eMachines ET1161-05 PC Desktop - Answered Questions & Fixed issues

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Is your Computer free of Malware ,etc , work on what you can clean off the Computer,as a !st try , see if it make a difference, last resort to reload Windows 7.

If system restore not working you can always try to do a repair operation with the disks that came with your machine. If you have no disks you are out of luck and will have to reload the machine with new software. If concerned about losing data/files you can remove the hard drive and install it as secondary on another working machine, download the files you want to a usb stick and reload the hard drive and re install the files you previously saved. Good luck

Dear Allie, With my own setup, I had to buy a 2xmetre long cable with identical audio plugs at each end. One end plugs into the audio-out socket on my computer & the other plugs into the audio-in socket on my stereo. Hope this helps; if not please post more detailed information! 'b'ye!

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It is probably best to remove the battery and look at it for the number.

There is a 3.3 Volt button battery on your motherboard, that powers the BIOS chip so it can remember the current date and time. If you replace that battery then set the time and date the computer should no longer default back to 2008. To remove the battery press the small metal clip towards the edge of the battery, the battery will then pop out. Simply press the new battery into place. Make sure you are able to see the writing on the top of the battery for the correct polarity. If you attempt to do this yourself be sure to unplug the computer than press and hold the power button for about 4 seconds to de-energize the motherboard. Should you not feel comfortable doing this any repair shop should be able to do this repair while you wait as it takes generally less than 2 minutes.

Test your PSU power supply unit or replace it if your power supply units fan is not working your PSU is faulty http://pcsupport.about.com/od/toolsofthetrade/f/powersupplytest.htm One bad lead can cause a computer to continue on a cycle of restarting or to shutdown or fail to detect/ boot up a computer hard drive WARNING: Before you start troubleshooting remember that you are dealing with electricity that can KILL. http://www.kitchentablecomputers.com/static.php - rules Only work inside the computer case when the power has been switched off and disconnected. Never open the power source. Some of the below steps recommend removing physical parts within the computer. While in the computer it is highly recommend that you be aware of ESD and its potential hazards Test all leads that attach to your hard drive power and data cables IDE SATA the leads from your MOTHERBOARD TO YOUR HARD DRIVE make sure they have a secure dust free connections and are not faulty or just replace them they could be faulty Make sure all leads that are attached to your dvd\cd floppy drives have secure connections and are not faulty or just replace them they could be faulty. Computers need power and data to travel through every working device to continue its cycle and have an end so any faulty leads will end up with a computer error. Even something as small as a faulty electrical or fan lead can cause you problems Motherboard and a Hard Drive any leads between them will fail before your motherboard or your hard drive if its a flat ribbon 40 pin type IDE replace it this will be the first to fail. Check all electrical power input and extensions make sure they are securely seated even the cd/dvd floppy drives need to have current go through make sure these drives are working also check the Cmos battery and computer RAM modules make sure they are securely seated with no dust built up or in the sockets on some motherboards cmos batteries are soldered in.

One bad or faulty lead connection can cause a computer to continue restarting on a cycle or to shutdown or fail to detect your hard drive

WARNING: Before you start troubleshooting remember that you are dealing with electricity that can KILL.

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Test all power and data leads that attach to your hard drive IDE,SATA

the leads from your (motherboard to your hard drive) make sure they have secure dust free connections and are not faulty

if its a 40 pin flat ribbon type it will be the first to fail

make sure all leads that are attached to your drives dvd\cd 3 1/2 inch floppy have secure connections and are not faulty

even something as small as a faulty electrical fan and its lead can cause you problems

computers need all power and data to continue through every working device and to have an end so any faulty leads will end up with a computer error

make sure your graphics card is securely seated with no dust built up or in the socket

if you remove your graphics check the socket to make sure its dust free

restart your computer then reinstall it this should activate found new hardware wizard

hope this helps

There is something else wrong like bad RAM, or a failed CPU fan. Open it. Turn on and verify the CPU fan is running. If not fix the fan immediately before the CPU fry's.

Hi, The this particular model of the computer has one spare PCI express slot , where an external audio card can be put in. Open the the system tower and look for an empty black slot on the motherboard.You can purchase a PCI express sound card .RegardsProton

According to NewEgg it has one PCI slot, but already in use. CNet mentions a modem. This may be what is using the slot. Remove the modem if not in use.Simplest way is to open it up and verify.

You can reset administrator password with Windows built-in administrator account: 1. Log on with the guest account on windows, then right click computer, and choose Management. 2. Expand Local Users and Groups and Users in the console. 3. Right-click Administrator account and select Properties. 4. On the General tab, clear the Account is Disabled check box. 5. Close the console. Now the super administrator account is successfully enabled. Next, you can easily reset the forgotten admin password from "Start->Control Panel". If the above method can not help you, you can use Smartkey Password Recovery Bundle to help you to reset the password, and see the detail direction from http://www.recoverlostpassword.com/products/passwordrecovery.html.

Test your PSU power supply unit or replace it if your power supply units fan is not working your PSU is faulty

One bad lead can cause a computer to continue on a cycle of restarting or to shutdown or fail to detect/ boot up a computer hard drive

Test all leads that attach to your hard drive power and data cables IDE SATA

the leads from your MOTHERBOARD TO YOUR HARD DRIVE make sure they have a secure dust free connections and are not faulty or just replace them they could be faulty make sure all leads that are attached to your dvd\cd floppy drives have secure connections and are not faulty or just replace them they could be faulty computers need power and data to travel through every working device to continue its cycle and have an end so any faulty leads will end up with a computer error even something as small as a faulty electrical or fan lead can cause you problems

motherboard and a hard drive any leads between them will fail before your motherboard or your hard drive if its a flat ribbon 40 pin type IDE replace it this will be the first to fail

check all electrical power input and extensions make sure they are securely seated even the cd/dvd floppy drives need to have current go through make sure these drives are working

also check the Cmos battery and computer RAM modules make sure they are securely seated with no dust built up or in the sockets on some motherboards cmos batteries are soldered in check you CPU central processing unit make sure its securely seated and has thermal paste it might be getting to hot the thermal paste will help disperse the heat Thermal compound is a sticky paste that is placed directly onto the CPU. Allowing for a more direct heat transfer between the CPU and HEAT SINK and preventing air gaps from forming between the CPU and heat sink. hope this helps

The easiest way is to connect the old hard drive to an USB adapter case and make it an USB external hard drive. Connect this to the USB port on your new computer, the computer will see the external hard drive as an External storage device. You can then open the various folder on the hard drive and copy the files to your new computer.You can delete all the unnecessary folders and files off the old hard drive and use it as a backup storage device.

It may be a content disc. One probably holds your operating system, the other holds your preinstall programs.

What version of windows do you have? Vista or 7 & you could run the startup repair from a Windows CD.You might also boot into your windows repair console & at a command prompt type "Bootrec /RebuildBcd"Attempting a system restore might also be an options. If none of the above work then I'm afraid you may need to try & backup what information you can by slaving the drive in another system & reloading your operating systems. Any windows cd that is the same version of your operating system will work as long as you have the CD key on the side of your computer.

The problem is in the video graphics card or the motherboard in the computer, but that is providing that the unit powers up and everything else appears to be running, the ram memory should be subbed out one at a time because it will cause the same symptom.

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