Can't power up

[hemi]

Help!

I can't power up my pc. It was working fine over the weekend, but when I got home yesterday nothing. I usually leave it on, so it was weird to be off in the first place. I have other things plugged into the same power strip that come on fine.
Attempted resoloutions
I moved the cord to the wall outlet
I used another power cord
I called tech support ( ) and they were lots of help. disconnect this, now reconnect, try it again...
I came to the conclusion that it was probably the power supply. So I went to Best Buy and picked one up, switched it out and nothing...

I'm lost.......
anybody got any ideas???

[DemonEyez]

look inside your pc. if the p/s main switch is on. is there a LED on the motherboard that lit up? if not your motherboard is prolly fried

[hemi]

I didn't see any led. If the motherboard is fried, can I just grab a new one at best buy?

[chrisdavis]

I didn't see any led. If the motherboard is fried, can I just grab a new one at best buy?

No. You will have to go to a place like Fry's, Microcenter, Compusa or a local computer store.

[Allshow97]

I didn't see any led. If the motherboard is fried, can I just grab a new one at best buy?

What kind of PC is it? Also Try unplugging everything inside the PC except the motherboard and try to power it on. If it powers on then you have some other device in the machine shorting out your motherboard. Often times it is a hard drive. So give that a shot if it doesn't work then if your machine still has warranty then i would get it fixed under warranty terms. If not then you will have to travel to the places the above mentioned in order to pick up a new motherboard.

[hemi]

It's an emachine... no warranty, bought it used...

I tried unplugging everything, and still got nothing....
Planning on grabbing a motherboard tonight...

Thanks!@

[hemi]

No motherboard yet...
No computer at home sux...

Anyone on here do repairs? or have a PC to sell?

[DemonEyez]

i could find out whats wrong for ya. possibly fix it. I may have some computers for sale here depends on what your looking for.

[Type-R]

Word of advice, stay away from e-machines. The best way to go for a computer all depends on what you plan to do with it and how computer savy you are. My advice to you is this, if you like to deal with warranties and customer support then get a pre-made computer from a big name company (Sony, HP, etc). Otherwise I recommend you go to a computer store and have one built for you. The major pro's about custom build computers is that the compatability level is much higher with all parts then pre-made ones from other companies.

I'd wager about $800-$1000 if you want a decent built from scratch PC, now of course you don't need top of the line stuff if you aren't going to use it so you could easily slide by with a reduced amount of RAM and a mediocre CPU.

My basic recommendations if you are not a computer gamer:
CPU 2.0 ghz Intel Pentium or Celeron (no need for dual-core)
RAM 512 mb
Intel motherboard that supports up to 2 gigs of RAM
Hard drive minimum 30 gigs, You could use the same one from your e-machine if you wanted and just have the store install all needed drivers for you.
128 mb graphics card (ATi, Nvidia)
Misc other parts (power supply, sound card, cd-drive etc) use from the e-machine.

Now what you'll have there is a decent machine that will run just about anything at a cheap price. If you used parts from your current PC then you'd realistically only spend about $500 at the most.

If you want to build a gaming PC here is what I rec:

CPU 3.0 ghz or higher AMD Athalon or Intel Pentium (dual-core optional but not needed)
1 gig RAM (at least, recommend 2 gig)
Motherboard that supports up to 4 gig RAM, PCI slot (2 if you want good gaming experience) AMD motherboards are rated as the best right now but Intel ones are not bad by far.
Dual hard drives, at least 50 gig for operating system and a secondary for all other programs not essential to the operating system. (leave at least 2-3 gigs free on your main drive at all times to ensure smooth operational programs and functioning)
Graphics card of either a single AGP or PCI card of at least 128 mb (ATi or Nvidia) but I recommend a 256 mb card if you are only wanting to run single. Nvida cards are top of the line right now, ATi is catching up still.
For extreme graphical performance use a dual PCI card set up with either both 128mb cards or 256 mb cards (They must be the same exact cards with same chip sets so purchase them at the same time or you run the risk of them not working together)
And once again you should be able to swap over your other Misc hardware to save money.

And that's about it, I typed all of this off the top of my head so if you are looking for serious advice and quotes I could do so but would a little time to gather

[Sushi]

I bet itz your mobo. Swap it out with one that will fit your current cpu and ram.