I have been having a problem with my Polaroid SprintScan 4000 scanner. Polaroid technical support hasn't been very helpful, so I'm wondering if someone out there might have experienced this problem and know something about the cause/solution. When I turn my scanner on, the green and yellow LED lights on the scanner come on and remain on solidly. Normally, during start-up the yellow LED blinks, which according to Polaroid documentation, means the scanner is initializing. When I boot up my computer and open Polacolor Insight, it can't detect the scanner if the yellow light hasn't blinked. I have intermittently had this problem before, but am now having it consistently. When the scanner is operating normally, the yellow light doesn't blink if the scanner is turned on after the computer has already been booted. So, I'm wondering whether there might be some problem involving communication between my computer and the scanner, possibly involving my SCSI card. If I have to send it to Polaroid for repairs, they will charge $400 to $660 to repair it, almost as much as I paid for it in the first place. ___________________________________________________ Dr. Paul Patton Life Sciences Building Rm 538A work: (419)-372-3858 home: (419)-352-5523 Biology Department Bowling Green State University Bowling Green, Ohio 43403
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