A friends Grandmothers computer has had some viruses on it and she's been wanting to get it to me to fix. I'm not really sure if viruses can cause these kinds of problems. Anyway i have it now and when you plug it in the power button is lit up (shouldn't be till you push power) and nothing comes on. I'm not even getting the power supply fan. I've tried a different power supply and unpluged everything and it's still the same story. I thought maybe it was the switch itself but i jumped the motherboard and still nothing. It would be cheaper to buy a new pc than to replace the processor or motherboard in this one and I know emachines are junk but i hate to see her have to buy a new pc because of what this crappy company calls a product. Anyway I was hoping that someone would have some other ideas as to what i could try.
2007-06-06 03:19:56 · 6 answers · asked by William C 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
The W & T 2000~3000 series emachines are prone to popping the power supply & taking the motherboard with it! The bestec power supplies had bad parts in them durring those series & helped give emachines a bad name. Replace the mobo & ps. Hopefully you can salvage the processor & ram if the power supply didnt go super nova on you! I've fixed 7 this month with the same exact problem. Word to the wise ..if you have these series of emachine change your power supply soon as possible! Good luck to ya!
2007-06-06 07:20:14 · answer #1 · answered by scarecrowbones 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To test to see if you are having a problem with the main board power switch problem, unplug the main (20 pin) power connector and put a jumper across pins 14 (the only green wire) and pin 15 (the black wire) next to pin 14. This should turn the power supply on. If it does, then the on circuit on the board has failed and you need to replace the board.
http://www.bluemax.net/techtips/ATXPowerSupplyWiring/ATXPowerSupplyWiring.htm
2007-06-06 10:59:38 · answer #2 · answered by Ron M 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe the power supply cord is bad?
2007-06-06 10:39:28 · answer #3 · answered by duron1_2 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The only other thing I would try is to replace the BIOS battery. That has been an issue with my custom.
2007-06-06 10:26:06 · answer #4 · answered by Alex B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the MB is toast.
2007-06-06 10:24:35 · answer #5 · answered by B-dog 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
power supply or mobo...
2007-06-06 10:24:41 · answer #6 · answered by megamix1972 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