yes, emachines are terrible computers. at least now my friends have me to build them comps (i learned only half a year ago- seems like ages). i know the mobo has power because of the indicator light, but when i press the power button, nothing happens. this model is so poorly designed that i cannot get the front plate off or the hard drives out (kind of funny, i put the slave drive in myself). the only explanation i can have is that i installed an old 512mb RAM stick. it ran fine for about a month, then crapped out. i wonder if there is any other way, my friend is basically broke and cannot afford a whole new comp. maybe a low-budget one would be okay. if i can salvage the psu, the processor, the hard drives, and the RAM, that would be fine. he's not a gamer, so i can just buy a new mobo and toss in my old nvidia geforce2 mx/mx 400 on a pci slot and use that for video. the only problem is, i cant seem to find a good socket 478 mobo anywhere. the only one i found is a biostar (the mobo equivalent of emachines) and had some odd 24-pin power connector. im not buying another psu. if i can get a cheapo case and a cd burner, i think it would suffice. can anyone link me to a mobo with 2 ide connector, a 20 or 20+4 power connector, at least one pci slot, and a socket 478?
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