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Name: Tony Seiler
Date: February 19, 2004 at 04:03:59 Pacific
Subject: e-machines power supply
OS: XP Pro
CPU/Ram: 3200+/512

Comment:

Hi,
Do e-machines use proprietary power supplies in their systems or is the pin-out the same as a standard power supply?
Thanks,
Tony

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Response Number 1

Name: MRT
Date: February 19, 2004 at 06:22:53 Pacific

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The main power connections are standard for all motherboards

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Response Number 2

Name: SkipCox
Date: February 19, 2004 at 07:55:54 Pacific

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"The main power connections are standard for all motherboards"
No, they are not.
I believe emachines uses a standard ATX pinout. I've not seen differently.

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Response Number 3

Name: johnoh
Date: February 19, 2004 at 12:53:59 Pacific

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I tried a 400w atx psu in my emachines system last week and it would not turn on.

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Response Number 4

Name: SkipCox
Date: February 19, 2004 at 13:51:39 Pacific

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Did you figure out why?
Skip

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Response Number 5

Name: johnoh
Date: February 19, 2004 at 14:57:05 Pacific

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No I didn't. I was putting in a new case for my daughter and wanted to not upgrade the cpu/mobo/memory (p3 500mhz, pc100) so I ended up jury-rigging the emachines psu into the new case and setting the 500w psu that came with it on the shelf. A fresh win98 install plus an 8mb buffer 7200rpm hard drive made it as fast as my machine for most apps, so she's pumped about her "new computer"
http://www.cmicomputer.com/graphics/csm82w.jpg
The emachines psu connector does not exactly match the atx psu connector. I also had to glue the old emachines case' 1-inch square power switch circuit board to the front of the new case in order for the thing to power up. No combination of atx psu and power switch would work with the emachines mobo.

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Response Number 6

Name: Tony Seiler
Date: February 19, 2004 at 17:18:45 Pacific

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Thanks for the replies,
A guy has an e-machines computer in which the power supply has gone bad. Went to the site and saw that his machine had a 150W PSU and a replacement through e-machines would be 55.95! WOW!
That without shipping and handling. His machine is only 1 1/2 years old too.
Tony

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Response Number 7

Name: johnoh
Date: February 19, 2004 at 17:23:16 Pacific

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http://shop.store.yahoo.com/netpcshopper/polpmiatx230.html

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Response Number 8

Name: SkipCox
Date: February 19, 2004 at 18:58:51 Pacific

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I was just curious. I'd changed a couple of psu's out in older emachines without a problem. Believe both had 220w units and that PowMax looks strikingly similar to what I used. I may have just lucked out.
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