Re: Is ISA slot suported by XP?
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Date: 03/21/04
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Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2004 00:27:09 -0600
"Papa" said in news:ujU9bTqDEHA.2404@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl:
> Hi Bruce:
>
> My ISA Sound Blaster sound card was recognized automatically. I did
> not have to install a driver manually. Just curious as to this
> apparent acceptance of the card as PNP. Or was it just the default
> driver that was installed? I don't have access to that computer now.
> So I can't check, but the sound works fine.
>
> "Bruce Chambers" <bchambers@nospamcableone.net> wrote in message
> news:105p127oapb3889@corp.supernews.com...
>> Greetings --
>>
>> You'll need to contact the manufacturer of that SCSI card to
>> obtain WinXP-specific device drivers, and manually install them.
>> WinXP does allow the use of ISA cards, but doesn't provide any "plug
>> & play" support for them.
>>
>>
>> Bruce Chambers
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>> "Mike" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:824C56EA-AEFB-43EF-A8E6-DD381E3B3C32@microsoft.com...
>>> I have a SCSII card on an ISA card which connects my CD writer and
>>> my scanner. It works under ME upgrade from 98SE. However, I've
>>> done a complete new install of XP Pro but these connections are not
>>> being picked up. Does anyone have advice regarding this? Thanks
>>> kindly.
Windows 2000/XP will auto-install for some of the most common ISA legacy
devices. The Soundblaster was the de facto sound card for a long time
by lots of users so it is one of those searched for. It may also
support an old Adaptec SCSI host adapter, but Mike's SCSI card is
probably some low-grade minimal SCSI-3 card that doesn't even have the
brand stickered on it.
My aunt has an ISA SCSI card that came with a scanner and there's
nothing on it to identify the maker or model. Trying to find the
installation media (which install an entire software package and does
NOT provide access to just the driver) would be like hunting through the
city's trash dump; she is a monster packrat and extremely sloppy. The
software for the scanner won't install under Windows NT/2000/XP and they
don't have an updated version (it's an unsupported model, but, Christ, I
can still get software and drivers for my 6-year old HP ScanJet IIcx
from HP and Windows XP has embedded support for it). So we're going to
move the scanner to an old box running Windows 98 simply because there
is no way to determine who made the SCSI card to then check if there is
anywhere online to get a driver for it.
Apparently the SCSI card included with the CD-RW drive that Mike got is
not recognized in Windows XP's list of most common legacy devices.
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