Getting your Nikon Coolscan to work on W7 x64

[Lucisussman]

Hi,
No luck with Coll-Scan V ED on W7 Any reason why?
I checked the scanner.inf file and it does contain LS-50. I tried copying this to the 64 list but no luck.
Any idea why?
Thanks

 

[Lucisussman]

Hi, could not get this to work for CoolScanV ED on W7.
Any reason why?
Thanks

 

[sygnus21]

Hi, could not get this to work for CoolScanV ED on W7.
Any reason why?
Thanks

As the first page says, older Coolscans are not supported in this fix. Sorry.

Note - This fix applies to the 4000, 5000, 8000, and 9000 series scanners. I can't guarantee older scanners will work but it's worth a try. If not, check this post for help or tips for older scanners. And credit Steel Chn for the inf file. I'm just providing an already built modified file that includes the Nikon 5000. Now...

You might want to read through a few posts starting here to see if this will help you out... http://www.sevenforums.com/drivers/44994-getting-your-nikon-coolscan-work-w7-x64-2.html#post570789

BTW this is strictly Windows 7, I've not touched Windows 8 yet.

Let me know

 

[jvahsholtz]

Hi, could not get this to work for CoolScanV ED on W7.
Any reason why?
Thanks

As the first page says, older Coolscans are not supported in this fix. Sorry.

I have a Coolscan IV (LS-40), even older than your Coolscan V (LS-50), and I just followed the instructions from message #1 that sygnus21 provided. The scanners.inf file it describes and links to looks like it should support both those scanners. It worked for me with W7 64 and W8 64 so I guess my only suggestion is that you try it again, being careful to follow the directions. Good luck.

 

[sygnus21]

I have a Coolscan IV (LS-40), even older than your Coolscan V (LS-50), and I just followed the instructions from message #1 that sygnus21 provided. The scanners.inf file it describes and links to looks like it should support both those scanners. It worked for me with W7 64 and W8 64 so I guess my only suggestion is that you try it again, being careful to follow the directions. Good luck.

Thanks for the info on W8. I've yet to get a copy, let alone try it. Guess I'm not sold on it yet.

And yeah, there are posts here saying the older scanners work, but I think/thought the file needed to be modified. If not, could you let me, and the other person know if this is true or not?

And yes, following directions is of the utmost importance.

Thanks.

 

[jvahsholtz]

Hi,
No luck with Coll-Scan V ED on W7 Any reason why?
I checked the scanner.inf file and it does contain LS-50. I tried copying this to the 64 list but no luck.
Any idea why?
Thanks

I'm not sure what you mean when you say you "tried copying this to the 64 list" with no luck. The instructions in message #1 don't talk about doing anything like that so I'm not sure exactly what you were doing. Follow the instructions in message #1 carefully. They work for my LS-40 and there's every reason to believe they should then also work for your LS-50. I just tried them again on a fresh W7 64-bit installation to double-check that I didn't have to do anything unusual.

 

[jvahsholtz]

I have a Coolscan IV (LS-40), even older than your Coolscan V (LS-50), and I just followed the instructions from message #1 that sygnus21 provided. The scanners.inf file it describes and links to looks like it should support both those scanners. It worked for me with W7 64 and W8 64 so I guess my only suggestion is that you try it again, being careful to follow the directions. Good luck.

Thanks for the info on W8. I've yet to get a copy, let alone try it. Guess I'm not sold on it yet.

And yeah, there are posts here saying the older scanners work, but I think/thought the file needed to be modified. If not, could you let me, and the other person know if this is true or not?

And yes, following directions is of the utmost importance.

Thanks.

I'm not sold on W8 either, but it was a free upgrade from W7 for me so I took the plunge.

But to answer your question, my LS-40 Coolscan IV is working with the Nikon software and the scanners.inf file that you provided, unmodified.

Since I'm currently using W8 and I wanted to double-double check that the driver installation procedure worked on W7, a few minutes ago I fired up a Win 7 64-bit computer that had never had any Nikon hardware or software installed, followed the procedure you very nicely documented in message #1 and the LS-40 is now working just fine there too.

 

[sygnus21]

Thanks for the feedback. Much appreciated.

I've been meaning to get W8, but at this point I have an opportunity to get it for free. Just need my school to authorize my download. Have to wait till after the holidays though. Either way I'll have a copy before the end of Jan so it's just a matter of spending 39 buck, or getting it free. In the end I'll probably wind up with both.

At any rate, I too am at a loss of what Lucisussman is talking about when he says he tried copying???

Does he mean this...

4- Now install the Nikon Scan software you downloaded and after the installation, go to....

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Nikon\Driver\Scan1394 (see note) and copy this file NKScnUSD.dll to the same folder (Example: Nikon Files) that the scanners.inf file is in.

