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E-Machine power supply trouble

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Hi everyone!

My girlfriend has an e-machine model w4682. When I press the power button the power light around the power button turns on and stays on. The lights on the keyboard for the num lock, caps lock, scroll lock blink on and then turn off, then they flicker before turning completely off. Nothing else turns on (no fans, no monitor input and no laser mouse). Do you think its the power supply?

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Believe it or not most people do not understand that a plastic hose on a vacuum cleaner creates more static electricity than a metal hose does. The action that creates static electricity is the movement of 2 insulators (non cunductive components) moving against each other. Air is an insulator and so is the plastic. This is the generator of static electricity. This is why when you rub a balloon across your hair or your shirt you can hang the balloon on a wall or a pane of glass. Because the static electric charge holds it there. Also why walking across a carpet in rubber soled shoes will cause a shock when you touch a door knob. Using a vacuum inside of a computer is a dangerous situation waiting to discharge itself. There are very expensive vacuums designed for the internals of sensative electronic equipment. But unless you have a few thousand dollars for one most people will never see one. THe static charge generated by a standard household vacuum is actually thousands of volts at a very miniscule amperage. and that could easily destroy components on your motherboard.
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No Emachines does not make the best computer inthe world. If it is that old, you say 2003? You may be just looking at a new Motherboard. Emachines use PcChips or ECS motherboards generally. IT may not be impossible to find a working replacement for it and fairly inexpensively I might add.
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