OK -- here's where I show my technical ignorance

What I know about DOS/Win machines would comfortably fit in a flea's navel, but my friend Rick knows even less, and he's got a problem I hope some of you can help me with: He has a Dell P300MMX, 128Mb RAM, Velocity 128 4Mb graphics card, and AWE 64 SoundBlaster. He also has a CH Formula T2 wheel (and pedals? Don't know, didn't look) Here are his problems: His CD drive (some 32X whiz-bang) is designated as Drive H, but he cannot access Drive H (or drive G, for that matter, which is an internal Zip) in DOS command-line-interface, he can only get drive H in DOS Windows -- that is, the DOS dialog box accessible in Win95. He has the following sims, some of which work, some which partially work, and some which don't work at all: Nascar 2: His T2 steering wheel steers backwards, everything else seems OK, and ALL other sims steer correctly. X-Car: Works fine NFS1: NO sound whatsoever NFS2: Intermittent sound problem He has no access to this newsgroup, and I'm as much help as the proverbial mammary appendages on a male boar, so if you could give me some idea how to start tracking this down, I'd be most appreciative. Thanks Bart

The driver for the cd rom is not loading in dos. I had the same problem when I got my new Dell, I called them and they had me up and running in about 10 minutes. Your friend may just want to give em a call. -- Don Burnette I-65 Racing Dburn on Ten

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>What I know about DOS/Win machines would comfortably fit in a flea's >navel, but my friend Rick knows even less, and he's got a problem I hope >some of you can help me with: >He has a Dell P300MMX, 128Mb RAM, Velocity 128 4Mb graphics card, and >AWE 64 SoundBlaster. He also has a CH Formula T2 wheel (and pedals? >Don't know, didn't look) >Here are his problems: >His CD drive (some 32X whiz-bang) is designated as Drive H, but he >cannot access Drive H (or drive G, for that matter, which is an internal >Zip) in DOS command-line-interface, he can only get drive H in DOS >Windows -- that is, the DOS dialog box accessible in Win95.

He needs to load the DOS real-mode drivers. I would recommend putting them in dosstart.bat (located in windows directory) and NOT the autoexec.bat. Here is an example of mine: C:\MSINPUT\MOUSE\MOUSE.EXE C:\PROGRA~1\SBCD\DOSDRV\CTLOAD C:\PROGRA~1\SBCD\DOSDRV\SBIDE.SYS /D:MSCD001 /V /P:168,10,36e C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\MSCDEX /D:MSCD001 /V /M:8 SMARTDRV 8192 He also needs to load his sound drivers. Here is an example of mine from my autoexec.bat: SET SOUND=C:\PROGRA~1\CREATIVE\CTSND SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 H5 P330 E620 T6 SET MIDI=SYNTH:1 MAP:E MODE:0 Shame on Dell for not setting up the system properly. Regards, Harry

When you quit from Windows to "Restart in MS-Dos mode a file called dosstart.bat is run. Add the things you would normally put in your autoexec.bat to this file and see if it fixes it. Also try adding the line lastdrive=z to your congig.sys. Hope this helps

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>>His CD drive (some 32X whiz-bang) is designated as Drive H, but he >>cannot access Drive H (or drive G, for that matter, which is an internal >>Zip) in DOS command-line-interface, he can only get drive H in DOS >>Windows -- that is, the DOS dialog box accessible in Win95 >Bart- >I'm NO expert by longest of shot,but I believe while w95 looks and >sees hardware (all-knowing) exiting to dos still requires a trip to >autoexec. Here's where I fail you. There is an autoexec.bat AND an >autoexec.dos - I'm not sure which (maybe both??) but you need to >tell your system thru this command that there is a cd-drive out there >and where it can be found....hmmm now I'll make matters worse. I'm not >sure if its the autoexec or config.sys (config.dos) that needs >direction. ANYWAY you can at least use this as a place to start, huh? >Bruce

In the Options screen, I assume he has the option selected to use the wheel and not kb/joystick? On the left side of the screen he then has all of the various control options and their mapped control equivalent. Clicking on the Steering option allows him to set the steering wheel axis as his steering control. He MUST steer as instructed in the dialog: first to the Left, then to the Right. When he's done, the option should say something like "Wheel <>". If he steers in the wrong direction, it will say "Wheel If he's already done this correctly and it still steers backwards, then repeat the above process except steer to the right first. This tricks N2 into thinking the axis is switched. -- ============ Kurtis Miller

On Wed, 24 Dec 1997 16:08:49 -0500, Barton Spencer Brown

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>What I know about DOS/Win machines would comfortably fit in a flea's >navel, but my friend Rick knows even less, and he's got a problem I hope >some of you can help me with: >He has a Dell P300MMX, 128Mb RAM, Velocity 128 4Mb graphics card, and >AWE 64 SoundBlaster. He also has a CH Formula T2 wheel (and pedals? >Don't know, didn't look) >Here are his problems: >His CD drive (some 32X whiz-bang) is designated as Drive H, but he >cannot access Drive H (or drive G, for that matter, which is an internal >Zip) in DOS command-line-interface, he can only get drive H in DOS >Windows -- that is, the DOS dialog box accessible in Win95. >He has the following sims, some of which work, some which partially >work, and some which don't work at all: >Nascar 2: His T2 steering wheel steers backwards, everything else seems >OK, and ALL other sims steer correctly. >X-Car: Works fine >NFS1: NO sound whatsoever >NFS2: Intermittent sound problem >He has no access to this newsgroup, and I'm as much help as the >proverbial mammary appendages on a male boar, so if you could give me >some idea how to start tracking this down, I'd be most appreciative. >Thanks >Bart

I had that problem on my Digital 133mhz after I bought it. Eventually I learned that I needed to go to Digital's web page and download a new set of DOS drivers which essentially updated my autoexec file to read my CD-ROM and mouse in a true DOS enviroment. So I suggest going to Dell web page and look for updates or call the company about it. Mine works great now. Good luck!