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.

Hi All, Just wondering if anyone still has a PB restore cd for the 486 systems from 1994?It would create ms-dos/win3xx setup discs via discimage in win3xx.I would really to get a copy,if they're still available.No luck via the usual internet searches and queries to commercial vendors.Thanks.

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Working on a Multimedia S618 with an S3 Trio64V+ PCI (765) video card. It's stuck at 16 colors (no idea how, I'm fixing it for a friend), and the adapter appears in Device Manager with an exclamation point on it, and an error message. "Windows cannot initialize built-in graphics adapter." Any help...

Hello alt.sys.pc-clone.packardbell NewsGroup,,,,, :) :) I have an old PackardBell (vintage 1995) and it is running like a champ with W98SE,,,,,, I would like to insert a PCI NIC card and have tried only one ( a 3Com Nic PCI),,,this one did not work and actually would not allow the PB 600 to...

Hello all, It seems that related posts from others in search of this CD have come up here a handful of times over the years. I'm trying to restore my vintage Packard Bell machine (PB Pro 65CD Supreme) to it's former glory but am missing the original Master Restore CD ...#170210. I still have the...

I have been given a 10Gig hard drive and want to use it as a slave to my 2Gig (Master) drive. The problem is that I am using Win98SE and have a pretty old BIOS. (My processor is a Pentium 200MHz). I've been told that there is a limitation on the size of slave I can have. Some have said 2Gig...

Hey all, I have a Packard Bell 486 that I have installed RH 7 on. I haven't used the box in awhile. When I boot it can't find the hard drive. All my bios info is correct (date/time). I have set the bios to "Auto detect" and it doesn't work. I can't look at the hard drive because I can't get it...

I have a PB Club 600CS system, and I'd like to know how much RAM the motherboard can take. The RAM is as follows: - Came with 64MB, added another 64MB, works fine - tried a 512MB RAM, cannot work - tried a 256MB RAM, also cannot work - tried 128 + 64, also cannot work Seemed that this motherboard...

Has anyone ever found where PB put the hidden file for system credentials? mc

Hello PB group, I have an old 486 - PB Axcel 251 from 1995. I have made the full upgrades for the modem,56K, and all the memory (64 ram, 512 L2cache,and 2 mb for video ram) but can't for the processor. Its a DX-2 /66mhz chip, socket 3 type. I got the upgrade that the manual recommended, Pentium...

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I have a MultiMedia #8950, S/N P196007583+,mother board PB911, Floppy Boot BPCS #143153-04, Master CD #175520-02, Recovery CD #172200-01, Companion CD #172201-01. I couldn't seem to 'restore' my hard drive to its original state, so I did a 'Format c:' and erased my hard drive, thinking I could...

I updated my bios on my A950-Twr computer so i could use the computer but a new and more annoying problem has arisen. We had to format the drive and reinstall windows 98. Now it can't find the cd drive, the ps/2 mouse will not work, There are conflicts galore and some of my programs will not start...

I have an old Packard Bell 486 system which I am using as a Linux router, and it is performing well. The system battery is dead, though, and I don't know what voltage external battery to use. The unit has the following information on it: Front - PB 1666CD Back - Model PB440A If someone could tell...

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Hello, Looking for any info on a PB 910 serial #EO93039642+ that I can find. The system is all original except for added memory. Would REALLY like to know if there has ever been a BIOS update. Any info would be appreciated. Thanks. -- Cork's Tribute to Molly...

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=471609&Sku=P450-7109&CatId=319 would the video card on this site work in this sytem. i want to put a video card in this machine and i do know i have to use pci is there any hope or anything someone knows i can put in here...

Has anyone tried to make a new op sys disk by replacing the op sys files from the A version to the B version? Would it work?....just for fun mc

Hi ! This message is coming to you via the 486 PB Legend 38CD Supreme. Apparently, this "old" 486 BIOS is pretty sophisticated. I slapped in a 1.6G IDE drive, and it autodetected it. For ease of installation of WIN98SE, I put an ATAPI IDE CD-ROM on the primary channel as a slave, loaded a...