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Question

eMachine Video card or Monitor?

Oct 7, 2015 3:52PM PDT

My son's eMachine, Model EL-1360G, has an issue, either the monitor, which I doubt or the on board video card. When first turning on the computer, monitor worked and then "no signal" and now black and blinking power light on monitor. ALSO, I don't hear any fans working! Power supply or any others,
thanks,
Rich

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Have you tried it on another PC?
Oct 7, 2015 3:58PM PDT

Dafydd.

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The no fans is a pretty good clue.
Oct 7, 2015 4:10PM PDT

This looks to be 2 or 3 years old but without fans that points to the main box has failed. You may want to try the computer (no monitor required) in another power outlet.

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(NT) sounds like PSU failure
Oct 7, 2015 4:54PM PDT
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eMachine Video card or monitor?
Oct 7, 2015 7:34PM PDT

Thanks everyone, yes, I tried it on my desktop and the monitor worked fine, so it's something on the mother board/video card I guess. The video stuff is ALL included in the Motherboard, so it looks like a new motherboard,

Rich

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Is this an OEM machine?
Oct 9, 2015 1:09PM PDT

If so, changing the mobo will result in the "Windows is not genuine" message. Probably cost nearly as much as a new machine.
Dafydd.

Edited typo.

Post was last edited on October 9, 2015 1:18 PM PDT

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Hmm
Oct 9, 2015 1:55PM PDT

if you didn't have such a small PSU , I'd say try another GPU