On Wed, 11 Nov 1998, David A. Abbe wrote:

> On Tue, 10 Nov 1998 22:54:57 -0800 Mark Rode <[log in to unmask]> writes:
  There are only 6 jumpers on the board, the only one pertaining
> to video is for monochrome, color.  Yes I tried that one too.  Just for
> kicks I stuck in a known good trident video card without luck.  After
> three attempts to contact Packard Bell's support, they suggested starting
> up the system with only the processor installed, nothing else.  So, ok,
> tried tha>
> >>I have a Packard Bell Legend 68CD with the 512R motherboard in it.
>  I checked the power
> >supply,  loose chips  I checked the hard drive, ram, floppy drive, cd
> rom, keyboard, and
> >mouse in another system and all check out fine.  I get three tones
> without video or anything.
> >>Phoenix bios, it's not documented well.  I pulled the motherboard out
> visually inspected it as best as I can.

I don't know if this step has been mentioned yet but once I saw that type
of problem fixed by reseating all the socketed chips, especially the
bios chip.  You could even try cleaning the pins on the bios chip if you
are careful to avoid static discharge problems.

John Pfankuch

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