"Gary" wrote in message ... I have about the same problem on my unit. I bought a new CD player but have not installed it. My problem is the my CD now shows as "D" drive instead of the original 'Q" drive from the...

Hi, I'm new here. Found this place through "Another Packard Bell Site", and thought I'd check out this place. I have a PB MM950c. I want to up-grade it, and am trying to find out how, and what to use for ram. I know it is EDO ram, and right now it has 62 mb's of ram. It's expandable to 256, so what...

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I have a Pulsar (I think it is an S?)called a multimedia which seems to use a 680 motherboard. I was testing it and it started asking me for passwords which I dont know: Does anyone know how I get into the BIOS of this computer without knowing the password? (or would downloading and then flashing...

Can anyone help me track down a (Win 98 or XP) driver for this Packard Bell badged camera? I can't find anything on their site and web searches haven't succeeded... TIA, Declan

Hi, I am trying enable the USB ports Packard Bell PB 9533, Windows 98SE with all the updates USB is enabled in the BIOS. I have installed the drivers for 2 USB devices. The "Intel 82801AA USB Universal Host Controller" is listed in device manager as is one "USB Root Hub" I have tried lots of...

Award Modular BIOS v.4.51 PG Packard Bell FR510 BIOS v.00.01.18 11/25/1998-ALADDIN5-2A5KKG5DC-00 MOBO S/N: E093026283 Model: 930/950 Chipset Ali M1541 (GVC) I have a PB running 160 MB RAM and Win 2k Pro SP4. I tried to install the Wireless PCI Adapter after the SW itself was installed (per...

I have Packard-bell 450M+/4x4 computer and after 13 years of service, the BIOS battery has died, causing all sorts of start-up problems. How would I go about replacing the battery? The user manual gives no instructions and it seems that its soldered on to the motherboard. The manual mentions...

From: "Anthony" Newsgroups: alt.sys.pc-clone.packardbell Subject: Revised: ALT.SYS.PC-CLONE.PACKARDBELL FAQ Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2003 17:13:04 -0600 Organization: netINS, Inc. Lines: 263 Message-ID: Reply-To: "Anthony"...

Is it best to leave a dead soldered battery on a D1000 board ( it has ~ 1/4 inch clearance above the board) or snip it off in attempting to solder in a coin holder? mc

I have a Packard Bell C-110 P-I 120mhz computer. At the time I just wanted it for the hard-drive, which I put in another computer and formatted. This old PB has *everything* that came with it, all the old software extras, the printer, everything. So, just for grins I'd like to get it up and...

I have been trying to restore my P/B machine using the disks that came with it. Restore floppy, three CDS. Everything goes well, and it gives every indication that the restore worked, until I shut it down. Despite the fact it will reboot with no problems, booting up after a shut down always...

I went to that losers RTFM Yahoo Groups for packard bell and noticed now its posting that Jack guys photo on the opening page with a conference table of people. What a moron this A. Grayson Walker is. Then he has some mention of a State Agency on the site as well which has nothing to do with...

I've probably asked this before, but never did anything about it. I finally came across an nvidia GeForce MX4000 128MB pci video card that I am trying to get to work in a PB 910. First problem is how do I disable on board video. Disabling it in system properties isn't doing anything. Does...

Hello,,,, :) :) Thanks for your reply!!! The system is old and is running GREAT using W98SE; o Packard Bell Legend 822 CDT ( Purchased in 1995) o 32 MB RAM (originally 16MB) o PB 600 MotherBoard o Windows 98SE (originally Windows for Workgroups 3.1, Dos 6.2)

Last week i reported that i was having troubles restoring my pb A950-TWR back to factor specs. I have since got it restored and running but there are some thnigs that are reall annoying me. First, when i first ran navigator for the first time i saw the icons for the scanner, tv and the media...

Hi... I am currently trying to help a friend install a network card in a very old Packard Bell Legend 5385z computer. The motherboard is a PB640. This friend has at long last bought a new computer, but wants to transfer stuff off the old onto the new. Now my friend is not computerly adept, so I...

Hi- I have this Packard Bell restore Cd. It is MS# X03-94299 368-00001-000 How do I create the restore diskette from the MCD? Thanks- Bill

I have an old Legend 10cd and want to put a larger hd in along with the 320mb? drive that it came with. Anyone know what the largest drive this machine will recognize is? I believe I have the original bios right now. Also, is it a 450 motherboard this machine has (50mhz 486)? Will it support a...

Is there a link with instructions on how to modify the recovery diskette to work with a new cdrom drive? I don't mind doing the work myself but can not figure out how to do so.