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Work required by item: Packard Bell Executive MM 923 D

planned RH-K1F1

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Replace the CMOS battery — POST reports it failed and the time and date are not set
Get past the BIOS password — POST stops at a password prompt
Investigate floppy drive A — POST reports a failure
Check the keyboard — POST reports none detected
Read the board name off the motherboard and record it as the board revision
Clean the machine up
Replace the CPU overdrive board with the spare Pentium 100 — the overdrive board's voltage regulator has failed 2026-09-06
Fit a heatsink to the Pentium 100 2026-09-06

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History

2026-09-06
done: Fit a heatsink to the Pentium 100
2026-09-06
done: Replace the CPU overdrive board with the spare Pentium 100 — the overdrive boar…
2026-09-06
to do: Clean the machine up
2026-09-06
to do: Read the board name off the motherboard and record it as the board revision
2026-09-06
to do: Check the keyboard — POST reports none detected
2026-09-06
to do: Investigate floppy drive A — POST reports a failure
2026-09-06
to do: Get past the BIOS password — POST stops at a password prompt
2026-09-06
to do: Replace the CMOS battery — POST reports it failed and the time and date are not…
2026-09-06
to do: Fit a heatsink to the Pentium 100
2026-09-06
to do: Replace the CPU overdrive board with the spare Pentium 100 — the overdrive boar…
2026-09-06
took on Packard Bell Executive MM 923 D (RH-9239)
2026-09-06
created

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