Thus the Nikon Files folder should now contain these two files... NKScnUSD.dll and scanners.inf

NOTE: If your scanner is USB than the folder will be ScanUSB instead of Scan1394.

Once that’s done….

Let me know

 

[dcx]

Perhaps, a suggestion for Lucisusman:
On the SteelChn thread (very long) :
Unoffical Vista X64 driver of LS-8000ED/9000ED for Nikon Scan 4.03 - Photo.net Digital Darkroom Forum
http://photo.net/digital-darkroom-fo...Ryck?start=120
a user explained that he had to modify the .inf file already modified by SteelChn,
in order to make his scanner work.
SteelChn, then, "officialy" added this modification in his own version.
I think that the .inf file quoted in this thread is now the last version, but I am not sure.
In this 'last' version, mark 'Nikon LS-50' (for mark V?) as mark 'Nikon LS-40' are mentionned in the [Models] section.
The user made a "copy" from a section [Models] to a section [Models.ntamd64]
or, may be, he added new lines for 'firewire' scanners (for a LS-4000 model, I don't remember precisely).

However, it is not clear whether the scanners have to be declared in the 64 or in the 32 (default) section ?
For reason of compatibility, the driver is to be put in x86 driver directories, so 64 seems not necessary...
For my scanner LS-5000 it worked with the declaration in [Models.ntamd64] section, but I am not convinced it is necessary. Some of the problems I mentionned on W8 (which adds constraints with signed option activated) are perhaps due to that.
For instance, Nikon LS-40 is in the [Models] section, and it seems to work. And it is also in the [Models.ntamd64]
section !
Perhaps Lucisusman has to check that he has the 'good' [last] version for .inf.
In addition, he has to use the NikonScan 4.0.3 driver ( NKScnUSD.dll ? or the very one corresponding to his model)
Perhaps Lucisussman could try the .inf version without modifying it, that is, with driver declared only in the section
[Models]
"Nikon LS-50" = USBScanner,USB\Vid_04b0&Pid_4001
and if it doesnot work, put it in the
[Models.ntamd64]
"Nikon LS-50" = USBScanner,USB\Vid_04b0&Pid_4001
removing the corresponding line from [Models] section
(perhaps, only the first encoutered declaration is really taken into account,
or double declaration may be a problem in some circonstances ???)
I hope it will help.
Without any guarantee, but it's not long to try it, and it worths it.

 

[sygnus21]

To be clear about scanners supported

OK, so I just looked at the inf file I supply for the Nikon scanners and it does include the Nikon Coolscan V (LS-50 ED). Meaning, the file and instructions provided should work for the Coolscan V. If it isn't, I suggest you look to the instructions I supplied on page one and make sure you're following them; and that you aren't missing any steps. You also NEED to pay attention to any red notes I highlight. Especially this Note under step 4...

NOTE: If your scanner is USB than the folder will be ScanUSB instead of Scan1394.

And once again, I do not have Windows 8 myself so I can't say if the fix works or not; however, some users report that the instructions do work on 8, but 8 needs to be tweaked first to allow the driver to install. See here - http://www.sevenforums.com/drivers/44994-getting-your-nikon-coolscan-work-w7-x64-42.html#post2219222.

Good luck.

 

[drlodge]

Big thanks for this thread, I'm rebuilding my Windows 7 machine and wanted to get my Nikon Coolscan 9000 working on it and this fix works a treat.

Qudos

 

[sygnus21]

Thanks

Happy Scanning

 

[daveinuk]

New to the forum, so please go easy..........

I'm tearing my hair out trying to get my Coolscan IV working with Windows 7 64-bit. I've tried the procedure provided by Sygnus21 (several times) and also those provided by Steelchn and others. I have read through this entire forum and done everything I can think of to resolve the problem. I have taken into account information from others that have managed to get their Coolscan IV working.

The problem is that I keep getting a "The device cannot start (code 10)" message after each and every time I install the driver.

I have noticed in "Driver Details" that I have three files from the c:\windows\system32\drivers folder, namely ksthunk.sys, usbscan.sys & LVUSBS64.sys. Could someone please advise if these are the correct files? Should I be seeing NKSCNUSD.dll in there?

I should say that the scanner works perfectly under windows XP on my old PC, so no problem with the hardware.

Any advice and help would be appreciated.

 

[sygnus21]

The problem is that I keep getting a "The device cannot start (code 10)" message after each and every time I install the driver.

Are you sure the scanner works? If possible, check it against another computer. Also check to insure the cable isn't damaged or is properly inserted.

Also read this post to insure you're using the correct procedure - http://www.sevenforums.com/drivers/44994-getting-your-nikon-coolscan-work-w7-x64-43.html#post2231354

Depending on whether the scanner is FireWire or USB will determine which folder you need to go to.

Let me know.

