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From: Jason James on 27 Jun 2010 00:48
This Packard Bell PC with winxp home edition was bought 2ndhand
($600). Its about a 2006 model.Took delivery in January this year. From the
beginning it was a bit twitchy if you asked it to do more than one job at
once,..it would go real slow, but would catch up.

Now when booting IExplorer the screen shows the window borders,..but no info
comes up,..such as home-addy and what its connecting to. If you try and
close it or enlarge to fullscreen it doesnt respond. Eventually a "program
not responding" box comes, and you shut it down with "end now" "Internet
options" has the right info. Outlook Express works normally.

Before it died, it would freeze at the first screen ie> "Packard Bell"
with the ESC and 2 "F" choices at the bottom (esc>switch screen F3> enter
BIOS F8> boot menu)
This fault cleared by itself, but the IE was dead.
Thanx for any hints. Will get it repaired if its not an arm and a leg :-)

Jason


From: Shenan Stanley on 27 Jun 2010 08:28
Jason James wrote:
> This Packard Bell PC with winxp home edition was bought
> 2ndhand ($600). Its about a 2006 model.Took delivery in January
> this year.

*Ouch*
I hope there is something pretty special about that system for $600.

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/Category/guidedSearch.asp?CatId=6&sel=Mfr;Mfr_1549,Detail;163_1099_32575_32575

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Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
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From: Billns on 30 Jun 2010 18:54
On 6/27/2010 5:28 AM, Shenan Stanley wrote:
> Jason James wrote:
>> This Packard Bell PC with winxp home edition was bought
>> 2ndhand ($600). Its about a 2006 model.Took delivery in January
>> this year.
>
> *Ouch*
> I hope there is something pretty special about that system for $600.
>
> http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/Category/guidedSearch.asp?CatId=6&sel=Mfr;Mfr_1549,Detail;163_1099_32575_32575
>
Gotta agree with Shenan. $600 for a four-year-old (or more) Packard Bell
is pretty expensive unless it's a screaming machine. Packard Bell was
never a major player in the computer market.

Bill
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