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All Right, Who's Got The Oldest PB by
BR549
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.
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April 22nd 04 10:53 AM
by BR549
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PB Restore cds by
Htos1
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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November 15th 17 02:12 AM
by Htos 1
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Multimedia S618 - Cannot initialize built-in graphics adapter by
peterjmilan
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...
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February 12th 04 09:59 PM
by Elector
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A NIC Card for a PB 600 Motherboard by
Jerry
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...
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October 1st 07 04:38 PM
by Jerry
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Please Help! In search of a Packard Bell Master CD# 170210 by
Snobrdr000
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...
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Partitioning help? by
Champagne Charlie
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...
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July 29th 04 12:04 AM
by sparky
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BIOS won't detect my hard drive by
Michael Ratel
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...
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Packard Bell Club 600 CS question by
Gyro
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...
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November 20th 03 01:07 AM
by Gyro
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sys credentials by
AWM
Has anyone ever found where PB put the hidden file for system credentials?
mc
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March 15th 08 01:08 PM
by AWM
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Compatable Processor by
Poster 60
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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ATTN: metronid by
RTFM
perhaps
you can't read
the messages
because
of your revealing
photograph
we never knew
you were so blessed
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Computer doesn't know it's a Packard Bell by
coop
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...
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December 23rd 03 12:45 PM
by Elector
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trip to hell after bios update by
Jeptha
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...
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CMOS Battery Voltage? Manual? by
[email protected]
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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PB 910 by
Cork
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...
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January 31st 04 04:39 AM
by Cork
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video card in 930/950 motherboard by
destinywlf
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...
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October 24th 03 06:10 PM
by Elector
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Modify win95 A to B by
mc
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
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May 14th 08 02:39 AM
by AWM
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PB 486 'cruising the net by
Robert E. Watts
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...
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