Emachines T6536 Problem

[Gorrillasnot]

My sister has a Emachines T6536 that I am trying to fix.
It will not POST (at least not consistently). When the power button is pressed the fans spin, but no beeps and no video to the monitor. I can repeatedly turn the PC on and off and occasionally it will boot up, but then the next time I reboot it will refuse to POST all over again.
I have tried installing a known working video card and also clearing the CMOS, but it doesnt help.
Other things I have tried are removing and reinstalling the ram, unhooking everything besides the essentials etc.
I am thinking it's a PSU issue(I dont have a spare to test with) or the motherboard is going bad.

what do you all think?

thanks

 

[mpilchfamily]

Have a good look at the motherboard. Check all the capacitors and make sure they are not buldging on the top or bottom. If any are then replace the baord. If not then get your hands on another PSU and see if that helps.

 

[Gorrillasnot]

I just noticed the original PSU is a 20 pin and the mobo has a 24pin socket. I wouldn't think that would be an issue cause it came that way, but I dunno?
As far as I can tell there are no bulging caps on the board.

thanks

 

[mpilchfamily]

The 24 pin is required on those older system. But it is sounding like the PSU is reaching the end of its usefull life.

 

[pcgeek11]

Originally posted by: mpilchfamily
The 24 pin is required on those older system. But it is sounding like the PSU is reaching the end of its usefull life.

I just noticed the original PSU is a 20 pin and the mobo has a 24pin socket.

These do not require a 24 pin PSU a 20 pin PSU works just fine.

The problem is the Motherboard. Cheap ass MSI Motherboard! I have replaced so many of these in eMachine and HP systems I can't begin to count them all. Pretty soon that is all it will do " No beeps, Fans spin and thats it ".

pcgeek11

 

[Intexity]

well not all msi boards are bad but yes i do agree prebuilt crap machines always have some bad components. i happen to love my msi board. just my 2 cents.

 

[pcgeek11]

Originally posted by: Intexity
well not all msi boards are bad but yes i do agree prebuilt crap machines always have some bad components. i happen to love my msi board. just my 2 cents.

They must send all the crappy ones to EMachines and HP then!