Adaptec SCSI adapter, 2940 -lack of 64 bit drivers

Any idea whether I can expect drivers to appear for my SCSI card for Win 7
64 bit?

Pete
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In <l2e9s6->, Peter Chant <> writes:
>Any idea whether I can expect drivers to appear for my SCSI card for Win 7
>64 bit?

Thanks Pete for that snippet of information. I guess I will have to stick with
XP x64. It is good enough for my needs.

When Adaptec makes them available - if ever. Did you check the manufacturers
web site for drivers?

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"Peter Chant" <> wrote in message
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> Any idea whether I can expect drivers to appear for my SCSI card for Win 7
> 64 bit?
>
> Pete
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You don't specify which 2940 card, there are many variants. The original
2940 is a very old card indeed, but has Vista drivers which should work for
Windows 7.

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"Peter Chant" <> wrote in message
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> Any idea whether I can expect drivers to appear for my SCSI card for Win 7
> 64 bit?
>
> Pete
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Richard Urban wrote:

> When Adaptec makes them available - if ever. Did you check the
> manufacturers web site for drivers?
>

First place I checked.


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Charlie Russel - MVP wrote:

> You don't specify which 2940 card, there are many variants. The original
> 2940 is a very old card indeed, but has Vista drivers which should work
> for Windows 7.
>

There's the thing - the box it came in says it is a 2904 and Win 7 states it
is a 2940UW! However, for both these cards Adaptec have only Vista 32 bit
drivers. The cards not all that old, a few years so I thought it would be
supported.

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wrote:

>
> Thanks Pete for that snippet of information. I guess I will have to stick
> with
> XP x64. It is good enough for my needs.

I repartitioned and kept my XP partition just in case, but can also use
linux to do my scanning (card is needed for SCSI scanner).

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philo wrote:

> I would *guess* that 64bit XP drivers would work
>

Worth a try

> If you try XP drivers, there is a risk of course...
> I did it right after a fresh install so had nothing to risk

I don't keep data on the machine so no issue if it goes wrong.

Pete

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Here the solution to correct the problem when installing a adaptec 2940 in a Windows 7 64 bits. Download the file bellow, it contains the driver for Adaptec AIC-7870 PCI SCSI Controller (Emulated) for 64 bits. Force the driver for your 2940 and that's it !

This driver came from Windows 2008 64 bits and it work like a charm on Windows 7 64 bits.

God Bless the old hardware