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Question: Did it ever work? Is it only recovery from sleep? Will it boot normally if you unplug the computer while it is on (forced crash) and then restart. Will it boot in Safe mode? Getting stuck at the welcome screen indicates a driver not loading properly. Since the display does not work, likely the video drivers. Update with the newest driver from Nvidia for your system. Windows XP has had problems in the past with recovering from power management settings like hibernate and sleep. https://www.geforce.com/drivers

Check to see if unit works with other disks. If it works fine then it is definitely a software issue that is preventing playback of your disk. Install VLC freeware and see if that plays it back.

The beep signifies an error. But different bioses have different beeps. You can check with the emachine site to tell you what 1 beep on the machine signifies and you can be guided accordingly. Could be bad power supply, connection, peripheral, etc

If there is a connection for the SATA drive, the bios should see it. You'll have to go into the bios setup (hit F2 key repeatedly on reboot) and look around until you find the setting. I cannot tell you exactly where it is, as you may have a different bios version. I suggest you plug the drive cable into the "SATA 0)", plug in the drive power plug, and then hook up the main (110 volt) power cord. Don't forget the power for the new drive. I also suggest you try changing ONLY ONE SETTING AT A TIME. Write down where it was, how you got to it, what it was, and what you changed it to. If that does not work, it will be easy to undo what you did, and try another setting. Years of experience has taught me not to make wholesale changes to the bios. Look for something like "Integrated Peripherals"

Safe mode then remove from control panel add/remove programs. Total removal ? Regedit thru run command .

Bogus unit - return it for another.

NO monitor told at all. nor any PC at all model told some kind of desktop sure, in photo above, but what/? NO TOLD NO OS told ether and newer OS does not run on N_force chipsets. that error is pure NVIDIA software for GPU same. my wild guess is COIN cell battery dead and bios now lost 128bits of config data out of NVRAM CMOS> and goes berserk as all do like that. and the bits that control BIOS RAID ARRAY are gone ,lost so it lies to you now (expected). thinking RAID is lost but was never ever used or enabled by you ever. BINGO CHAOS , BINGO FOR COIN easy no? easy peasy lemon squeezy (new coin day) MediaShield Rom BIOS 9.83 Copyright © 2007 nvidia corp detecting arrays..(means RAID drive system a HW option in this chip set) it's a feature on vast PC and for sure business workstations and real servers. hw. NO PC told so i fact I can know how old the PC is. nor that dead coin cell at 5 to 7 years old and ignored that long.

1. a new coin fitted first.
2. reset bios inside bios
3. turn off RAID (yeah)
4. set time and date
5. set boot order to HDD0 first.
6. save key bios.
7. exit bios

cold boot now cured/ fixed. my wild guess a super old desktop, with DOA/EOL Nforce chip set that has no support at all now, and coin cell is dead. and for sure is Nforce there (AMD chip set , now fully EOL) the raid hot key is f10 , given to emachine bios makers for Nvidia Nforce relic RAID chip. next time tell what PC this is and get faster, shorter and 10x more accurate answers. The other answer is no hackers it is you not knowing what RAID means and not servicing the COIN cell before it fails. RAID if enabled has 2 purposes makes 2 drives or more, run super fast,than just 1. or my RAID 6 mode to run 8 drives and 2 can fail and no data loss at all and runs perfectly (tad slower) "called production mode by geeks" production means never goes down like servers use so well.. that is it lacking PC model. now the reverse of all that Say it was raid the rules are so raid common, he bios or raid F10 setups must show a RAID array there. or you make one now. the set setup a RAID now, There. say RAID 1 or ? then save and cold boot and install the OS to the virtual drive raid0 if before the raid was working F10 into raid and enable it again after new coin cell and safe exit F10 and now set boot order to RAID ARRAY 0 OR AS IT WAS BEFORE THE LOSS. (COMMON POST ON TOPIC) You do not have the bios set correctly for the installer to sense it is available for use. Enable raid mode in bios setup. nForce Drivers WILL install the MediaSheild software!!!!!!!!!! The sata hdd's must also be configured into a NVidia Stripe at least using the bios sata/raid config. tool(F10 on my board) then nForce driver install should offer it up. I have no problems installing or removing EVEN ON MediaSheild from Dualboot XP-SP2 X86 or Vista x86.

Impossible to tell without knowing where the wires come from. I'd take it back to the repair shop and ask them.

Have you selected the correct horizontal AND vertical resolution for the screen. PC's sometimes don't automatically select them correctly

INSTALLER FAILURE AND NO WINDOWS VERSON TOLD AT ALL. USELESS TO GUESS. AT END OF PHASE ONE INSTALL AND IT WARNS REBOOTING REMOVE ALL INSTALL MEDIA NOW, OR IT WILL GO TO LOGGERHEADS BOOT LOOPING PHASE1 ENDLESS. OR have boot order right. HDD0 first and below 2nd. USB or DVD at the install media is. ordered correct in BIOS and use boot on the fly hot key of most PCs, that have that, and force boot USB/DVD and when phase 1 ends the 2nd boot lands on HDD.

It is unlikely that this program deleted your Facebook account but it may be interfering with your ability to access it. Start by removing the program. Remove PC HealthBoost Virus Removal Guide

no pc told. at all, sad. turn on monitor last, see no signal error means PC is dead. lightening hit damage is unlimited only pulling AC line cord protect them all, I do so here.

It may be because you added a graphics card that is not compatible. It is not your motherboard, unless that card damaged your motherboard.

