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If it doesn't boot at all not even to bios then Id say you got bad ram. If it boots to bios then shuts down its a heat problem and it needs to be cleaned or the fan replaced. If it boots to bios then a black screen and all lights are on then Id say hard drive. If it doesn't power on at all or lights come on but nothing else then the GPU has more than likely got to hot and solider has broken down losing connection. I haven't seen this on a dell but have seen many HPs do that.
I am astounded by how poor the eMachines support is. I contacted their support via their support chat. After explaining that I had performed a system recovery and now the drivers for the intel integrated devices were missing I was informed that this could be resolved by performing a system recovery..... That's what caused the problem in the first place. I was also informed that, No, there are indeed no drivers available for their older systems. And that's it... I am currently searching for drivers by the device id. I'll report back if I find any links.
Take a look here, problems are explained- unfortunately they don't suggest any easy fixes.
http://www.dataclinic.co.uk/data-recovery-lacie-big-external-disk.htm
These external drives, according to this site, and my own limited experience, are merely a standard drive in a housing with the proper adaptive circuitry for USB/Firewire connection.
A couple of possibilities: open the housing, check the connections to the drive. I've seen one drive where the IDE interface cable wasn't seated properly.
If you have some tech savvy, you could remove the drive and hook it up in a standard desktop PC, then see if it can be accessed. If what the above link explains is the problem with your drive, a simple solution looks bleak.
You might also look on the 'net for drive diagnostic software. If you do open the case, note the drive brandname (Western Digital, Maxtor etc) and go to their respective website and download their diag. software.
Unfortunately, none of this may help you get your data.
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