EMachine not turning on....

[Antarctica32]

So, I got this EMachine T7292 and I really want to use it for my Eagle Scout Project

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1676724

But the first thing I noticed when I got it was that there was no power supply. So I frankensteined a power supply out of one of my others and plugged it in. Then I noticed that there were no cables hooking up the drives so I plugged in some patas for the HD and cd/dvd drive and one of those stupid floppy drive ribbons. So after that I flipped the switch and nothing happened, not even the CPU fan gave a little spin like Dells do. Never working with an EMachine before, I figured they were like HPs so I then pressed the little power button on the front and of course nothing happened. I tried several different power supplies and none of um worked. I would really like to get this thing working cuz it has a somewhat respectable CPU (Celeron 2.7 GHz) and I have heard it runs Linux rather well. Please tell me that I forgot to do some stupid little thing and not that the motherboard is busted. All help of any kind would be greatly appreciated even if it is to tell me that the motherboard is broken. That way I can just start ripping the useful crap of off it.

[Dutch70]

That being a hardware issue, there may be some people here that can help you, but I'd check this link also.
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com (http://www.bleepingcomputer.com)

[Antarctica32]

If I was to go down the path of fixing the hardware problem, about how long and how much effort would it take to fix? Would it be more worth it to just scavenge the good parts from it? It's a real shame cuz it was probably the best PC I have been given yet for my project. Thanks so much for replying.

EDIT: By the way, my dad has a very similar Presario. Does yours have the flash memory drive thing? I have always wanted one of those.

[Dutch70]

Well, imho and I'm no hardware expert. If it's a piece of hardware that attaches to the computer or mobo & you have one, try it. If it's the mobo, use it for parts.

One thing you can do is, if you have another computer that works to try the parts on, you can find out what's good and what's not on that computer.

Also, check for loose connections on the mobo & don't get zapped.:)

[Antarctica32]

thanks for the advice. I'm just going to take the useful things out and put them in my others.

[CharlesA]

thanks for the advice. I'm just going to take the useful things out and put them in my others.
That'll probably be the best thing to do. It sounds like the mobo is fried to me.