 

[jvahsholtz]

I'm tearing my hair out trying to get my Coolscan IV working with Windows 7 64-bit. I've tried the procedure provided by Sygnus21 (several times) and also those provided by Steelchn and others. I have read through this entire forum and done everything I can think of to resolve the problem. I have taken into account information from others that have managed to get their Coolscan IV working.

The problem is that I keep getting a "The device cannot start (code 10)" message after each and every time I install the driver.

I have noticed in "Driver Details" that I have three files from the c:\windows\system32\drivers folder, namely ksthunk.sys, usbscan.sys & LVUSBS64.sys. Could someone please advise if these are the correct files? Should I be seeing NKSCNUSD.dll in there?

I should say that the scanner works perfectly under windows XP on my old PC, so no problem with the hardware.

Any advice and help would be appreciated.

I gather that where you are looking for the Driver Details you mention is in the Device Manager, Under Imaging devices, look at the properties of "Nikon LS-40", click the Driver tab, and then click on the button labeled Driver Details? I just want to be sure we're talking about the same thing.

I have a Coolscan IV running the Nikon software under Win8-64bit. It should be very, very similar to how it would look in a Win7-64 system like yours. When I look at my Driver Details it lists only two files, both in the c:\windows\system32\drivers folder, namely ksthunk.sys and usbscan.sys. No mention of LVUSBS64.sys or NKSCNUSD.dll so to answer your question, no I don't think you should be seeing either of those files listed there.

My copy of the file NKScnUSD.dll is stored in C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Nikon\Driver\ScanUSB. Also in C:\Program Files (x86)\Nikon\NkScan4\Nikon Files, which is also the folder where I placed my scanners.inf file.

I don't have the file LVUSBS64.sys anywhere on my system. I googled for it and it seems to be a device driver for Logitech hardware. It certainly shouldn't be showing up in your Nikon driver details. I don't know why it is but I think that is the root of your problems getting your Nikon scanner working.

 

[sygnus21]

I don't understand why people go searching for "driver details" when there's nothing in my tutorial mentioning such steps. It also adds a lot of confusion and unnecessary troubleshooting steps.

Anyway I think, he may have "missed" my step 4 note about looking towards to USB folder if the scanner is USB.

Also, I can't comment on what steps Steel Chin says to take, I can only comment on the procedures here. Thus if you're following steps elsewhere, you need to look there, as those may not line up what I have posted here, and therefore I can't help. I know the procedures work here because I, and many have tested and stated they work. In short I can only help with what I wrote.

 

[daveinuk]

Sygnus21 & jvahsholtz - Many thanks for your quick response.

I can confirm that the scanner does work, I tried it on my laptop running windows XP. I have followed the scanners.inf procedure to the letter and I am 100% certain that I have copied the correct files to my created driver folder.

I am getting the installed driver details from the same place as mention by jvahsholtz.

With regard to the NVUSBS64.sys file, there are varying reports on google as to what this file actually is, ranging from something to do with Logitech to a legitimate windows system file owned by a company called Logicool Co. In any event you've confirmed that it shouldn't be in the driver details list. The question is; How do I stop it appearing in the list because I don't know how it's being picked up by the update driver process?

I think I will try deleting NVUSBS64.sys to see what happens. I'll report back.

 

[sygnus21]

With regard to the NVUSBS64.sys file, there are varying reports on google as to what this file actually is, ranging from something to do with Logitech to a legitimate windows system file owned by a company called Logicool Co. In any event you've confirmed that it shouldn't be in the driver details list. The question is; How do I stop it appearing in the list because I don't know how it's being picked up by the update driver process?.

Where did you go searching to find that file???

LVUSB64.sys file appears to be a Logitech file and has absolutely nothing to do with Nikon or it's software. Nor has it anything to do with the files I supply.

 

[daveinuk]

Sorry for the spelling mistake in my last post, the offending file was LVUSBS64.sys. Anyway, I've removed it and now I only get is ksthunk.sys & usbscan.sys in the driver details. Still doesn't work. Still getting the message that the scanner cannot start (code 10).

Sygnus21 - the only reason I looked at the driver details was to try and find something that could be causing my problem. Like I said, I'm tearing my hair out! It looks like it could be something unique to my PC.

The nearest I've seen to the problem on the forum was someone with the same code 10 issue that wouldn't go away. He reported that it miraculously worked when he routed his USB cable through an old USB hub. Trouble is, I haven't got one to try. I was rather hoping that there would be a more logical solution to the problem.

Looks like it's back to the drawing board.

 

[sygnus21]

Well I don't know what else to say other than double check to make sure you've followed the procedures outline on the first page. Anything outside of those I can't help you with.

You've also not addressed this question...

Also read this post to insure you're using the correct procedure - http://www.sevenforums.com/drivers/44994-getting-your-nikon-coolscan-work-w7-x64-43.html#post2231354

Depending on whether the scanner is FireWire or USB will determine which folder you need to go to.

Let me know.

I can't help if you don't answer the questions.

Thanks