As a rule it is not a good idea to connect a cd rom to the primary
controller i think it would be better to connect the cd-rom to the
(somewhat slower) secondary controller either as a master or a slave
(might need some experimenting) sometimes (dos) cd-rom drivers (maybe
also other device drivers) installed in the autoexec.bat and
config.sys can cause windows to go to DOS Compatibility mode but as
far as i know if a cd-rom driver is present in either of those files
windows will come up with a error message something in the line of
can't find a device....etc at startup.
Kees Kouwen.
----- Original Message -----
From: Marshall Freedland
Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 1999 3:28 AM
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] DOS COMPATIBILITY MODE
"Marc E. Mosher" wrote:
> What happens is the CD-ROM stops working and when we check the
SYSTEM applet
> in the control panel it says the system has been put into DOS
> COMPATIBILITY MODE.
I had/have a similar problem and people tell me that it's because I
have 4
devices: 3 HDs and a CD. I daisy-chained my Primary to the CD (they
'live' next
to each other and it seemed easiest to go that way) and I had the
other 2 Maxtor
HDs daisy-chained connecting to the mb. This worked well for a
while but... I
am in DOS Compatibility Mode now.
Ideas and help sincerely welcomed.
--/\/\arshall
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