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see if you can get into setup<br />
I believe it is pressing F2 <br />
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Reset the bios to default and try again...<br />

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It's probably a bad ram stick. &nbsp;you can test this by: 1. if you have 2 or more sticks installed, remove one at a time and try booting the maching. and 2. if you only have 1 stick installed, take it out and boot the computer. &nbsp;you should at least get the bios screen. &nbsp;if not, you will have to 'borrow' a similar type of ram to test with.
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plus... &nbsp;just to cover everything...<br />
not to make you look like a fool...<br />
make sure the monitor is turned on..<br />
plugged into the PC <br />
and has power...<br />
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Beyond this..<br />
You on board graphics card may have failed...<br />
if you have an extra laying aroune <br />
install it and connect the monitor to it..<br />
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that is the best I can tell you..<br />

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Is the power LED an amber color? Does it blink?<br />
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If so, bad PSU most likely. Get a power supply tester and plug the P1 connector into it.
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many emachines have been plagued with bad capacitors, so check as per <a href="http://www.badcaps" rel="ugc">www.badcaps</a>&nbsp;net<br />
for bloating and swollen caps<br />
***note that your PS may have them too !<br />
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for testing the issue , here my receipt :<br />
i suggest testing with the minimum setup - disconnect also all peripherals and network cables :<br />
motherboard + cpu + 1 ram stick, video card, power supply<br />
on boot, do you have a display?<br />
if NO it is one of the connected, swap ram, Power supply, video card - leaving only motherboard and cpu<br />
if Yes, add devices till the problem shows<br />

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Thanks for your help. Here's where I am:<br />
- Can't get into setup. There's no display, no obvious POST going on, no text, no response...<br />
- There are two sticks of RAM, but swapping them out one at a time didn't help. <br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;NOTE: While swapping the RAM, I noticed that the CPU fan does NOT spin at power up. I've only had one other CPU fan issue before, and with that one, the computer would work until the CPU overheated (not long, but something...) so I'm not convinced the fan is the only problem. What else might this indicate?<br />
- Monitor seems to be hooked up and working fine. I saw the display when it first froze at login.<br />
- The LED is not amber or flashing - just solid green.<br />
- This is a pretty bare bones machine, using only on-board peripherals. I still need to try disconnecting non-essentials and will get back to you on that one.<br />
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Thanks again to all of you experts - I really appreciate the help.
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did you check the caps? <br />
and many of those machines are notorious for foiling mobo AND PS together !
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- Capcitors look ok...although i realize they may still be the problem.<br />
- Disconnected everything from the MB but the monitor (on board), but i have all the same symptoms - black screen, no cpu fan, etc.<br />
Running out of options for a home repair?
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<a href="http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?from=R40&_trksid=m37&satitle=emachines+motherboard&category0=" rel="ugc">http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?from=R40&_trksid=m37&satitle=emachines+motherboard&category0=</a>
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LOL. That was my sentiment from the beginning, but it's not my computer - and it does make sense to investigate / eliminate any cheap-n-easy possibilities before throwing in the towel. But the towel is now being thrown. Thanks.
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This eMachines PC was running normally, then froze up mid-session (no obvious errors or problems, just the freeze). On reboot, the Windows login screen appeared, then it froze up again before user could sign on. On all reboots since then, the power light comes on and fans spin, but there's no beep and nothing on screen - no logo, no memory check, no text at all, just blackness. I've never been faced with a machine that appears to have power but won't let you get at least to the BIOS. Could this be a failing power supply? What can I do next??
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This eMachines PC was running normally, then froze up mid-session (no obvious errors or problems, just the freeze). On reboot, the Windows login screen appeared, then it froze up again before user could sign on. On all reboots since then, the power light comes on and fans spin, but there's no beep and nothing on screen - no logo, no memory check, no text at all, just blackness. I've never been faced with a machine that appears to have power but won't let you get at least to the BIOS. Could this be a failing power supply? What can I do next??

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