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Powering up I have a emachine that I have replace the power supply and new hard drive but now it powers up and then shut down or won't power up at all....I need help

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    Dane Brooke May 11, 2010

    You probably didn't use a HD with identical params (heads, sectors) to the orig and if that drive has been 'imaged' using the factory restore disk the image is damaged (actually the image is fine but unusable on that machine). I would suggest a plain fresh OS install, but to do that you need to buy an install CD; OR (since sometimes it doesn't POST) check your Master/Slave jumper on the HD (should be Master or SingleDrive) and while you are at it, verify that you don't have the data cable to the drive upside down (some cables only go on the correct way, some allow you to make this mistake.) The stripe on the cable usually goes nearest the power connector, but in any case thats pin 1 and there will be a small 1 on the HD circuit board. Be prepared, if the power supply failed, it may have taken the motherboard out with it and the money you spent on replacing the PS and HD could be wasted. (sorry for the bad news).

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    Does it go into Windows?

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Possible that the defective power supply has caused damage to the motherboard or processor. Check replacement p/s for correct operation if its ok problem is most likely the motherboard/CPU which would require replacement

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