Originally Posted by SpywareDr
No no, not at all. :)
A few months ago at about 10:00 AM on a normal business day, had one eMachine "sizzle for a few seconds and then pop" (their words). This was in an office building with between 20-25 other eMachines running at the same time. It was the only machine that was effected. Slapped in a new power-supply, nothing ... dead. Replaced the CPU and RAM, nada ... still dead. Replaced the motherboard ... bingo. (New power-supply, motherboard, CPU and RAM).
Still don't know if it was the power-supply that took out the motherboard or the motherboard that took out the power-supply. It isn't the first time that this had happened though. In my experience with eMachines, if it has a "Bestec" power-supply and it 'pops', more than likely the motherboard is dead too. :(