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Saving a 1996 Packard Bell Pentium PC (even if you hate it) | Trash to Treasure Part 1

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24th November 2022 20 min

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Packard Bell PC's, love them or loathe them, I think they are worth preserving if not for the system then for the memories. An entry level PC for many and the first steps into computing, these machines represent excitement, freedom and fun, even if we probably ditched the brand for our next machine! Let's fix this one up.

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00:00 The Packard Bell Executive Multi-Media

00:39 Who are PCBWay.com?

01:05 Why would I want to save a Packard Bell?

03:41 The origins on this system

07:30 A tour of the Packard Bell Executive

15:10 Shopping for parts

17:28 What next?

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