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[. . . ] Installing software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Connecting your scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Powering up for the first time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] Installing software Windows 95 Nikon Scan If you installed your SCSI adaptor successfully then you will be familiar with the Hardware Wizard. This useful helper will now try to prevent you from completing the next phase of the installation!If you connect your Scanner to your SCSI card, the Hardware Wizard will try to install a driver for the scanner. However, scanners do not work in this manner, as they are temporary devices that only connect to the system when you call for a scan to be made. If you follow the Hardware Wizard your installation will almost certainly fail!The secret is to install the software first. Disconnect the scanner from the computer if it is connected at this time. If you have Nikon Scan or other software with "Setup" program on a disk, from the Start menu, select "Run" and the type A:\setup into the dialogue. This will ensure that you have a complete set of correct software fully installed. The Windows 95 "Run" command, found by clicking the "Start" button on the desktop. 14 Making the Perfect Installation: Installing Software Windows 3. 1 Nikon Scan Software installation in Windows 3. 1 or Windows 3. 11 is a simple matter of inserting the disk and from the File menu, selecting "Run" A:\Setup. However there are a number or reasons why, having installed the software and SCSI card, things might still not be working. The main reason is the overall lack of free resources and interdependence of drivers that is a feature of Windows 3. 1 (something that Windows 95 has been designed to avoid). De-install all Nikon software (see the appropriate procedure for your platform in the troubleshooting section. 2. a (Windows 95 users) Remove the SCSI controller and Nikon Scanners from the Device Manager. 2. b (Windows 3. 1 users) Recheck your config. sys file for conflicting drivers. Back up the file and try to remove possible conflicts one at a time. 2. c (Macintosh/MacOS users) Restart the computer with the shift key held down to prevent system extensions from loading. If this works, disable extensions using the Extensions Manager to isolate conflicts. Check that your system has the latest or known good SCSI drivers. A SCSI chain must be terminated at each end. Systems without internal devices (hard disk, CD ROM drive) should have termination set on the SCSI adaptor card. If your system has an internal device, this device should be terminated and the termination should be removed or disabled on the SCSI adaptor. Has your system software become corrupted? [. . . ] Generally speaking, the thicker the cable the better, as a thick cable is likely to have better shielding against interference than a thin one. It is also recommended that the shortest possible cable length is used. Although when running at lowest speed (5Mbytes/sec), a total cable length of 8 metres is permissible, this figure drops to half as the SCSI speed is doubled. 26 Troubleshooting Computer SCSI type Product AX-110 AX-210 Connector Usual cable on scanner in package Mac SCSI and SCSI-1 Mac SCSI SCSI-1 Connect the SCSI-1 end to the computer and the Mac SCSI end to the scanner. Put a terminator on the other (SCSI-1) connector. [. . . ]