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Packard Bell Executive MM 923 D

RH-9239

Packard Bell at its mid-nineties height, when it was the biggest name in retail PC sales and almost unknown to anybody who bought direct: a Pentium on an LPX board with the graphics, the sound and the CD-ROM already fitted, so the carton held the whole computer. Assembled in France for the European market. Ordinary then and uncommon now — they were bought to be used up, and nobody thought to keep one.

Details

Manufacturer
Packard Bell
Model
Executive MM 923 D
Year
1996
Serial
3469161197
Form factor
proprietary
Chassis
slimline desktop
CPU
Intel Pentium-100
Installed RAM
2× 4MiB 72-pin, 2× 16MiB 72-pin (40 MiB)
OS
Windows 98
Condition
Working
Source
TME Matt
Acquired
2026-09-05
Notes
CPU configured as 66MHz * 1.5.

Machine

Catalogue model
Executive MM 923 D — Packard Bell, 1996
Region
Europe

Motherboard

Parts

5
RH-UXWMstorage

NEC CDR-1300A

Kind
Optical
Interface
IDE
Protocol
ATAPI
Media
CD-ROM
Colour
Off-white
Yellowing
Yellowed
Form factor
5.25"
RH-1000storage

Seagate ST32122A

Kind
Hard disk
Interface
IDE
Protocol
ATA
Capacity
2062368 KiB
CHS
4092/16/63
Speed
5400 rpm
Form factor
3.5"

Work

6/6

Part of Packard Bell Executive MM 923 D

  • Replace the CPU overdrive board with the spare Pentium 100 — the overdrive board's voltage regulator has failed2026-09-06
  • Fit a heatsink to the Pentium 1002026-09-06
  • Replace the CMOS battery — POST reports it failed and the time and date are not set2026-09-13
  • Check the keyboard — POST reports none detected2026-09-13
  • Read the board name off the motherboard and record it as the board revision2026-09-13
  • Clean the machine up2026-09-13

Files

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History

Acquired 2026-09-05 from TME Matt · held 1 month

2026-09-10
note Overdrive removed, Pentium 100 installed.
2026-09-10
note Finally working. Replaced Aztech sound card with PicoGUS.
2026-09-06
note battery fitted

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