IRQ assignment and Adaptec SCSI cards

[WinXP]

Hi,

How about switching the SCSI card with another slot, such
as a modem or sound card. That should get the SCSI card an
assigned IRQ of less than 15. Good luck.

Sleepless

>-----Original Message-----
>Dec. of prob.;
>
>OS = Windows XP
>Trying to install an Adaptec SCSI Card to use an Fugitsu
>620C scanner. THe card can be located in device mannager
>and is listed as working ploperly. The PC does not
>located the scanner when plugged into the SCSI card. I
>have been informed by Fugitsu's help line that I must re
>assign the IRQ to the SCSI card to one below 15 for the
>card to allow the scanner to function properly. I have
>tried resetting the SCSI's IRQ in Net BIOS, but XP's IRQ
>sharring feature re assigns the IRQ to 16 or 17 depending
>on the slot after the PC boots.
>
>Any Suggestions?
>.
>