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Dos 5.0 or 6.2? and AT wire setup

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First post, by Nic-93

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I have this complete dos 5.0 package, and i was wondering if that can be used fine with windows installed ontop of it or would it need dos 6.2?
These floppies havent been used so much so i was thinking of useing that on my older computers that needs dos.
Would i need the red wires to go first and then the black wires after?

Reply 1 of 37, by Caluser2000

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Nic-93 wrote:

I have this complete dos 5.0 package, and i was wondering if that can be used fine with windows installed ontop of it or would it need dos 6.2?

Asuming you are talking a bout Windows 3.x, yes it will run fine on top of MS/PC Dos 5. I have that seup on my 286.

Not sure what your second question is refering to. PSU? If so Black/black face each other in the center on the mobo.

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Reply 2 of 37, by alexanrs

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Memorize this: "Red and red and you are dead".

Red wires apart from each other, black wires in the middle.

Reply 4 of 37, by Caluser2000

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Nic-93 wrote:

I mean i have placed the wire setup like this in the foto https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mzl3uFrfZ8A

and i mean above windows 3.x more in windows 98.

Windows 98 has it's own Dos and doesn't need versions 5 or 6 at all.

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Reply 5 of 37, by Nic-93

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Oh, alright, but is the wires placed correctly? the picture is showing how wires are placed at the moment.

Reply 6 of 37, by Caluser2000

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Nic-93 wrote:

Oh, alright, but is the wires placed correctly? the picture is showing how wires are placed at the moment.

You posted a youtube video of some funky dancing........

Connect as per below;

The attachment atpic.jpg is no longer available

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Reply 7 of 37, by Nic-93

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Wait, what??
i thougt i posted a mediafire link, head must have messed with me.

https://www.mediafire.com/?8eohht6i1w1ddpi there it is, thats how i setup the psu connection for the at plug.

Reply 8 of 37, by Caluser2000

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Just put the image as attachment on vogons........It's a very simple process. That way we avoid flash a stupid popups.

Like so;

The attachment ATconnector.jpg is no longer available
Last edited by Caluser2000 on 2015-11-01, 00:14. Edited 1 time in total.

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Reply 9 of 37, by Nic-93

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Oh? didnt know that, since most forums i visit ever has that feature.
how can i that?

Reply 10 of 37, by Caluser2000

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Nic-93 wrote:

Oh? didnt know that, since most forums i visit ever has that feature.
how can i that?

I did it for you in my previous post and yes they are connected correctly.

It's simple process. Down the bottem of the posing page you'll see "Upload Attachments" It's quite easy to do directly off what ever device you took your snap from.

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Reply 11 of 37, by Nic-93

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So i can safely boot it up?
so red are meant to be placed first?

Reply 12 of 37, by Caluser2000

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Live dangerously.

Look at the VERY clear pictures I posted. You have black to black as alexanrs mentioned so all's good.

Normal disclaimer-:vogons will not be held responsable for any damage that may result of your own actions 😉

Good luck.

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Reply 13 of 37, by Nic-93

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I wanted to be on the safe side with the motherboard
And i got this other problem with the board haveing a couple of of those small front wires the big plug is the bleeper and there is a fan wire i couldnt include because it was to short.

Reply 14 of 37, by Caluser2000

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Nic-93 wrote:

I wanted to be on the safe side with the motherboard
And i got this other problem with the board haveing a couple of of those small front wires the big plug is the bleeper and there is a fan wire i couldnt include because it was to short.

Some mobos have these labled. What is the motherboard type you are using? There should be numbers an letters printed on it somewhere. The hdd lead could either plug into the mobo if it has onboard ide contoller or IDE/multi i/o card or possibly even on the hdd itself.

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Reply 15 of 37, by Nic-93

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I got a shot of the motherboard where the pins shal sit, i cant really find what type it is, only the chips say sis on them

Reply 16 of 37, by Caluser2000

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Post a pic of the mobo with all the cards pulled. Some one here might know what model it is.

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Reply 17 of 37, by Nic-93

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i cant exactly find a model name, only sis on those bigge chips.

Reply 18 of 37, by alexanrs

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Just put a pic of the board, if possible. Other users might have boards that look exactly like it, which would make it easy to identify.

Btw, if it doesn't have a model name on the board itself, it is probably one of those motherboards from cheap brands (PCChips, EFA, Luckytech, etc...). I'd try googling for PCChips boards (like the M598LMR) - as that brand was so widespread that it is relatively easy to find their specs - and compare them.

Reply 19 of 37, by Nic-93

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But why entire board? noting is wrong on that part, but im mostly curius on what pin should those wires placed onto.