[MaKai 1]

Unbelievable... Cleaning the contacts worked!!! (And after years of unplugging and plugging, driver installs and all... Very cool!!!)

The physical world is still relevant! ; )

[norrby]

had the same problem with mine and tried many things

Decided to buy a Canon scanner

My Epson has not come back down to earth yet after 5 months

Norrby

[TestDrive]

Sprayed the connector between the cover and the base of my Epson 1670 Scanner with WD-40, waited for 3-4 hours till it's dry, and it worked!

[dkesters]

Same problem with Epson 1670 Scanner --
1. uninstalled Epson Scan
2. pulled power connector from scanner
3. restarted pc
4. re-installed Epson Scan
5. shutdown pc
6. plugged in scanner
7. restarted pc

it worked!!!

[steve914]

I just want to tell you that I am impressed with the advice all of you gave. I had the same symptoms, yesterday. I googled and came up with your comments, tried the fix (I actually sprayed lens and screen cleaner instead of alcohol, since that was the only spray bottle I could find. It worked like a charm. Thank you one and all.