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From: Tweek on 20 Jul 2006 13:28
"Larry Roberts" <skin-e(a)juno.com> wrote in message
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>
> This looks to be a microATX mainboard. I'd just replace it
> with another microATX mainboard that will accept the CPU, and RAM. If
> she's not looking to upgrade the CPU to a Barton with a FSB 200Mhz
> (DDR400), then one of these boards would problably work.
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?Submit=ENE&N=2010200022+1070907493+1075707619&Subcategory=22&description=&srchInDesc=&minPrice=&maxPrice=
>
> The thing is that none of them are Nforce2 chipsets, so no
> dual channel memory support, and only upto 166Mhz FSB CPU support.
> They are cheaper than buying that used mainboard from eBay though.
> Another thing is I doubt the system restore disc will work with a
> different mainboard. If the OS on the restore disc is WinXP, then it
> is an OEM that's usally tied to the BIOS of the original mainboard.
> Even if you found an exact model of her mainboard, the restore disc
> problably would not work.

With the emachines, the restore disks will work in that they will boot and
restore the ghost image on any machine. Whether or not the resulting image
will boot depends on whether or not a similar chipset motherboard was used.
Brands like HP restore disks do a machine check before they start, but the
emachines (at least the ones from a year or two ago) don't. I have been
replacing the Celeron based emachines boards with Intel branded boards with
the same chipset with excellent results.


From: archean1 on 20 Jul 2006 22:15
Thanks for the good advice.

EMachines wants over $200 for the replacement motherboard, which I find
rather offensive. I'm going to go ahead and buy a replacement mb (for
$40) and see where it gets me. Worst case scenario as I see it is that
Windows balks at the different hardware and the repair disks won't
work. Then I buy a new Windows XP license to reinstall, which isn't
the end of the world. This would be better than on par with giving
EMachine $200 for a mb since I'll at least get a decent copy of Windows
out of the deal (and can maybe avoid dealing with the same problem
again in the future).

2nd question though... it seems there's a lot of talk about bad power
supplies in EMachines. There is currently a 250 watt in the box.
Should I replace this too as a precaution? Or maybe this was even the
cause of the mb failure?

thanks!

From: fancy on 25 Jul 2006 19:54
> an1
> PostPosted: Fri Jul 21, 2006 3:19 am Post subject: Re:
replacement AV31 (or AU31) emachine motherboard
> Thanks for the good advice.
>
> EMachines wants over $200 for the replacement motherboard, which I
find
> rather offensive. I'm going to go ahead and buy a replacement mb
(for
> $40) and see where it gets me. Worst case scenario as I see it is
that
> Windows balks at the different hardware and the repair disks won't
> work. Then I buy a new Windows XP license to reinstall, which isn't
> the end of the world. This would be better than on par with giving
> EMachine $200 for a mb since I'll at least get a decent copy of
Windows
> out of the deal (and can maybe avoid dealing with the same problem
> again in the future).
>
> 2nd question though... it seems there's a lot of talk about bad
power
> supplies in EMachines. There is currently a 250 watt in the box.
> Should I replace this too as a precaution? Or maybe this was even
the
> cause of the mb failure?
>
> thanks!




is there any way you can get me the drivers for that mother board. i
also have the same motherboard but different emachine mine is a t3256
and i lost the recovery disk and i call the company and they want more
that what the win xp pro is worth this company is taking advantage of
costumers. ship computers but at the end you end up paying more. next
time this one breaks i would deffinely build my own

From: Tweek on 25 Jul 2006 20:52
"fancy" <no(a)spam.invalid> wrote in message
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>> an1
>> PostPosted: Fri Jul 21, 2006 3:19 am Post subject: Re:
> replacement AV31 (or AU31) emachine motherboard
>> Thanks for the good advice.
>>
>> EMachines wants over $200 for the replacement motherboard, which I
> find
>> rather offensive. I'm going to go ahead and buy a replacement mb
> (for
>> $40) and see where it gets me. Worst case scenario as I see it is
> that
>> Windows balks at the different hardware and the repair disks won't
>> work. Then I buy a new Windows XP license to reinstall, which isn't
>> the end of the world. This would be better than on par with giving
>> EMachine $200 for a mb since I'll at least get a decent copy of
> Windows
>> out of the deal (and can maybe avoid dealing with the same problem
>> again in the future).
>>
>> 2nd question though... it seems there's a lot of talk about bad
> power
>> supplies in EMachines. There is currently a 250 watt in the box.
>> Should I replace this too as a precaution? Or maybe this was even
> the
>> cause of the mb failure?
>>
>> thanks!
>
>
>
>
> is there any way you can get me the drivers for that mother board. i
> also have the same motherboard but different emachine mine is a t3256
> and i lost the recovery disk and i call the company and they want more
> that what the win xp pro is worth this company is taking advantage of
> costumers. ship computers but at the end you end up paying more. next
> time this one breaks i would deffinely build my own
>

The last time I ordered recover cd's from emachines, I think they charged
$25 shipped. I started a chat session on their website. Other than the
person trying to sell me upgrades, it was relatively painless.


From: fancy on 26 Jul 2006 21:20
thanks for your reply but i have found the drivers in driverguide took
me long time but finally found them thanks

by the way i had a bad experience with tech support on emachines
therefore i will never buy from them again. i guess it all depends
on the person any ways thanks

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