Just got mine in yesterday and what a nice product! So professionally made with the black box and breakaway cable - very impressed by the workmanship and design. It works exactly as intended and am extremely happy with my purchase. Thanks again, Volo!

Yay!!! Volo just reached out to me and he was able to get home safely and take some orders so I went ahead and ordered mine right away. He is a super nice guy, too - a pleasure to talk to. Can't wait to get this to finally play Alien Carnage, Jill of the Jungle, Vinyl, Jazz Jackrabbit, Commander …

I definitely will check it when I get home! The file I tried was definitely vy212 so I assume it's the same file but 100% worth a shot and thanks for helping get to the bottom of it! Thanks so much for the reply. Unfortunately I tried that exact driver and it did not work but I will try again when I …

Thanks so much for the reply. Unfortunately I tried that exact driver and it did not work but I will try again when I get home to show you exactly what happens with it. I also realize the difference between the two cards. The 811 is a gen 2 and the 824 is a gen3. The 811 I bought for a few bucks as …

Hey everyone, I'm trying to get the last piece of the Packard Bell restored - the CD-ROM. It's a Matsushita and this is the original drive and card that came with the computer (Legend 35CD). I can find working drivers for both DOS and Win 3.1 but none will work with the CD-ROM. I know the drive …

I figured out the problem - it is the external AA battery box I put in. If I remove it, it recognizes the processor every time and the monitor turns on and starts to POST much quicker - like I remember it from my teen years. I was told that a diode is needed, still trying to figure that one out …

Hmm I have a similar old PBell but board 180433, it started giving issues which lead to the PSU failing but after a year on a better PSU it started having issues again and is near dead now. I do not think the boards were made to last this long and suspect bad capacitors but is not worth my time to …

Maybe there are some bad contacts buzzing you. You could try to clean all jumpers and contacts you can find with isopropyl alcohol and see if that's the issue. I had something like that with a vlb system lately, the video sometimes works, sometimes not. Then the keyboard wouldn't work. Than there …

With my new sound card the computer sometimes takes 5 or 6 resets before it boots correctly now. With the old sound card it would take only one reset almost always.

I think I have another symptom. The sound card that came with this computer was a Washington 16 (mmsn824) but it was giving me issues when I first got the computer and assumed the sound card was bad. It was showing corrupt characters kinda going from the top left diagonally down to the bottom right. …

Maybe there are some bad contacts buzzing you. You could try to clean all jumpers and contacts you can find with isopropyl alcohol and see if that's the issue. I had something like that with a vlb system lately, the video sometimes works, sometimes not. Then the keyboard wouldn't work. Than there …

yep it is a PB450 and thanks for that link - I have a decent link http://www.uktsupport.co.uk/pb/mb/450.htm but your link above is a little more comprehensive on the cache chips, which is my next upgrade (since I have none at all installed). I'll look into changing that setting and see if it does …

Hello everyone! Been lurking here reading topics for years but now have a problem I am having a problem diagnosing that I would love to get others' opinions on. I've been buying parts to rebuild my first ever computer, a Packard Bell 486DX2-66. Got a good working computer (after it boots correctly), …