CPU Upgrade limit for HP Pavilion 7270?

Posted on 2017-09-07, 23:45

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by King_Corduroy

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What's the best CPU I can slap in this Hewlett Packard Pavilion 7270? It's a Pentium 166 as far as I know and I'm not sure what RAM it has but it would be handy to know what the limit for that is. Thanks! https://img07.deviantart.net/4461/i/2017/250/2/f/untitled_by_mad_king_corduroy-dbmpkxh.jpg …

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Re: Packard Bell Multimedia GL Pentium MMX 233 PC

Posted on 2017-08-21, 23:15

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by King_Corduroy

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Neat computer! Do you still have this thing? I was wondering if I could get some better photo's. Yes, i still do, but i ended removing the AWE64 and the Voodoo 2 (stuck with the stock S3, may install an Voodoo 1 someday and the original AzTech soundcard) Could you shoot some photo's of it with …

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Re: Great collectors of Vogons! What's missing in your collections? :P

Posted on 2017-08-21, 22:08

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by King_Corduroy

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After years of enjoyable searching for the things on my list I have everything I want, and I'm here to tell ya that it hasn't made me a happier man - if anything my interest in this hobby has declined :depressed: There's something to be said for the thrill of the chase / having a list of projects …

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Re: Packard Bell Multimedia GL Pentium MMX 233 PC

Posted on 2017-08-21, 21:55

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by King_Corduroy

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Neat computer! Do you still have this thing? I was wondering if I could get some better photo's.

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Has anyone Edited BIOS splash screen?

Posted on 2017-08-20, 18:56

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by King_Corduroy

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I'm thinking of sticking an OEM motherboard in a computer that doesn't match so ideally I'd love to be able to change the logo to match the case I'm putting it in. It's an old IBM motherboard btw.

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Re: Post your Packard Bell computers here!

Posted on 2017-08-20, 05:45

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by King_Corduroy

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It was, super socket 7. The CPU seemed to be glued in too which is a little odd. I'm probably thinking of Cyrix not celeron. 🤣

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Re: Post your Packard Bell computers here!

Posted on 2017-08-20, 05:30

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oeuvre wrote: King_Corduroy wrote: Very nice oeuvre! Too bad you didn't keep it, did you sell it? Thanks! I did sell it, even with shipping made a $100 profit. Ah good, I was hoping you'd say that and not that it got scrapped 🤣

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Re: Post your Packard Bell computers here!

Posted on 2017-08-19, 22:51

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by King_Corduroy

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Nice! Almost bought one of the iextreme ones off ebay not too long ago, but changed my mind on it. Some of the Core 2 Duo era ones are quite cool looking. 😁

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Re: Post your Packard Bell computers here!

Posted on 2017-08-19, 21:53

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No I tossed the whole thing months back unfortunately. Sort of wish I hadn't but it was kinda junky after all and I mainly just collect the face logo Packard Bell machines.

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Re: Post your Packard Bell computers here!

Posted on 2017-08-19, 20:55

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by King_Corduroy

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Holy crap! I'm totally jealous! 🤣 I wish they hadn't stopped selling them over here. I'd kill to have a Pentium II or better Packard Bell.

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Re: Post your Packard Bell computers here!

Posted on 2017-08-19, 20:40

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by King_Corduroy

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Nice! I had one of the similar ones a while back but the PSU exploded and since the American versions lack the Face logo I just tossed it. lol Year: 1998 CPU: Celeron of some sort Don't remember much else about it unfortunately. https://img06.deviantart.net/9f97/i/2017/231/2/2/untitled_by_mad_king_ …

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Re: Post your Packard Bell computers here!

Posted on 2017-08-19, 18:55

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by King_Corduroy

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Very nice oeuvre! Too bad you didn't keep it, did you sell it?

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Re: Post your Packard Bell computers here!

Posted on 2017-08-19, 18:36

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Honestly I'm beginning to think the unreliability is a bit of a myth, every Packard Bell I've come across has only needed minimal work if any. I mean sure it was quirky hardware that often acted a little funky but Packard Bell certainly wasn't the only one doing weird things at the time. And yes I …

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Post your Packard Bell computers here!

Posted on 2017-08-19, 17:05

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by King_Corduroy

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Just saw the post "Show me your HP!" and thought that was a great idea, but as a Packard Bell collector I'd be more interested to see people's Packard Bell machines. lol So go ahead! Post a pic and the specs, plus whatever mods you've done to it since you go it. :D I'll probably be posting mine here …

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Re: How many computers do you own?

Posted on 2017-08-19, 16:28

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harddrivespin wrote: Jade Falcon wrote: Zero, yes zero. Selling everything i have to put together a really nice syatem. On a more serious note, surely you wouldn't need to sell *all* of your things just for one PC build? Yeah I wouldn't have thought so either, you can build a half decent system for …

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Re: How many computers do you own?

Posted on 2017-08-19, 05:12

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Yars it's amazing how many PC's some of you guys have. I've been selling off / giving away a lot of my stuffs over the last few months and feeling good about it. I was collecting for 4-5 years, refining my machines, then looking for backups of the hardware I deemed important - too many "things" in …

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Re: How many computers do you own?

Posted on 2017-08-19, 04:54

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I had a whole room dedicated to storage at one point. I still have quite a bit but no where near the over 40 machines I originally had. EDIT: Also just looked and apparently I started this thread? XD I don't even remember doing that but I've both gotten rid of a lot of machines and gained a lot of …

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Re: How many computers do you own?

Posted on 2017-08-18, 23:50

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Busy cutting mine down, I have too many right now to actually enjoy using the ones I want to. This started about like a quest to try as much as possible but now I'm just sort of stacking it all in a corner. lol Honestly miss the days when I had only one or two and had no money to buy the ones on …

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2017-08-17, 18:14

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by King_Corduroy

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Think your probably overreacting honestly.

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2017-08-17, 17:22

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by King_Corduroy

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What happened this time? To my understanding one long standing member said something dumb to another and that was it. Not really the end of the world. 🤣

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