wYou can get a power supply for your emachine at www.pcpowercooling.com. 1-800-722-6555... A special thanks goes out to Larry Frick for this information.Larr |
iI wish I had seen your page before I bought an emachine 400 on July 3. I was impressed with the speed at first, but within two weeks my modem went bad--no dial tone, completely dead. So far I haven't been able to contact a live person at emachines Support Services. Guess I'll end up having to replace the modem myself. B. Hopkins, Georgia |
Mike I had a 333cs and from day one the fan made noise. I tried to contact emachine and did not have any luck either. So I contacted the Better business bureau and they are checking in on emachines conduct. I think they have the worst customer service I have ever seen. Well good luck with your poor computer. |
I read about your email machine problems. I also have had power supply problems. Do you know of any place to just purchase a new power supply? I have had several that have gone dead and I hate sending the unit back every time to replace a simple power supply. Ft. Lauderdale, FL |
You are not alone. Out of 5 ppl with eMachines that I know, 3 of them exhibit the bad power supply fan, and 3 of them have had modems go dead and need replacing. This is too high a percentage to be a co-incidence. I am left suspecting some of these parts are inherently flawed. At first, I was impressed with eMachines and helped other people buy them. Now I wish I hadn't... as they all come to me with their problems. These machines have been
manufactured too cheaply, and they cut corners on small but nonetheless
significant parts. How did I find your page? Well, one of those
afore mentioned eMachines (a 333k) has died. I suspect the fan
which was making a horrible yowling died, and the power supply please email me at krk@earthling.net |
Hi there.. Just a quick note to agree that the Emachine product bites. I am typing this with my 333 Etower..that is letting out a beautiful growling noise, similar to that described in item 3 on your page ;). Sigh, I also wish I hadn't made the purchase. I however use it with the growling noise. It hasn't gone "bad" yet but I am constantly keeping an eye on it to make sure that it doesn't fry or start a fire. The modem I suspect also went bad, since I couldn't stay online for more than 15-20 minutes at a time. I decided to purchase a cable modem and cable service to solve this problem. Expensive little cheap machine...guess it's true..you get what you pay for :). Stephanie |
Mike, The your story
is almost a carbon copy of mine. Only I made the mistake of letting
the fan stop all together. It was making so much noise that I
honestly thought my next door neighbor was using a broken vacuum
cleaner. The noise stops, I go JEEZ glad that racket is over.
OOps ! screen is Terrance W. |
Mike your story sounds so cool..........It's like I almost relived my friends experience...below is the email i sent them...with of course no reply yet...to their customer service center...if they have such a thing. http://personal.mia.bellsouth.net/mia/l/a/laz69/cdsco.htm best of luck... laz Dear Sirs, Lazaro J. H. |
From: MCC in Virginia |
Well, add us to your
list of unsatisfied customers. I bought my "E" back
in September '99. Had it about a month and the dreaded "broken
vaccum cleaner" noise started. I went in to Office Depot
where I had bought the machine and told them what was happening.
They promptly replaced it with an Etower 400i3 Has this happened to any
of you. If it has, is this the beginning of |
Hi, I got my emachine
about 7 month's ago and the last 3-4 weeks it's been giving me
problems. Just like one of the other people that mailed you,
my computer also comes on all by itself. I can't shut it off,
at first I could and it would come back on only sometimes, but
now it won't shut off at all, I can only shut off the Bonnie And believe it or not......... Hi Mike, |
HI fellow emachine losers- Sue and Lewisthey sell! |