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The infamous front panel connector problem… What you’ll probably end up doing is removing the pins from the Emachine connector and rearranging them in the connector to fit the new motherboard. Or just pull the wires out of the connector and put them right on the leads on the motherboard.

So, yes, you’ll be able to finish the upgrade, but it will require some tinkering. It probably won’t make you feel any better, but I’ve had to do this many, many a time when I replaced a motherboard–even on generic whitebox systems in some instances. But it could be worse. You could have a Compaq.

Mark

Every Emachine I’ve ever seen uses an SFX-type power supply, which is smaller than the standard ATX power supply. If your power supply is 5 inches x 4 inches x 3 inches, it’s an SFX. I see Newegg.com has an Enermax SFX power supply (270 watt) for $41, plus $7 shipping. That’s the way I’d go. Availability could be totally different next week. But measure your power supply before you order.

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I had a similar problem – turned out to be a problem with the phone
line beleive it or not. You can call the co. and ask them to do a line
check (if they call back immediately they did the quick and easy
version which may not uncover the problem. They need to do a down
and dirty check, though I forget the term).

It may take a little while to fix, meanwhile you can possibly change
your modem connection to v 90 instead of 92.

In my case I kept getting disconnected the connection was so bad,
turned out the telephone people had done poor repairs after a big
storm.

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My sister had this problem. After consulting my trusty networking and
hardware book on the symtoms, It seemed like an overheating
problem. Took it apart, cleaned the massive amounts of dust out with
a paintbrush and removed and cleaned heatsink, fan and cpu. The
thermal pad that came with the cpu had dried out and cracked, no
longer keeping contact with the cpu ( ie, poor cooling) – replaced it
with arctic silver thermal paste and after it was all back together
VOILA!

Worked like a dream. She eventually bought a better heat sink and
fan as well. No problems since.

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Thank you.

Those have pretty much become commoditized these days and for most people there’s little perceptible difference between the best drive on the market and the worst. The last few optical drives I’ve bought have been purchased solely on price, and they’ve done OK for me. That’s the nice thing about being a late adopter, I guess.

You can’t really go wrong anymore with finding the consumer electronics store that’s running a special on that particular day. Or there’s Newegg.com if you want to buy online. They always have good prices and fast shipping.

Suggestions? Where to buy? Make, Model, etc?