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T2865 EMAchine Starts by itself
This is normal beahvior only if the computer gets very quiet again. Then,
pushing the power button should start up the computer. If the computer seems to stay on when the power cord is plugged in, yet nothing appears on screen, soemthing is definitely wrong with the computer... Ben Myers On 16 Jul 2006 01:36:56 -0700, wrote: Larrybelk wrote: I have a T2865 Emachine that I moved from one location to another. When I plug in the power cord it starts without me pushing the start button. And nothing comes up on the screen? The graphics card is good, HD is good. Anybody got any idea why this happens and what to check? This is known as AC power recovery. It's a relitiavely normal thing. Don't worry about it. |
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Larrybelk wrote: I have a T2865 Emachine that I moved from one location to another. When I plug in the power cord it starts without me pushing the start button. And nothing comes up on the screen? The graphics card is good, HD is good. Anybody got any idea why this happens and what to check? Thanks Larry Emacines have this thing where any 2 of the following three things go simultaneously: Motherborad, Powersupply, Processor. |
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Postman delivers wrote: submitted this idea : Larrybelk wrote: I have a T2865 Emachine that I moved from one location to another. When I plug in the power cord it starts without me pushing the start button. And nothing comes up on the screen? The graphics card is good, HD is good. Anybody got any idea why this happens and what to check? Thanks Larry Emacines have this thing where any 2 of the following three things go simultaneously: Motherborad, Powersupply, Processor. Paul, in my opinion all of the inexpensive computers made in the same/similar oversea production plants have the same flaw... It is not only gateway/emachine/dell/hp/compaq tis all cheap ones... Motherboard traces are not adequately inspected or the parts have lower quality standards and will fail a high quality test function. The motherboard trace failures will short circuit tripping the power supply, memory and processor or any combination... But many of these basic computers survive, and have become good desktop boxes for the undemanding consumers in the USA, where we now have the adopted the toss the computer out every 18 months... With notebooks selling below $400 that is a very similar consumer computer market, buy today; put in the garage or toss in the trash if it does not work... JR the postman Since I work at a computer recycling facility, I have a fair idea what machines die, and why. The blank and silver emachines, in particular die when the power supply and motherboard go up in flames (ok, not actual flames ). Right after the warrenty expires. Compaq deskpro series is actually pretty rock solid. It's the Presario series that earned compaq it's deserved nickname "comcrap". Dells are also generally rock-solid. Hp pavillions have a power supply that goes out at around 5 years, but doesn't kill the machine. ECS and some other El Cheapo manufactores of motherboards are vulnerable to capicitor failure. Few of the Name Brands are vulnerable. Though, I've seen it happen. Gateway, has had some really bad lines of computers (the micro-desktops in particular), but also some that are rock-solid. |
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T2865 EMAchine Starts by itself
Also, MicroStar motherboards have been prone to capacitor failure. IBM used
MicroStar boards, and had a lot of Pentium 3 motherboard failures. ECS is one of the many brand-names for PC Chips motherboards. There are also Matsonic and a few other forgettable brand names which are really PC Chips, which gained its initial fame back in 486 days by using fake cache chips. This was back when Level 2 caches were made from SRAM chips separate from the processor. PC Chips reputation has not improved since then, but like a lot of other junk, the motherboards manage to run for a while. But I have replaced a large number of failed PC Chips boards. If and when you get a new motherboard (or ANY add-in device) with a user's guide, the real tipoff to lack of product quality is when the manufacturer's name does not even appear in print and there is no place to contact for tech support. I generally concur with your assessment of computer quality, based on my experience... Ben Myers On 21 Jul 2006 19:00:07 -0700, wrote: Postman delivers wrote: submitted this idea : Larrybelk wrote: I have a T2865 Emachine that I moved from one location to another. When I plug in the power cord it starts without me pushing the start button. And nothing comes up on the screen? The graphics card is good, HD is good. Anybody got any idea why this happens and what to check? Thanks Larry Emacines have this thing where any 2 of the following three things go simultaneously: Motherborad, Powersupply, Processor. Paul, in my opinion all of the inexpensive computers made in the same/similar oversea production plants have the same flaw... It is not only gateway/emachine/dell/hp/compaq tis all cheap ones... Motherboard traces are not adequately inspected or the parts have lower quality standards and will fail a high quality test function. The motherboard trace failures will short circuit tripping the power supply, memory and processor or any combination... But many of these basic computers survive, and have become good desktop boxes for the undemanding consumers in the USA, where we now have the adopted the toss the computer out every 18 months... With notebooks selling below $400 that is a very similar consumer computer market, buy today; put