E-Machines T1742/Imperial GL_VE

[dom_3blues]

My daughters e-machine finally quit. Runs for short period, then shuts off. This Imperial board has 8mm 6.3v 1500mf caps marked TMS. the nine caps involved in voltage regulator ckts near the heat sinks had bulged and leaked . Machine is about 4 yrs old and runs constantly. Replacing of these is in progress.

[kc8adu]

Re: E-Machines T1742/Imperial GL_VE

this is very common.
these seem to take damage to other areas too.
i see these run everything but the fans when off and fry the cpu and vrm's.

[Chris1992]

Re: E-Machines T1742/Imperial GL_VE

TMS = Total Monkey Shit. Emachines = CRAP. You obviously don't love your daughter if you gave her an eMachine. jk

[willawake]

Re: E-Machines T1742/Imperial GL_VE

You obviously don't love your daughter if you gave her an eMachine. jk

[MD Willington]

Re: E-Machines T1742/Imperial GL_VE

Actually newer emachines are not crap, they use off the shelf parts, so if you don't like the power supply in your emachine you can pick up one from a vendor and slap it in.

[davmax]

Re: E-Machines T1742/Imperial GL_VE

I had an Emachine recently that had an intermittent PS. Because the PS was a non standard size I changed the case and PS. All is now fine.

[Chris1992]

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I've just considered emachines crap, a few yrs ago my school bought like 4 or 5 of tehm and only one is still working. I dunno what problem, i have yet to open the boxes.

[RJARRRPCGP]

Re: E-Machines T1742/Imperial GL_VE

Actually newer emachines are not crap, they use off the shelf parts, so if you don't like the power supply in your emachine you can pick up one from a vendor and slap it in.

Yep. But those are the Athlon-based versions. The AMD versions appear to use better components.

[Chris1992]

Re: E-Machines T1742/Imperial GL_VE

Athlon = AMD. I'm hoping that was a brain fart.

[kc8adu]

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the amd versions i see here are pcchips looking boards with exploded ost caps.
emachines=cheap crap.
you get what you pay for.
and as far as as the op giving an emachines system to his daughter=lack of love i wouldnt go there.
many folks find out the hard way about substandard products ala emachines,packard bell,yugo,ect.

[kc8adu]

Re: E-Machines T1742/Imperial GL_VE

My daughters e-machine finally quit. Runs for short period, then shuts off. This Imperial board has 8mm 6.3v 1500mf caps marked TMS. the nine caps involved in voltage regulator ckts near the heat sinks had bulged and leaked . Machine is about 4 yrs old and runs constantly. Replacing of these is in progress.

if you recap it now and toss that bestec psu while you are at it it will likely be ok.

[MD Willington]

Re: E-Machines T1742/Imperial GL_VE

The A64 are using MSI with onboard ATi chipset.

[kc8adu]

Re: E-Machines T1742/Imperial GL_VE

The A64 are using MSI with onboard ATi chipset.

and i have already replaced ost leakers on 3 of them.

[RJARRRPCGP]

Re: E-Machines T1742/Imperial GL_VE

The Athlon XP eMachines PC that someone brought in for me to remove malware from is MSI.
Even the MOSFETs were heatsinked! Dunno about the cap manufacturer, but they appeared to be fine.