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December 28th, 2005 01:00
Does Windows XP media center support SCSI?
Any help would be appreciated!
I am about to purchase a Dell E510 with XP Media Center, and I would really like to know if I can use my existing scanner and 8x10 thermal printer, which are both connected by SCSI. They are excellent devices and would be expensive to replace. Can I use SCSI with XP?
The SCSI card is an Adaptec 2930U
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fireberd
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December 28th, 2005 09:00
This is not an "Audio" problem, but.
Unless the SCSI PCI card is Windows XP compatible it won't work. You will need a SCSI card that is Windows XP compatible (and possibly XP specific drivers as older Windows drivers are incompatible). However, before you go off looking for a compatible SCSI card you need to confirm that the old peripherals are XP compatible. A lot of the older printers and scanners are not XP compatible and you will need Windows XP specific drivers, like the SCSI card, older Windows drivers are not compatible. With the advent of USB (and firewire) SCSI I/O has basically become obsolete in newer PC's (same way with the Parallel (Printer) and serial (com) ports which are not on many new PC's).
Finally, with a new Windows XP machine be prepared for some of the older software to be incompatible too. Not all older software (especially DOS based programs) will run under XP. Some may have updates available to make them XP compatible and others the only option is to replace them with new XP compatible versions.
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December 28th, 2005 12:00
speedstep
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December 29th, 2005 00:00
Your lookup isnt exactly correct.
The Powerdomain 2930 is the Mac card.
The 2930U comes in PC Windoze flavor. I talked with Adaptec and they indicate that the 2930 has NATIVE XP driver support.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000511NF?v=glance
COMPUSA refers to XP driver support.
http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?ref=froogle&pfp=froogle&product_code=50007846&cm_ven=froogle&cm_cat=&cm_pla=&cm_ite=feed
http://www.newegg.com/product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16816103148
The WINDOZE version is Adaptec 1662200
If its not working for XP there must be some other reason like NON 5v PCI support.
http://www.adaptec.com/worldwide/support/techspecs.jsp?sess=no&language=English+US&cat=%2FProduct%2FAHA-2930CU&prodkey=AHA-2930CU
http://www.adaptec.com/worldwide/support/drivers_by_product.jsp?sess=no&language=English+US&prodkey=AHA-2930CU&cat=%2FProduct%2FAHA-2930CU
Description:
Windows 2000 drivers for Adaptec PCI cards, version 1.00b. Drivers for Ultra SCSI, Ultra2 SCSI and Ultra160 SCSI cards are included.
http://www.adaptec.com/worldwide/support/driverdetail.jsp?sess=no&language=English+US&cat=/Product/AHA-2930CU&filekey=w2k_v100b_pci_drvs.exe
Notes:
The Adaptec SCSI Card 19160 is supported in Windows 2000 Professional only.
Applies to These Products:
AHA-2910B
AHA-2910C
AHA-2920C
AHA-2930B
AHA-2930CU
AHA-2930U
AHA-2930U2
AHA-2940
AHA-2940AU
AHA-2940U2W
AHA-2940UW
AHA-2940UW_PRO
AHA-2940W
AHA-2940W_S6
AHA-2940W_S76
AHA-2940_S6
AHA-2940_S76
AHA-2944UW
AHA-2944W
AHA-3940
AHA-3940AU
AHA-3940U
AHA-3940UW
AHA-3940W
AHA-3944AUWD
AHA-3950U2
APA-1480
APA-1480A
APA-1480B
AVA-2902E
AVA-2904
AVA-2906
Adaptec SCSI Card 19160
Adaptec SCSI Card 29160
Adaptec SCSI Card 29160LP
Adaptec SCSI Card 29160N
Adaptec SCSI Card 39160
Message Edited by SpeedStep on 12-28-2005 09:28 PM