Buy an HP, they last 4ever, still have mine, that i purchased in 1998

Buy a new computer, you'll save yourself time and money

Emachines are notorious pieces of junk. Save yourself time and money and get another computer. Perhaps you can salvage some parts like a hard drive etc...

I have had the restore disks work on a non-emachine motherboard before, a matter of fact, it was an Asus P4B533-VM. I used these disks to get another computer up and running, and guess what... the case is from an old Bestec fried Emachines. The CDs ghosted the windows copy onto the hard drive, I restarted the computer, and I was able to get into windows. Then I went into the telephone Micro$oft option, used the COA key off of the case (so I wouldn't illegally copy the copy on the actual emachine the restore disk belonged to), activated windows and this system works great!

I am well aware of the Bestec ATX-250-12E-Rev.P7 PSU problem in emachines computers. So far, my moms old T1840 got fried, I have bought one from a computer works store for parts, like the CD, DVD and other things , it had a fried mobo in it, and now, I am looking at one at school that has a "slightly damaged mobo, it powers on, but no video or post or boot. We changed the PSU in it and the Bestec outta it had a capacitor that actually popped loose from the pcb, it was just apart by itself, and it's cap was swelled, so I knew right then this Bestec is another motherboard murder suspect. Every emachine owner I see, I tell them to replace the Bestec PSU before it's too late and they smell something burning.

Good going reviving a 2 year old thread. However I agree that eMachines are pieces of junk.