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First post, by 8bitbubsy

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EDIT: No longer need help with this as I don't have the machine anymore.

I need someone with a Packard Bell 680 series (aka. Multimedia CLE, Multi Media CLE 1211, etc.) to help me out!
BIOS version must end with "DN0R", and the motherboard chipset is Intel NV430VX.

I accidentally flashed MR BIOS to my unit without dumping the original BIOS first, so I'm looking for someone who can run DUMP.BAT (found below) on their Packard Bell machine and upload the outputted BIOS.REC to somewhere. I can't just get the original Packard Bell BIOS online and flash it back, not even in BIOS recovery mode, as MR BIOS changes too much of the original BIOS.

The machine must be of the PB68x series, have no onboard audio, and must have an S3 TrioV64+ integrated GPU.

Machine must look like this: https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/MJ4AAOSwRlpjtgyi/s-l400.jpg
And the motherboard like this: http://www.uktsupport.co.uk/pb/mb/682.htm

Here's a .ZIP with the tools needed, just run DUMP.BAT under MS-DOS (in real mode, not under Windows): https://16-bits.org/etc/PBSTUFF.ZIP

Thanks!

Last edited by 8bitbubsy on 2025-06-19, 09:55. Edited 1 time in total.

386:
- CPU: 386DX-40 + 40MHz FPU + 128kB L1 cache
- RAM: 8MB (0 waitstates, 40MHz)
- VGA: Diamond SpeedSTAR VGA (ET4000AX 1MB ISA)
- Audio: Sound Blaster Pro 2.0
- ISA PS/2 mouse card + ISA USB-stick card
- MR BIOS v1.65

Reply 1 of 1, by dionb

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Don't have the machine I'm afraid, but to help you narrow it down:

- it's not the machine that needs to be a PB68x, it's he motherboard. They were used in a lot of different machines with different names per market. It also does not matter for the motherboard - the BIOSs were not system-specific so any system with PB68x motherboard is good enough, also if it has a different form factor (i.e. the more common 3x3 or 4x4 'frog' desktops instead of that 'pizza tower').
- the PB68x with S3 Trio was the PB682 (the PB683 had a Virge onboard)