[SOLVED] Looking for the user manual for the Packard-Bell 950c.

[ThatDudeThatDoesTech]

Just dug this old 950c out of the basement that probably hasn't been run in well over two decades, and I'm trying to find the manual, or a disassembly guide. Front plate does not want to budge and I don't want to apply force and break anything as it's a pretty neat case.

Apologies if this is the wrong category, new to the forums.

 

[DSzymborski]

Just dug this old 950c out of the basement that probably hasn't been run in well over two decades, and I'm trying to find the manual, or a disassembly guide. Front plate does not want to budge and I don't want to apply force and break anything as it's a pretty neat case.

Apologies if this is the wrong category, new to the forums.

I wish you luck finding the manual, but old consumer-oriented Packard Bells are highly unlikely to have a manual that goes into these details. Most of these came with simple basic Getting Started guides.

 

[ThatDudeThatDoesTech]

I wish you luck finding the manual, but old consumer-oriented Packard Bells are highly unlikely to have a manual that goes into these details. Most of these came with simple basic Getting Started guides.

Yeah, haven't had much luck so far. Trying my best to make sure I don't break anything so I can have it running as a curiosity, or maybe even get some modern parts inside if the casing isn't for some proprietary garbage.

 

[DSzymborski]

Yeah, haven't had much luck so far. Trying my best to make sure I don't break anything so I can have it running as a curiosity, or maybe even get some modern parts inside if the casing isn't for some proprietary garbage.

Honestly, it's mostly a curiosity. Your best bet is probably finding a cheap PSU for a similar old PC trying to fire it up. This is only a few years after the introduction of ATX and prebuilts were extremely proprietary at this point. The cooling situation is likely to be a huge issue as well as these were designed for PCs with 20-30W CPUs and no discrete GPU (I believe, from a glance, that this likely had a Pentium II or something similar in it).

I don't mean to discourage you because projects like this can be fun; I do just want to temper your expectations a bit before you start spending actual money.