Dos Compatability Mode, WTF?

[Machine]

Ok..
Here's the specs

AMD K6/2 500
FIC 503+ with VIA chipsets...

2 harddrives
4.3 and a 1.6

4.3 is partitioned 2 times..

When it boots up All the drives are in DOS COMPATIABILTY MODE
NO CDROMS unless i load the dos drivers and mscdex.
I loaded the newest 4in1 drivers from VIA...

BTW i REM'd out all the stuff in the config.sys and the autoexec.bat to see if that changed anything.. It didnt.

Any ideas?

-Machine

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[RGK01]

Run a virus check.
remove IDE controller
reboot, and install proper IDE drivers.

DOS compatability mode is just that, something is stopping the IDE busmaster drivers from loading. Could be a virus, corrupted driver, wrong drivers, or a hardware problem with the IDE.

[Machine]

Oddness comes in all shapes and sizes.

I did that about 8 times already...

It just seems that it worked the last time hehehehehe



Thanks for your input you are being forwarded to a long list of phone numbers of stupid ppl who want to badger you.

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[Larommi]

There is also that "NOIDE" that magically appears in the registry. Its not a bad idea to make that part of your troubleshooting, and get rid of it. It has saved me alot of headaches.

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[protechpc]

Larommi is correct. NOIDE in the registry will kick your tail. I have found that when the system has a problem such as the one described, NOIDE will show up in the reg. If you do not remove it, the problem will not go away. It is a simple procedure. Run regedit, search for NOIDE. When it shows up, delete it.


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