"Martin Gregorie"  wrote in message
news:q14tlo$agb$1@news.albasani.net...
>
> I have a Minolta Scan Dual IV slide scanner that seem to have died
> recently. 'Seems' because it was working when I left it for my sister to
> use at Xmas, but she says that its now apparently starting up correctly
> (and I heard it making the expected noises over the phone), but it
> refuses to accept a filled slide holder for scanning. She's 100 miles
> away, so I haven't popped in to take a look myself so far. We're using
> VueScan to drive it, which worked very well with it in the past. I have
> its manual which, as usual, is useless for trouble shooting.
>
> So, can any of you recommend someone who can check and possibly fix the
> scanner?
>
> I'm asking here because this is a generally knowledgeable group on all
> sorts of computer-related topics.

Ah! Many apologies. I've just checked my scanner and it's a Scan Elite II,
not a Scan Dual IV. My experiences and remedies may well not apply to your
model.

It looks as if on my model there is only one motor (apart from the focus
motor) so evidently this must both load the slide holder and feed it at low
speed for scanning.

Here are my instructions, on the off-chance that they are relevant to your
model.

1. Remove single screw on reverse (by USB and power sockets).

2. Remove four screws on base beside rubber feet, but not two on underside
of front panel.

3. Unscrew the two screws on the metal plate in
https://i.postimg.cc/nVPfvGdh/Img-1750-small.jpg

4. Remove the two ribbon cables from their sockets
https://i.postimg.cc/8cj827CG/Img-1742-small.jpg (wiggle and pull out; maybe
label them first to make sure they go back in the correct sockets)

5. https://i.postimg.cc/TYKGS4yb/Img-1747-small.jpg is the collar that
connects at the left hand end to the stepper motor and the right hand end to
the feeder advance for loading the slide holder and for moving the slide
past the sensor

6. If the motor is slipping on the collar, unscrew the motor
https://i.postimg.cc/d3pMwJ7y/Img-1749-small.jpg and wiggle to remove its
spindle from the collar (push fit, although I wonder if there are also Allen
key grub screws on the collar)

7. Wrap a bit of tape round the motor spindle and then refit the motor -
hopefully there is now a tight fit between the spindle and the collar. Looks
as if I didn't try binding the outside of the collar to repair the split -
I'd remembered that bit wrongly.

8. Refit everything by following Steps 6-1 in that order.


This may all be totally irrelevant to your scanner, but it may help you...

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