I am not aware of any inexpensive PCI Express SCSI card. But most
motherboards still have at least one PCI slot.
Instead of the 2906, try a 2940 series card (I prefer the 2940AU, but
the straight 2940 should work also; avoid the "wide" variants of this
card (with the 68-pin SCSI interface). Vista drivers for the 2940
exist, although possibly only for 32-bit Vista. You can buy 2940 series
cards on E-Bay for $5 to $10. Again, avoid the "wide" variants.
One other option that might work (maybe): Ratoc makes SCSI to {Firewire
and USB) adapters. They work on the Nikon LS-30 and LS-2000 scanners if
you use VueScan software (they do not work with the Nikon Scan
software). They are not cheap, and as far as I know, no other "SCSI to
{whatever}" converters work at all.
I don't know if the 2940 will work with Windows 7 or not. I would have
thought that the Vista 32-bit driver would probably work with Windows 7
32-bit, but that was just speculation on my part.
We definitely need an inexpensive PCI Express SCSI card.
Luigi wrote:
> A'm in a similar boat here... I have a trusty HP ScanJet 4C with a 2906
> Adaptec scsi. I bought a PCI-E to PCI adapter for about 50 bucks
> (canadian):
>
> http://tinyurl.com/yhgudkj
>
> It worked and I was able to mount the PCI card on it, but sadly,
> Windows 7 will say there are no drivers available.
>
> Researching on the Adaptec site I found that they won't bother making
> Windows 7 drivers for this and a ton of other cards:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/yevya5m
>
>
> So... if anybody here knows of any other brand of card with pci-e and a
> 25-pin female scsi that will work in Windows 7 please holler....
>
> Thanks!
>
>
I believe that the driver is 32-bit only. I don't think that a 64-bit
driver exists.
Luigi wrote:
> Already tried that. I have Windows 7 64bit and it won't let me.
> I right-click on the .inf file and click Install from the context menu
> and I get:
>
> The INF file does not support this method of installation.
>
> I'm I missing something?
>
> Thanks!
>
>>
> You can download the driver for VISTA for the 2906 and use it with
> Windows 7
>
> http://www.adaptec.com/en-US/support...2900/AVA-2906/
>
> [/color]
In article <Luigi.41brv8@no.email.invalid>, Luigi <Luigi.41brv8@no.email.invalid> wrote:
>
>Already tried that. I have Windows 7 64bit and it won't let me.
>I right-click on the .inf file and click Install from the context menu
>and I get:
>
>The INF file does not support this method of installation.
>
>I'm I missing something?
>
>Thanks!
>
>>
>>
>You can download the driver for VISTA for the 2906 and use it with
>Windows 7
>
>http://www.adaptec.com/en-US/support...2900/AVA-2906/
>
>[/color]
OOps, sorry, it will only work for 32bit Vista and 7
On Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:50:41 -0500, Barry Watzman
<WatzmanNOSPAM@neo.rr.com> wrote:
>
>I don't know if the 2940 will work with Windows 7 or not. I would have
>thought that the Vista 32-bit driver would probably work with Windows 7
>32-bit, but that was just speculation on my part.
>
>We definitely need an inexpensive PCI Express SCSI card.
>
A big thumbs-down to Adaptec on this issue.
I did a search on "PCI Express SCSI card" and found this. Used, it
isn't too bad:
But I doubt that Adaptec is the only manufacturer who is truncating
their driver support. It suggests to me that a modern, Window 7
system running an Intel i5 or i7 CPU, probably doesn't need more than
one or two PCI slots. What cards can you put in those slots that will
be supported going forward?
A possible option is the Windows XP virtual system that works in some
versions of Windows 7.
On Fri, 6 Nov 2009 18:37:12 -0600, Luigi
<Luigi.419bzi@no.email.invalid> wrote:
>
>A'm in a similar boat here... I have a trusty HP ScanJet 4C with a 2906
>Adaptec scsi. I bought a PCI-E to PCI adapter for about 50 bucks
>(canadian):
>
>http://tinyurl.com/yhgudkj
>
>It worked and I was able to mount the PCI card on it, but sadly,
>Windows 7 will say there are no drivers available.
>
>Researching on the Adaptec site I found that they won't bother making
>Windows 7 drivers for this and a ton of other cards:
>
>http://tinyurl.com/yevya5m
Check their website for Vista support.
>
>
>So... if anybody here knows of any other brand of card with pci-e and a
>25-pin female scsi that will work in Windows 7 please holler....
>
>Thanks!
>
The SCSI card you listed, aside from being expensive, is a "wide SCSI"
card (68-pin connector), which introduces additional complications.
The 2940's will work if the PC has a PCI slot (most still do,
fortunately) and is running a 32-bit OS (XP or Vista-32; Win7-32 is not
yet confirmed to work but likely will, using the Vista driver). But
there is no 64-bit solution, as far as I know.
That leaves the question as to whether the card will work in Virtual XP
mode under Vista 64. I don't think it will, but that is just my
speculation. It would be nice to know for sure.
For the time being, I have enough peripherals that either won't run
under anything later than XP, or won't run on a 64-bit OS (no drivers),
or both, that I am likely to stick with dual boot.
PRIVATE wrote:
> On Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:50:41 -0500, Barry Watzman
> <WatzmanNOSPAM@neo.rr.com> wrote:
>
>
>> I don't know if the 2940 will work with Windows 7 or not. I would have
>> thought that the Vista 32-bit driver would probably work with Windows 7
>> 32-bit, but that was just speculation on my part.
>>
>> We definitely need an inexpensive PCI Express SCSI card.
>>
>
> A big thumbs-down to Adaptec on this issue.
>
> I did a search on "PCI Express SCSI card" and found this. Used, it
> isn't too bad:
>
> http://www.google.com/products/catal...wAw#ps-sellers
>
> But I doubt that Adaptec is the only manufacturer who is truncating
> their driver support. It suggests to me that a modern, Window 7
> system running an Intel i5 or i7 CPU, probably doesn't need more than
> one or two PCI slots. What cards can you put in those slots that will
> be supported going forward?
>
> A possible option is the Windows XP virtual system that works in some
> versions of Windows 7.
>
> Not a good situation, either way.
On Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:01:19 -0500, Barry Watzman
<WatzmanNOSPAM@neo.rr.com> wrote:
>The SCSI card you listed, aside from being expensive, is a "wide SCSI"
>card (68-pin connector), which introduces additional complications.
>
Yes, I realize that.
>The 2940's will work if the PC has a PCI slot (most still do,
>fortunately) and is running a 32-bit OS (XP or Vista-32; Win7-32 is not
>yet confirmed to work but likely will, using the Vista driver). But
>there is no 64-bit solution, as far as I know.
And I sold off/trashed my 2940-series boards years ago!
>
>That leaves the question as to whether the card will work in Virtual XP
>mode under Vista 64. I don't think it will, but that is just my
>speculation. It would be nice to know for sure.
>
>For the time being, I have enough peripherals that either won't run
>under anything later than XP, or won't run on a 64-bit OS (no drivers),
>or both, that I am likely to stick with dual boot.
Me too. I have zero faith that I'll be able to use my Exabyte VXA-2
tape drive with Windows 7 64-bit.
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