in the garage or toss in the trash if it does not work... JR the postman Since I work at a computer recycling facility, I have a fair idea what machines die, and why. The blank and silver emachines, in particular die when the power supply and motherboard go up in flames (ok, not actual flames ). Right after the warrenty expires. Compaq deskpro series is actually pretty rock solid. It's the Presario series that earned compaq it's deserved nickname "comcrap". Dells are also generally rock-solid. Hp pavillions have a power supply that goes out at around 5 years, but doesn't kill the machine. ECS and some other El Cheapo manufactores of motherboards are vulnerable to capicitor failure. Few of the Name Brands are vulnerable. Though, I've seen it happen. Gateway, has had some really bad lines of computers (the micro-desktops in particular), but also some that are rock-solid. |
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Ben Myers wrote: Also, MicroStar motherboards have been prone to capacitor failure. IBM used MicroStar boards, and had a lot of Pentium 3 motherboard failures. ECS is one of the many brand-names for PC Chips motherboards. There are also Matsonic and a few other forgettable brand names which are really PC Chips, which gained its initial fame back in 486 days by using fake cache chips. This was back when Level 2 caches were made from SRAM chips separate from the processor. PC Chips reputation has not improved since then, but like a lot of other junk, the motherboards manage to run for a while. But I have replaced a large number of failed PC Chips boards. I saw one, where one of the small shops must have realized that some of their computers were coming back with Bad Caps. They apparenly decided to make Lemonade out of the lemons. They put in low power VIA C3s into a board that supported a Tualatin 1400, in hopes that the caps would hold. They did, as long as no one decided to upgrade. Since the board was working well, and i'd checked the caps out in advance. I went and put in the Celeron 1400, three days later, the caps started bulging.... And Just today, I had to scrap 3 Soyo computers for the capaicitor plague. If and when you get a new motherboard (or ANY add-in device) with a user's guide, the real tipoff to lack of product quality is when the manufacturer's name does not even appear in print and there is no place to contact for tech support. Sigh, I never get the manuals..... I generally concur with your assessment of computer quality, based on my experience... Ben Myers On 21 Jul 2006 19:00:07 -0700, wrote: |
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Ben Myers wrote: Also, MicroStar motherboards have been prone to capacitor failure. IBM used MicroStar boards, and had a lot of Pentium 3 motherboard failures. ECS is one of the many brand-names for PC Chips motherboards. There are also Matsonic and a few other forgettable brand names which are really PC Chips, which gained its initial fame back in 486 days by using fake cache chips. This was back when Level 2 caches were made from SRAM chips separate from the processor. PC Chips reputation has not improved since then, but like a lot of other junk, the motherboards manage to run for a while. But I have replaced a large number of failed PC Chips boards. I saw one, where one of the small shops must have realized that some of their computers were coming back with Bad Caps. They apparenly decided to make Lemonade out of the lemons. They put in low power VIA C3s into a board that supported a Tualatin 1400, in hopes that the caps would hold. They did, as long as no one decided to upgrade. Since the board was working well, and i'd checked the caps out in advance. I went and put in the Celeron 1400, three days later, the caps started bulging.... And Just today, I had to scrap 3 Soyo computers for the capaicitor plague. If and when you get a new motherboard (or ANY add-in device) with a user's guide, the real tipoff to lack of product quality is when the manufacturer's name does not even appear in print and there is no place to contact for tech support. Sigh, I never get the manuals..... I generally concur with your assessment of computer quality, based on my experience... Ben Myers On 21 Jul 2006 19:00:07 -0700, wrote: |
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T2865 EMAchine Starts by itself
Anyone know the beep codes on the eMachines T2865 ?
Could not find them anywhere on eMachines site. Started my T2865 today, and it emits a single beep every few seconds with nothing displayed on monitor. Best Regards, Bob Johnson Directories -------------------------------------------------- GOLDSHEET Mining http://www.goldsheetlinks.com COINSHEET Numismatic http://www.coinsheetlinks.com OILSHEET Energy http://www.oilsheetlinks.com -------------------------------------------------- |
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T2865 EMAchine Starts by itself
If you are lucky enough to have an Intel-designed motherboard, you can get the
beep codes by downloading the spec for the motherboard from the Intel web site. To my surprise, eMachines uses some Intel boards... Ben Myers On Wed, 26 Jul 2006 16:58:22 -0700, Bob Johnson wrote: Anyone know the beep codes on the eMachines T2865 ? Could not find them anywhere on eMachines site. Started my T2865 today, and it emits a single beep every few seconds with nothing displayed on monitor. Best Regards, Bob Johnson Directories -------------------------------------------------- GOLDSHEET Mining http://www.goldsheetlinks.com COINSHEET Numismatic http://www.coinsheetlinks.com OILSHEET Energy http://www.oilsheetlinks.com -------------------------------------------------- |
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