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1996 Packard Bell Restoration | Plastic Fantastic

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26th April 2023 22 min

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Our vintage computer restoration continues as today we treat the plastics, service some parts and put it all together for testing.

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● Chapters

00:00 Intro and recap

02:20 Who are PCBWay.com

02:43 Cleaning and restoring the Packard Bell plastics

09:28 Cleaning the chassis and putting it back together

11:20 Fixing the harddrive and imaging

15:20 Revealing the restored Packard Bell

● Episode Links

Part 1: https://youtu.be - The Packard Bell Arrives

Part 2: https://youtu.be - Testing and Cleaning Inside

Part 3: https://youtu.be - Finding a Working Monitor

Part 4: https://youtu.be - Plastic Fantastic

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