Tim, thanks for the suggestions and insights. I'll ask the buyer to try them.
ScottGee1
On 12/26/05, Tim Hughes <timhughes@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Scott,
> there are some slightly weird things about these scanners to do
> with insering the film to the right position etc. which cause them to appear
> not to be working properly. I can't quite remember the issues but I know it
> always takes me a while to get mine "working". Sometimes the driver seems to
> not initialise properly. Fiddle around with how deep the film is inserted
> maybe. I think the stack loader always works correctly? They do have a
> stepper motor failure mechanism, but I beleive if they did not have an early
> failure with this problem, they are likely ok in the long term. This would
> seem to apply to your unit!. Vuescan works so much better than Nikonscan to
> drive these and may be more XP compatible if using windows. Also seem to
> remember it is quite important to get the right Scsi driver off the adaptec
> website. I got a very generic cheap Adaptec card that worked well with mine.
> The compatibility of the latest scsi cards does not allways seem so good with
> olde
r
> low
> bandwidth generic devices. Focus issues may be due to damage in transport ,
> I have not had any trouble with that, despite transporting mine unlocked. I
> downloaded a variety of useful tips off of the web after a lot of searching,
> when I first got mine, Nikon is not at all helpful
>
> Tim Hughes
>
> ScottGee1 <scottgee1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> If there's better forum for these questions, please point me there.
>
> I recently sold a Nikon LS2000 scanner. Bought it a while back from a
> respected repair tech, tried it once and realized I needed more
> computer horsepower to do it right and packed it away 'til I sold it.
>
> Buyer is having lock-up and focus problems. Anyone familiar with how
> to fix 'em? I aghast that I sent problems to someone else.
>
> Side note . . . he initially operated it with the bottom transport
> screw in place. Could that have caused the problems?
>
> TIA!/ScottGee1
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