bobber
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Well, my son was on his eMachine W4065 happily playing Half-Life 2 when suddenly the machine went dead. He tried turning it on but nothing happened.
I unplugged everything and then shook the machine (part of my testing regimen) and heard something knocking around in the power supply.
I removed the unit and found a small black capacitor rolling around loose that had popped out of the circuit board. It had some scorching evident on the board.
Well, I ordered a replacement supply and am waiting on it now.
I checked over the main motherboard and nothing seems to be burned or broken. I gave it a close smell test (another part of my testing regimen) and nothing smelled fried.
I'm hoping all other components are ok and that when the capacitor killed itself it didn't take anything else with it.
Anyway, I guess all I have to do is install the new power unit, plug everything in and hope it runs ok.
Is there anything else I should do or try before start it up?
Thanks!
I unplugged everything and then shook the machine (part of my testing regimen) and heard something knocking around in the power supply.
I removed the unit and found a small black capacitor rolling around loose that had popped out of the circuit board. It had some scorching evident on the board.
Well, I ordered a replacement supply and am waiting on it now.
I checked over the main motherboard and nothing seems to be burned or broken. I gave it a close smell test (another part of my testing regimen) and nothing smelled fried.
I'm hoping all other components are ok and that when the capacitor killed itself it didn't take anything else with it.
Anyway, I guess all I have to do is install the new power unit, plug everything in and hope it runs ok.
Is there anything else I should do or try before start it up?
Thanks!