Question : Problem: HP ScanJet IIcx scanner, Win95 & DTC SCSI card.HP ScanJet IIcx scanner, Win95 & DTC SCSI card

                 

Hi,

My problem is with running HP's DesksScan II
version 2.6 (sj137en.exe), which is a HP Win 95 driver,
under Windows 95, for my HP ScanJet IIcx scanner.
When I click on Deskscan.exe my computer freezes up.
  Several times prior to a freeze-up I would get a blue
screen error message:
"Windows - A fatal exception OE has occurred at
 0028:C13E157B in VXD dtc328x.mpd(01)+ 0000157B".
FYI: dtc3c8x.mpd is my SCSI driver. Also, on a
couple of occasions where I did a cold reboot,
 after a freeze up, I would get the message:
"NO ROM BASIC-SYSTEM HALTED" prior to Win 95
 loading, and after a couple of reboots my computer
would finally boot up to my Win 95 Desktop.
The scanner ran flawlessly for over two years
under Windows 3.11/DOS 6.2

                   My system:
                   486DX2-66MHz, EISA, VLB (4 years old)
                   SCSI ID 7 - SCSI card - DTC (Data Technology Corp/USA)
#3270VL VESA SCSI Host Adapter
SCSI ID 6 - Scanner - HP ScanJet IIcx (3 yrs old)
SCSI ID 4 - Iomega Jaz Drive/SCSI External (6 mos old)
 SCSI ID 0 - Hard Drive - Toshiba #MK-537FB, 1 Gig
 Device Manager>SCSI Controllers>DTC3280/3270/3250 Driver>
                     Properties>Driver=C:\Windows\System\Iosubsys\DTC328x.mpd
 Properties>Resources=Memory Range=000D8000-000DBFFF
  =Interrupt Request=11

  Before installing Win95 OS, I FDISKed my hard
 drive and installed all new Win95 drivers and Win95
software upgrades (i.e. nothing was installed over an
 older version). I partitioned my hard drive with
 Partition Magic just as I had done under Win3.11.

 HP DeskScan v 2.6 install info:
  I used C:\HPDS\DISK1\SETUP2.EXE for installing and
 followed the install instructions in README.WRI that
came with ver 2.6 and that of HP's bps01376 on the
 HP website, and chose "MODIFY" and "Use an existing
compatible SCSI card" (my DTC SCSI card) during the
   installation proccess, with the following results:

 Device Manager>HP ScanJet Scanners>HP ScanJet IIcx>
                   Driver>C:\Windows\System\Iosubsys\vhpscand.vxd
                          C:\Windows\Inf\Scanjet.inf
                          C:\Windows\Help\hpscnmgr.hlp
                          C:\Windows\System\hpsj32.dll
                          C:\Windows\System\hpscntst.dll
                          C:\Windows\System\hpsjclas.dll
                          C:\Windows\System\hpscmgr.dll

There were no conflicts, designated by a yellow ! or red x.

Control Panel>HP ScanJet Scanners>
General tab>Default Scanner = ScanJet IIcx
 General tab>Info = Product ID returned from
 the selected address: HP C2500A 3332
Test tab> (clicking button freezes computer)
 SCSI tab>DTC 3280/3270/3250 Driver
Available SCSI addresses: 1, 2, 3, 5

 Regarding the following statement about entries to the
Config.sys, I tried running v2.6 several different ways:
 -with the Config.sys entries and without vhpscand.vxd,
using either ASPI3X70.SYS or ASPI3X80.SYS
 -without Config.sys entries and with vhpscand.vxd
 -with both Config.sys entries and with vhpscand.vxd

The following entries were made to CONFIG.SYS, that were
 not added automatically, but that I added manually per
 instructions in DeskScan II ver 2.6 README.WRI notes:
 DEVICE=C:\DESKSCAN\SJIIX.SYS
 per C:\Windows\Hardware.txt regarding ScanJet IIcx:
DEVICE=C:\ASPI3X70.SYS
 FYI: The following is the "Scanner" excerpt from the
 C:\Windows\Hardware.txt that is included with MS-Win 95
when installing MS-Win95 on a hard drive (note Mirosoft's
 specific mention regarding a ScanJet II scanner):
                   ***SCANNERS***
 Windows 95 will detect most scanner hardware, but does
not supply protected-mode drivers for any scanner model.
  All SCSI scanners use a feature called ASPI to talk to
the controller in question. Windows 95 supports ASPI in
protected mode. Hence, a scanner, although listed as an
 "unknown device" in Device Manager, is supported through
 protected-mode drivers in Windows 95, if there is a
protected-mode driver for the SCSI controller in question.
Note that theoretically you would not need the ASPI manager
real-mode driver (such as Aspi2dos.sys) in your Config.sys
file. However, some programs, such as HP ScanJet II and its
associated real-mode drivers, Sj!!.sys and Sjiix.sys, require the real-mode ASPI manager to be in the Config.sys file or  they will fail to load. In these cases, you would need to  keep the real-mode drivers in the Config.sys file, but  Windows 95 will still support the scanner through the
 protected-mode SCSI miniport driver (if one exists for
 the SCSI controller in question).

 The following folder was added:
 C:\Deskscan (28 files & 1 Folder named Restart)

The following files were added to C:\Windows\:
C:\Windows\HPDS23.INI
 C:\Windows\Twain_32\HPDS23.DS

There was one entry to the WIN.INI:
[TWAIN]
 DEFAULT SOURCE=C:\WINDOWS\TWAIN_32\HPDS23.DS

 There were no were no entries to the SYSTEM.INI

 All files mentioned above where checked to see if they
were in their proper locations.



         

Answer : Problem: HP ScanJet IIcx scanner, Win95 & DTC SCSI card.HP ScanJet IIcx scanner, Win95 & DTC SCSI card

I have a similar system using a DTC SCSI controller and ScanJet IICx. By getting a copy of DeskScan II v. 2.8/2.9 you should be able to get your scanner to function fine.

My SCSI card is the DTC PnP I had to remove all traces of previous versions of DeskScan then install the 2.8 version msking sure that any questions, that may be asked, about the SCSI adapter are answered indicating that you are not using the HP SCSI adapter.