The machine is about 6 months old, when running on battery it will die after about 8 minutes use. There is no warning and the battery power indicates over 70pc life left. I have looked at the battery management and nothing unusual there. I have tried draining the battery and then fully charging but...

Well, I held on to my PB Multimedia M400 as long as I could. I wanted a DVD burner, and many of the new software titles require XP. Goodbye Packard Bell. Too bad there are no new PB models in the US. Bob D.

I'm getting ready to discard a PB Legend 812CD computer. Can anybody use parts or complete? email - bobkos at earthlink dot net

Hi All: Occasionally I have been running into Packard Bell software at a local PC recycler's place. The disks are being trashed. I recently got rid of some on eBay. It was a Major hassle to sell them that way because Microsoft intervened and had my auctions pulled for 'Copyright...

Hi Gang! After much fiddling around, the 'ol 486 PB tower is on the 'net. Sure is a lot slower than a 3+GHz Whizzbang......... It is painful to be reminded of how primitive the very early PNP BIOS' were. This 486 PB has a 450 PNP Ver 1.1a BIOS that is aggravating in the least. The computer came...

Hi Gang ! Well, I was fiddling around with some computer stuff today, and spotted my second Packard Bell Corner Computer sitting abandoned on a shelf. I haven't done anything with it since receiving it a couple of months ago, and had forgotten that it didn't have a HDD in it. So when I plugged...

Please ignore this as it's a test. Thanks.

Out of the 14 PB's I have in my shop, I have one that is pretty old. It's a 286. Still runs. Anybody got that beat? Let me go dig it out and I'll post the model number and name.

I need to get a SmartLink V.92 CNR-type modem, 'not' a PCI-type one. Can anyone sell me one? Perhaps someone who no longer uses it due to upgrading to a high-speed connection? If you can help out, please email me. Cheers. Geo.

I got a "replacement" CNR modem this morning from 'Regis' in Canada via this NG, and rushed to put it into the pc as I was desperate to get my own machine online again. Wishful thinking I'm afraid! The modem is not the same as the one I need. You'll never believe this (or maybe you will), but...

I just cant figure this out!! I got a Packard Bell Multimedia J180 at a garage sale and I cannot figure out how to get the cover off of the tower...can anyone answer without making laughing too hard at me!! thanks....

I had a problem with explorer.exe and had to reinstall windows me, windows came preinstalled on the hd I only have a floppy to reinstall windows I think this is called "windows embedded"?. I first started fdisk and saw that I have 2 partitions already no1 1143 MB non dos and no2 27005 MB fat32. So...

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I had the same problem after fiddling with the partitioning menu. First I had to buy new Master CDs. Luckily is stumbled on the cause of the "glue parts error" problem - the active partition had changed. A. go...

Hello People: I launched an image search for a Packard Bell 386SX-II PC to no avail. I used Google and Yahoo's image search engines and got nada. Could someone on the Net email me an image of this PC; it's important for me to have one as this was my first PC. The only other number I got...

Need system restore diskette for CD MASTER 175541-02 If you have one, I really need one. You can post here that you do have one, and I'll reply with an e-mail address where you can e-mail me the disk contents (zipped file would be great). Thank you very much! Bryan

Arghhhhhhhh! Yup my 'tattoo' has been wiped and I don't have a master CD. Obviously the low level format had totally blanked the disk but I can't fDisk it coz the BIOS is locking the disk until it gets properly tattooed. I hate vendor lock in! Grrrrr! Do any of you out there have the following...

This is off topic for this group. Does anyone know if you can reinstall Windows ME over a computer with Windows ME like you can with Windows 98 over Windows 98 and have everything remain intact? Thanks. Buzz

I have a circa 1998 PB with one USB port. I'm guessing that it is USB 1.1 I'd like to buy one of those tiny plug-in 64 MB memory drives. The ad says it is USB 2.0 Will it work with my USB on my PB? Thanks. Buzz

Can anyone tell me how to dismantle it in order to replace the CD drive? I can't seem to remove the bottom part totally... Thanks, Ben -- BWGames to email change de.news to de-news