RE: Resolution: Nikon 8000/W2K Major Problems

["gary" <gsellani@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Those firewire cables are damn expensive. Often it is cheaper to buy a fire
wire PCI card and just use the cable in the box. You need to look out for 4
wire and 6 wire connections, i.e. not just any cable will do.

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> From: owner-scan@leben.com [mailto:owner-scan@leben.com]On Behalf Of
> Doug Churchill
> Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 1:42 PM
> To: scan@leben.com
> Subject: Resolution: Nikon 8000/W2K Major Problems
>
>
> Greetings List,
>
> Thank you all for you suggestions on and off the list.
>
> Wanted to follow up with the final resolution to my Nikon 8000ED
> problem. After 3 months of problems and several calls to Nikon
> Tech support to trace down the problem.
>
> It turns out the problem is a defective 1394 firewire cable, I
> discovered this quite by accident, while doing an install of my
> 8000ED on a friend's computer. Twisting the cable caused failure,
> straightening out and wiggling the cable allowed the scanner to
> initialize.
>
> Quite different than the previous 'Level II Tech' answer 'Well
> that's Windows for ya'
>
> Now the BAD NEWS.
>
> In the interim, while I wait for Nikon to determine that the
> cable is indeed defective (2 weeks), I get to purchase a new 1394
> cable. Something I feel I shouldn't have to do after spending
> $3,000 on a scanner, especially on tight editorial deadlines.
>
>
> DC
>
>
> Doug Churchill Photography
>
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