Customer Reviews

eMachines T2984 Desktop PC (2.93 GHz Celeron D 340, 512 MB RAM, 80 GB Hard Drive, DVD Drive, CD-RW Drive)

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I loved my e-machine! Until 26 months later it died. An online search found that many others had the same problem: Power Supply FAILURE. I never had a problem with the computer till now. I thought it was wonderful. The problem is, when the cheap PS dies it also kills your motherboard and you are dead in the water. According to those who have tried to replace the MB, you can not just buy an MB and hope that does the trick. Microsoft sees the new MB as a new computer and the restore disk (that has all your operating software on it)which came with your emachine, will not work with the new board, so you have to spend another $100 or so for that. By the time you get it all you could probably have an HP that I am told is much more reliable...(?)

Take heed to this WARNING. And those who already have an e-machine: spend $40 or $50 and replace that cheap "Bestec" PS before you have to spend hundreds on a new computer.

learning the hard way,

joyfulsongster

I love this thing. My inlaws got it foe my wife and I and it is one of the best PC's I have ever used. better than my Dad's dell dimension.

Like others have said it has a junk power supply. Lasted a few years for me and then when it died I just threw in a new power supply and kept on going.

Same with my T2984. PS died an fried the whole board. However, I have had two other brand PS die at work and both the PC were perfectly fine after I replced the PS on them.

It worked for sometime so that is why I said "almost"
First the PSU died. Replaced the PSU. A year later the motherboard is toast.
These are major issues. Need to do some troubleshooting to see if the HDD is ok.

In less than three years a fault on the motherboard kept the PC from powering up. But in my case the power supply was ok. This is the second Emachine model I have owned with this problem. On the other one, the power supply died too.