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Re: OT USB Scanner stops working after a few scans


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  • Subject: Re: OT USB Scanner stops working after a few scans
  • From: paul.murgatroyd@xxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 09:05:48 -0000
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I have the same problem with my Umax - it seems that it is drawing
too much power from the USB bus.

Possible solutions are:

1. Make sure that the scanner is plugged in to its own power source,
if possible try directly plugging it into the mains, according the
UMAX website, the power loss between the plug and the four gang block
can be enough to do it.

2. Try plugging it into a powered USB hub.

3. None of the above have worked for me - I suspect what I will have
to do is buy a bigger power supply (its my own fault - I've got an
Athlon 1000, with 6 expansion cards, two hard drives and two CD-ROM
drives and only a 230 Watt PSU!)

Hope that helps

Paul

--- In ukha_d@y..., "Dr John Tankard" <john@s...> wrote:
> Hi
>
> Sorry for the OT post
>
> I have a problem with a USB scanner (Epson) which works fine for a
few
> scans but then stops, the driver says it cannot find the scanner,
only a
> full system reboot fixes the problem, any Idea's
>
> John



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