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Old March 31st 06, 04:26 AM posted to alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus
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Default kinda OT but..."Type path to command interpreter"?

If you used the 80 pin cables to connect to the IDE connector on the
motherboard, it does matter which drive is connected to which connector. I
don't have a cable in front of me but their is a color code. The center
connector goes to the secondary (slave) drive with the end connector (the
one close to the center connector) goes to the primary (master) drive.
Obviously, the last end connector goes to IDE #1 connector on the mb.

Note that I have documentation from Asus that has a mistake in the manual
(for an A8N32-SLI mb) that shows the connectors being reversed - their
manual is wrong and maybe so is yours.

Also, check if your drives are set up for master/slave or need to be on
cable select settings. Someone else already mentioned checking the BIOS.

Bob S.


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ahhh I wanna kill myself....hey all...I'm the guy below that built the
system for a surveillance system, with a P4P800-e board, some of you
responded to a problem I had.

Now I have another...lol....I did a system restore in winME to a few days
ago from today (the 27th in the restore calender, because I made some
changes I wanted to undo) and rebooted: got stopped cold with a "type path
to command interpreter eg: c:\windows\command.com" error...thats bad
news....system wont boot: its not surveilling the store, no video in case
of robbery or something...a distinct possiblity in my town....lol...system
is just staring at me with a C:\ on its face.

so, I start the troubleshooting...the floppy drive I threw in was original
equipment (I used as much as I could from the old system when I built the
new one for him) and now I find it dont work...figures. I tried to use a
winMe boot floppy to run SYS C: command...cant do that.

There are 2 maxtor drives in the an 80 gig, and a 160 gig. The 160 gig
is the system drive with winME and all the surveillance software (which
wont run on 2K or XP unless upgrading for 50000 bazillion dollars) and
stuff on it. I open the system up out of curiosity, disconnect the slave
drive: system boots up no prob....

Plug slave back in: "type path to command interpreter eg:
c:\windows\command.com"

Repeat several times to confirm...

So, with slave drive disconnected, system works..but surveillance software
wants that drive so it can store the 20 meg .avi files it creates every 30
seconds, and without it, the software wont initialize...I dont quite
understand all that, but its proprietary so vodka kills the urge to really
learn.....

what are my options....take slave out, put in diff machine and reformat?

buy new floppy drive? (neither machine on my home network have floppies,
cuz they have bootable USB CD's)

looking for a different perspective here.....thanks for any assistance....