i have an emachine computer im rebuilding i have everything hooked up and im getting a green light on the mother board when i plug it in but nothing else engages no hd no disk drive no fans nothing...... at first i thought it to b a faulty psu but i replaced the psu with a new one and still samething if any of u can help me trouble shoot would b much appreciated
sounds very much like the way these systems fail out of the box or within months.. I was hoping they were extinct.. with luck this is the last of them. Dell e-machines were junk new.. faults on the mobo damage the cpu.. which leads to people buying a new cpu.. then a new mobo.. then another new cpu and round and round it goes. I get them occasionally.. if they don't start I change the psu.. then unplug everything except the cpu from the mobo.. if they still don't start up and beep like a mofo (no ram) I scrap them.
Try shorting the power switch pins with a small screwdriver...I am sure Dell used the cheapest switches they could find in the reject pile.
any possible way anyone has a wiring diagram for e machine computers so i can double check myself im still new at this whole thing
@travis187 Look on the motherboard; Next to the pins P_SW + & -. Every board I have hooked up has some sort of abreviation on them. Yes, You can test it with a screwdriver first. Even if you mix-up the pos. or neg. wires; It will work. Burn On, Russell PS. You can even go to the motherboard manufactorers web site for a diagram. eMachines used a lot of FIC (First In Computers)boards.
