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Being a lover of vintage electronics and aircraft modeling equipment, I had the
bright idea that I would buy a vintage Packard Bell desktop computer like I had
many moons ago and transplant the innards of my
ASUS G750JX Republic of Gamers (RoG) notebook
computer into it. After carefully measuring the notebook computer's outside dimensions
and estimating the size of the various models of PB computers, I settled on a Packard
Bell Legend 406CD and bought it from a guy on eBay. I wanted the type that actually
sits on the desktop, with the monitor sitting on top of it. The computer arrived
as advertised - dirty but in good mechanical condition, and cleanable. Having never
opened the ASUS G750JX, I was not exactly sure of the size, but based on photos
I had seen on the Internet, my estimates of the space needed inside the PB seemed
reasonable.
After doing quite a bit of cleaning on the Legend 406CD, I finally got up the
nerve to pop the lid on my AUSU to begin the process of transferring the mother
board, hard drives, DVD player, etc. Upon measuring the motherboard I discovered
that it was about 1/2" too wide to fit into the PB chassis. The ASUS G750JX is a
big laptop, with a 17" screen, but I was certain it would fit. Dang, now I have
a really nice cleaned-up Packard Bell Legend 406Cd desktop computer and nothing
to put into it. Oh well, for now it goes back on the basement shelf and will have
to wait until I have the will to try again with a different computer. It might actually
be cheaper to find a new desktop computer to use for parts. For now, here are the
photos of the un-restored computer and its components. A few cleaned-up photos are
at the bottom.
A few cleaned-up photos.
Posted August 3, 2019
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