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...

A friends daughter did a little shopping for a new computer for college. Interestingly enough, she found that all of the current sales the stores are running, will not be running during MO's tax free weekend. She actually found that she saves more by shopping the sale now and not the tax free...

Hi So,...... when I connect the PB computer to the CAT5 plug cable, would it be possible to use a splitter so that both computers can be on line at the same time? Would it be possible to have two computers in the same house on line at the same time on a split CAT5 plug so that both...

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I just tried submitting this email to some email addresses for Packard Bell that I got off the Internet (that sadly were 10 years old). Can anyone help with something more up to date? I post the email here as it may be of interest and somebody may be able to say if Packard Bell are the right...

Agreed, cookies are a royal pain in the arse. But Billy Gates is not the culprit on this one. Tim Berners-Lee and his cohorts who invented the WWW included cookies. You'll get cookies on Macs, Linux boxes, and any other computer with a browser that complies with the WWW standard. .... Ben...

When i installed my new pci ati rage graphics card into my pac bell, i also reinstalled toe origional cooling fan, replaced the defective powerleap fan, cleaned the case and applied a nice new layer of heatsink compound. The old cooling fan mounted to the front of the case and blew air into the old...

Hi Gang ! Anyone here ......... ????? Does anyone know if the Packard Bell Corner Computer came with factory Twin CD-ROM drives as an option on any models ? And if so, do you know of any websites with further information, or a model number ?

I can see it on the motherboard, but I can't make out the markings on the cell or battery. Who knows what the correct replacement is? Thanks.

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 got my first NEC (a 5010, 486 DX4-100 if memory serves) way back when. After several more systems over the years, I began using my experience to try to keep older NEC machines out of the landfill. Now I've accumulated a fair number of NEC Master Restore CDs. After NEC and PB got together,...

Chances are high that you have received a phish in your e-mail within the few months or even last week. By the time this book is published and into your hands, the operations that involve phishing scams will have accelerated due to aggressive malware propagation (trojans, viruses), automated...

My daughther owns a Dell Dimesion 2400 That is what she owns and that is what she uses When it was given to her from her grandmother she also purchased an in home 3yr warranty In any case she has had pretyy good luck with the unit. I will clean up spyware and do other things to keep it up to...

Hi, A friend of mine has a Packard Bell, with restore cds labelled 6733860501 and 6733870501. I'm trying to restore as new, but when running it looks at the floppy drive and comes up with 'Device Error Code 6144' and Dos Error 2. What is it looking for and can I get around this?? I cannot see...

Is there anyway to disable the video on a PB Multimedia C115? I've got one that I'm using as a Linux training system (P200; 96MB RAM; 13.6GB, 8GB, and 3GB Hard Drives...all hail Priority Tape for securing the second hard drive!!!; 32X CD-ROM, 3C905B NIC; SB Vibra16; and a 4MB PCI video card). ...

Hi. Boy, been a *long* time since I posted here - last time was for a boot disk and I actually remember Metronid's name. :-) Got an old Packard Bell that I would like to put a different video card in and it has an on-board S3 Virge in it. AFAIK it's a 680 (or so says the FCC sticker). I've got...

my PB 2000, running Win98, won't boot up. when I boot up from CD or floppy, it hangs with the message "dmi verifying pool data." Ideas? thanks to AOL 9.0 Plus, this message is elector proof.

I have had a Packard Bell Multimedia E153 computer since early 1997. The hard disk is just starting to get physical errors on it. I'd liked to replace it and use the Packard Bell restore cd to reinstall everything on to a new hard drive but from what I've read the motherboard that comes with this...

I just recentally found this news group. I was searching for something to do with my Legend 34 CD Supreme (I think that's what it was). It was a 486 DX266, 4 megs of ram on the board, with 1 bank that could support two 32 meg simms, 2 speed CD rom, 420 meg HD, 250 meg tape backup, 2400 baud...

I have a MediaMaster 333ac and have some problems with USB under Win98 (1st edition). I would like to find updated BIOS and/or system drivers but I can't find anything on PackardBell web site. Can anyone point me to an URL ? Thanks Regis