Hi there people!
First I'd like to congratulate the creators and mods of this forum, I found interesting info here, that's why I registered an account
Well, Basically I have 3 months using Windows 7 x64, and I'm pretty happy with it, the performance is really better than in XP (I used XP SP3 as my main SO)... but due to some incompatibilities, I had to reformat, and then do a dual boot using again XP SP3 and Windows 7 Home Premium x64...
The reason is that, besides in W7 everything goes smooth, I'm unable to use my three devices, basically:
- Logitech QuickCam Express camera (the rounded one, USB Device)
- Canon Canoscan N340P Flat Bed Scanner (conected via paralell port)
- Compaq IJ600 Inkjet Printer (USB)
The camera and the printer doesn't install automatically because it seems that W7 doesn't include drivers as XP did in the past
the scanner is another history, because of being connected to the paralell port (the only option) I need the driver, otherwise, I cannot even get W7 to detect the device through the add hardware assistant... Using the "manual" one (the option located in device mannager) is the same result, no driver is included in W7 So, I had to install those in my XP partition to get them working, obviously, I need to exit W7 and enter XP everytime I need this devices (not very often BTW...) Everything else in W7 goes perfectly as I said. I've tried to look on manufacturer websites, but no luck (no drivers for W7 )
Is there any way to get this devices working on W7? I've read in some other places that Vista included drivers for those devices... Is there any chance I can get those? or an alternative way to install this... I've even tried to install XP drivers in compat mode, but as they are 32 bit, W7 will not work with those (I use x64)
I was thinking on XP mode in W7 too for getting those devices to work..., Can I install them on XP mode and use them from there?... I don't know if the integration with W7 goes that further to let me use my devices as they were installed locally (maybe fake network or something...)
Well, enough blah blah, I don't want to get you bored
Thanks in advance guys!!
See ya!!
First I'd like to congratulate the creators and mods of this forum, I found interesting info here, that's why I registered an account
Well, Basically I have 3 months using Windows 7 x64, and I'm pretty happy with it, the performance is really better than in XP (I used XP SP3 as my main SO)... but due to some incompatibilities, I had to reformat, and then do a dual boot using again XP SP3 and Windows 7 Home Premium x64...
The reason is that, besides in W7 everything goes smooth, I'm unable to use my three devices, basically:
- Logitech QuickCam Express camera (the rounded one, USB Device)
- Canon Canoscan N340P Flat Bed Scanner (conected via paralell port)
- Compaq IJ600 Inkjet Printer (USB)
The camera and the printer doesn't install automatically because it seems that W7 doesn't include drivers as XP did in the past
the scanner is another history, because of being connected to the paralell port (the only option) I need the driver, otherwise, I cannot even get W7 to detect the device through the add hardware assistant... Using the "manual" one (the option located in device mannager) is the same result, no driver is included in W7 So, I had to install those in my XP partition to get them working, obviously, I need to exit W7 and enter XP everytime I need this devices (not very often BTW...) Everything else in W7 goes perfectly as I said. I've tried to look on manufacturer websites, but no luck (no drivers for W7 )Is there any way to get this devices working on W7? I've read in some other places that Vista included drivers for those devices... Is there any chance I can get those? or an alternative way to install this... I've even tried to install XP drivers in compat mode, but as they are 32 bit, W7 will not work with those (I use x64)
I was thinking on XP mode in W7 too for getting those devices to work..., Can I install them on XP mode and use them from there?... I don't know if the integration with W7 goes that further to let me use my devices as they were installed locally (maybe fake network or something...)
Well, enough blah blah, I don't want to get you bored
Thanks in advance guys!!
See ya!!
My Computer
At a glance
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit B...AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ Dual Core CPU @ 2.7 Gh...2x2 GB DDR2 PC-5300 (667 Mhz) Kingston ValueRAMXFX ATI Radeon HD 4350 GPU (512 MB + 512 MB HM)
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- Assembled Desktop PC
- OS
- Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit Build 7600
- CPU
- AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ Dual Core CPU @ 2.7 Ghz (Brisbane)
- Motherboard
- PCChips A13G+ v3.0
- Memory
- 2x2 GB DDR2 PC-5300 (667 Mhz) Kingston ValueRAM
- Graphics Card(s)
- XFX ATI Radeon HD 4350 GPU (512 MB + 512 MB HM)
- Sound Card
- Realtek High Definition Audio Driver ALC660 @ MCP61S
- Monitor(s) Displays
- HP S2031 20" LED HD Widescreen Display Monitor
- Screen Resolution
- 1600 x 900 px
- Hard Drives
- Maxtor Diamond Max 10 (160 GB, 7200 RPM, SATA-II Hard Disk)
Western Digital Scorpion Blue (250 GB, 5400 RPM, SATA-II External Hard Disk - Personal Data)
Toshiba MQ01ABD050 (500 GB, 5400 RPM, SATA-II External Hard Disk - Software & ISOs)
- PSU
- Pixxo Transformer 850W 80+ Certification PSU
- Case
- Compaq 5BW353 Case
- Cooling
- Many solutions, see other info...
- Keyboard
- Green Leaf (Mitzu) Standard Keyboard
- Mouse
- Microsoft USB Lasser Pointing Device
- Internet Speed
- 10 MB
- Antivirus
- Avast Antivirus Free
- Browser
- Firefox, Chrome, Internet Explorer
- Other Info
- Windows Experience Index Result: 3.8 of 7.9.
Cooling solutions:
- AVC @ 2000/5000 RPM Copper Heatpipes (For Athlon 64 X2 6000+ CPU used in an Athlon 64 X2 5200+)
- Rear Fan 80 mm @ 2700 RPM for heat extraction
- Manhatan Chipset Cooler @ 4700/7200 RPM (For nVidia Chipset in MoBo)
- Foxconn @ 2500 RPM (Old Pentium III heatsink fan) in XFX ATI Radeon HD 4350
