory if they
exist:
: HPSJCLAS.DLL
: VHPSCAND.VXD
: HPSJ1695.DLL
: REG32.DLL
: HPSJRFSH.VXD
: DeskScan II:
: 1. Delete the following files from your WINDOWS directory:
: HPDS23.INI
: 2. Delete the following file from your WINDOWS\TWAIN_32 directory:
: HPDS23.DS
: 3. Delete all of the files in the directory where DeskScan II was
installed.
: 4. Remove the directory where DeskScan II was installed.
: 5. From the Windows Program Manager, delete the Program Manager Group
where DeskScan II was installed. The DeskScan II icons will be removed
automatically.
: DeskScan II has been successfully removed from your computer.
********* 2 - Download DeskScan II v2.8 here:
http://www.driverguide.com/boards/hewlett-packard/450.html
See: Deskscan II v 2.8 for Win98 ScanJet 3c etc
CAUTION: "ONLY" get the file: sj168en.exe , 3,643,042 bytes long!!!
Place the 3 extracted files in a folder like ... C:\ScanDiskV28\
for safe keeping...
********* 3 - Install the driver in Win 98:
Control Panel
Add New Hardware
Select your own driver
"Other Devices"
Select the "Hewlett-Packard" with the "Symbios Logic 53C400A"
(Point to the DISK1 - that was extracted from sj168en.exe above )
Now here is the "TRICK" that most folks forget:
The sorry little SCSI card is an "8 bit" card - which
means that you need to us an IRQ that is 7 - or less!
I was not using my COM1 - so I stole IRQ 4 from it
& WALLA - everything worked just fine. Win 98 had
been assigning IRQ 9 to the card - that is why I was
having so much trouble. Once I remembered that an
8 bit card "can never" see more than 0-7 , it was easy
to figure out.
Once the driver has been installed, just go to its
properties & "MANUALLY" chance the IRQ
to a FREE IRQ that is 7 or less. (Double click
on the existing IRQ & you will get a window
that will allow you to choose a new & different
IRQ number.)
********** 4 - "re-boot" & run the setup.exe in your
C:\ScanDiskV28\DISK1\setup.exe
This will install the HP DeskScan II application
software.
********* 5. There is a test program - it SHOULD
show a tiny hot air balloon when all is working OK.
Misc. NOTES:
I set the jumper on the card to the 2 pins nearest
the BACK side of the card. I have NO idea what this
3 pin jumper block does - my best guess is that it
controls "wait states" ... but ?
I set the SCSI termination on the back of the 4c
to the "+" mark - as this is the ONLY SCSI device
I have - I hope that I chose "TERMINATED" -
but not sure... I have zero manuals ... ;-)
I REMOVED the Fix_PNP.EXE line from my autoexec.bat -
it did not seem to matter .. ?
I did the above in a hurry, so I may have left out something.
I have not played with it very much - but all seems to work OK.
We'll see...
Good luck.
gs
I
n article <84jdki$2gk$1...@nnrp1.deja.com>,
You just saved me some $$$ !
My configuration is exactly the same (4c, Win98, 53C400A) and I had already
given up because of
the notice on the HP web site and was planning to go to the PC shop tomorrow
and buy a new PCI SCSI card...
After I had seen your note, I had to try immediatley - and it works !!!
Best regards,
Andreas
Gene <ge...@texas.net> wrote in message news:84kkob$qlj$1...@nnrp1.deja.com...
i have the Advansys scsi card ABP-915 as recommentded by HP... but my
computer locks up every time we install it...
any solutions?
> Place the 3 extracted files in a folder like ... C:\ScanDiskV28for safe
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I finally found the remaining data:
1. Set the C2502-66500 "wait state" jumper to pins 2&3 I.e., the two
pins nearest the BACK of the board should have the jumper attached.
2. On the back of the ScanJet 4c scanner, set the termination switch to
the "+" - which means TERMINATED
-and-
set the SCSI address switch to address "2" , the normal default. ( I
read somewhere that the board's normal default was "7" - but not sure?)
*** The above assumes that the 4c is the ONLY external SCSI device on
the PC - if not, be sure that the scanner is the LAST SCSI device in
the chain to insure proper termination. ****
3. And remember to ONLY use the previously referenced DeskScan
II "Version 2.8" ONLY!!!
BTW: scanner, card & DeakScan v2.8 all working without incident. Can't
break it - even running multiple apps at same time. Scan quality is
AWESOME - much better than the 600dpi that I expected. Photos look as
good as some digital camera output. Not sure why, but not complaining.
Makes a really handy copier too - with the COPY utility.
Please post any data that will be useful here, as this post should
pretty much wrap-up how to install the 4c & C2502-66500 under Windows
98.
BTW: I bet that 99% of the problems that others are having with
various SCSI card combinations can be traced to "Windows 98" assigning
an IRQ > 7. That is, an IRQ that will not work on the 8 bit ISA/SCSI
cards. IMHO. "Just manually assign an IRQ - say "4" to test it out."
In article <84kkob$qlj$1...@nnrp1.deja.com>,
http://www.symbios.com/techsupp/support+drivers/hpdrivers.html?agree=Agree
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J.A.C.
Andreas Schmidt <schm...@t-online.de> wrote in message
news:84nsh9$qus$1...@news08.btx.dtag.de...
> Gene,
>
> You just saved me some $$$ !
> My configuration is exactly the same (4c, Win98, 53C400A) and I had
already
> given up because of
> the notice on the HP web site and was planning to go to the PC shop
tomorrow
> and buy a new PCI SCSI card...
> After I had seen your note, I had to try immediatley - and it works !!!
>
> Best regards,
>
> Andreas
>
> Gene <ge...@texas.net> wrote in message
news:84kkob$qlj$1...@nnrp1.deja.com...
> >
> >