1996 PC .no used thing is error free for sure PCs.so is not a RIP off, buying used means you get to fix all that.just like used cars same.there is no XP support then or now.and many old PCs the chipsets inside have no above vista support at all or higher.lots wrong here on a 20+ year old PC, mostly useless junk now, seen in Museums.XP does not run here it is too old.the Coin cell inside is dead, not one ever lasted 20 years. sorry.he BIOS must be reset.and then boot order set to CD first. so it can boot the CD, XPcons' max.too oldno pci-e slotsno sata portsno support at all.HDD will be dead 20" years old IDE (PATA) or missing.chips that do not have support for xp up.worst off all is that CS code meanseMachines etower 333CS Computer with Cyrix M II-333 MMX Processor ,soon owned by NSC and then dead VIA in asia. Cyrix is dead now. zero EOL support. let it stay dead.or sell it for just the rare cpu, super hard to find one so keep it 10 more years or sell it as collectable.

This PC was sold new day1, in 2009 (a bad year) and as such had (per your manual) has toxic mercury CCFL background tube lamps at the LCD screen that do just exactly as told so very well. and PC means Personal Computer and CPU means central processing unit, a chip a USA invention ! when the screen is black we use the flashlight test (uk torch , burn free, lol.) point it here. see data the CCFL? yes, are dead and the do fail intermittent or by hot and cold room. or dead or dim or got yellow for white tinged. the problem is bad hardware and googling finds endless geeks that do not understand hardware at all, or little (i call em bit flippers) Too bad all makers of PC and monitors did not put screen test mode button on the PC, that glows the back lamps in our shop we use HV CCFL tester to find that truth easy. the monitor is bad on the desktop PC if you test the monitor on 2nd PC it fails if you the failing PC with known good monitor the PC passes all test. now you learn 3 simple tests, of vast. but in order based on AGE big clue #2 is monitor newer showed its ERROR NO SIGNAL or NO connection error, so that clue means PC did not die the monitor did. no signal , no connection, no sync, or over-range errors never seen. fans normal. blowing. in PC is clue 3 (and all LED you told too)

1: Check the cable connections for the VGA or DVI cable at both ends for a secure connection. 2: There may be a button on the bezel of the monitor for input source to switch between VGA, DVI, or HDMI. While the monitor is on, press that one or more times waiting 2 or 3 seconds between presses to see of it finds the signal.

No monitor model told no PC model told no OS told also PCs with wrong drivers, the sleep mode fails. so turn off sleep fully in the control panel + power settings go to performance mode.;the blow flashing light means I AM sleeping but THERE ARE ONLY 3 WAYS TO END SLEEP ON A DESKTOP(NO NOT FIDDLING A MONITOR) wiggle the mouse or click it but of USB ports are allowed sleep that fails. hard. so never allow usb to sleep. then way 2, hammer the space bar ,keyhboard or the ESC key see PC exit sleep, if USB is allowed to sleep (ports)it too fails and last the power button pushed in for 10second and released forces a sick PC, (bad drivers that kill sleep features) this act resets the PC and reboots. why not just turn off all sleep modes. and just allow the monitor to sleep and or power it off. not used. also page in your manual states (see resume) and never allow Hibernate at all it is super buggy or any deeper state. "Press this button to turn the power on or off. You can also configure the power button to operate in Standby/Resume mode or Hibernate mode. The power indicator lights when the computer is turned on." why not test the PC with newer monitor 2011 newer LED back lighted monitor to be sure your older monitor is not bad as seen here in this flash light test. rCAP learn to disable all forms of sleep modes, ALL no exceptions. then see if this works if it does you just learned your drivers are bad. or test the PC with a newer monitor 2012 is LED for sure) learn that bad drivers most times make sleep fail no oS told at all, not even a tiny clue is this XP the versus magnet from H3LL>? or worse upgraded to vista and drivers are all no good for vista. never up grade any os lacking oem support for all drivers. newer. vast PCs have no upgrade path at and guess what emachine is infamous for that fact. they stink this way but sure wins the dirt chip cost war, sure. the fast resume is on the power button to set right] the fast press is resume from sleep, the but is programable. if drivers are wrong all this fails hard,

Download a Linux distro to a flash drive or DVD and see how well it runs off that. There's HDD utilities like SuperGrubDisk that can diagnose things.

well the screen is dead and the emachine splash is dead so screen triple dead if BIOS is dead, so we fix that first. here are the tests in order correct. and quadro dead, fans dead. All uSB devices unplugged. DVD tray EMPTY for sure does button eject work if not power is failing. to DVD drive. 1: remove the huge battery first they short and overload the PSU power rails and VRM inside the PC , just remove it.(easy no?)_ 2; then use only the AC to DC power pack for power, even for ever. let me be clear run on AC power only. 3: screen wake up yet? a goal best BIOS screens up. 4: the flashlight test is next to any black screen , pc seems on. I can hear HDD spin ear to casing of hdd, hummmm 5: still dead screen? out the hdd, remove it and DVD drive both as those to can short, in fact up to 20 things in a PC can FAIL. 6: the coin cell above 2.9vdc and never below, 3.3vdc new. CCLF DEAD. 7: strip the PC down more, in you mind focus on modules and device that can short, even to to 1 stick of DDR memory, AC power cord pull do not remove things inside any PC with AC power to wall jack, ever, and big battery is already gone until PC runs right again,. 2009 MADE NEW. CCFL INSIDE !!!!!!!!!! emachines eMachines W4620 (M622-UK8X)

This is something you no longer have to worry about. Vista is no longer being supported so Microsoft will no longer be releasing new updates. Windows Vista Reaches End of Life Capital Support