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Broken emachine - help please

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  • spurs1234
    spurs1234 Posts: 425 Forumite
    This is a comon fault with emachines if you look inside is the power suppy made by Bestek , if so the power supply would have blown and 9 times out of 10 the motherboard too ...
    If it doesn't fit, force it; if it breaks, it needed replacement anyway
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  • Kilty_2
    Kilty_2 Posts: 5,818 Forumite
    Doesnt the board have a light on it to show when it's getting power?

    My Asus board does, and I was under the impression that a lot of manufacturers did this now. It lights as long as the switch on the back of the power supply is turned on (and the unit is plugged in).

    So if theres an LED on the board somewhere, thatll help you determine whether the PSU has gone or not.

    Or, take a bit of wire and short the following pins on the PSU connector to see if the PSU is dead or not ( PS_ON and COM ).
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  • blinky
    blinky Posts: 1,684 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    It is not unkown when poor PSU's go for them to take out the motherboard and other components.
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