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you need to reinstall the driver

Movie DVD's are not legal to pull information off, that is why they are copyrighted. If this is an information disk and you are not just able to drag and drop the information contact the publisher.

This computer has a IDE and SATA port inside it so you can either install a IDE or SATA drive on it, but what it came per built is a IDE drive.

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It is the operating system - not the pc. Try locating the drivers that are specific for your operating system.
Best of luck

how to Install a new hard drive
Do you have the original operating system on CD or DVD? also you need the new HD to be a "SATA" if you do read on

1. unplug all cables from computer (power, Monitor, Mouse, Keyboard, speakers, etc.) try to remove static from body and ground yourself.
2. place cpu on a confortable work table (if possible)
3. on the back of the cpu there is 2 screws that hold the side cover, remove those you may have to do both sides.
4. pull the cover towars the back of the cpu to remove.
5. there you would be able to see if you can remove the tray holding the hard drive or if you can get the hard drive out by itself
6. Unplug the 2 cables on the back of the hard drive (power and data)
7. There should be 2 screws on each side of the hard drive remove them.
8. Now pull the hard drive out of tray (that is a go)
9. insert new hard drive in tray and attach side screws
10. connect data and then power to hard drive (can go in in one direction only).
11. place both side cover (don't forget screws) and make sure the covers go in to the tabs so it would not rattle.
12. connect mouse, keyboard, speaker, monitor and power.
that is it
now you just have to reload your operating system with your cd's turn pc on, insert cd's and restart computer, you may have to press on/off switch to turn it off or ctr+alt+del to restart. if the cd is in it may restart and ask you to press a any key to start from cd if not you have to change boot order from BIoS


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If you get nothing but a blue light and no video at all it sounds like you have a bad power supply. They are easy enough to check and replace but not for a first timer. If you know someone who knows more; get a volt meter and put it on the DC scale. Unplug a power plug to a drive or find one that is not used. Measure the Yellow to black and then the red to black wires. You should get 12 & 5 volts respectively.

The CHS fan is the chasis fan, this fan should be seated on the case somwhere, the best way to check this is to take the side panel of the pc and power it up to see if any fans are not working, if you find a fan that is not working turn back off and check the connector of the fan is connected properly to the motherboard connector and try again, if still the same you may have to invest in a new fan. They are relitively cheep to buy from your local pc store.

When installing the new fan ensure you place back into the case blowing out, not in, this way you will ensure the heat is being dispersed away from any heated componants.

Being as you have reseated the heat sink and cpu(processor)fan and changed the heat sink compond, as long as you fully covered the metal of the processor then that shouldnt be the problem of the shuting down. Because the bios knows it has a chasis fan it may shut down to protect the motherboard and componants.
hope this helps.

This PC was made before SDHC was finalized so the built-in media reader will not read SDHC. You will need to purchase an SDHC compatible media card reader device. I've seen them for as little as $3.99 and they just plug in via USB.

See if you could get Ubuntu Linux. This operating system, should work out of the box. If you can get the CD, you could also try using it without actually installing it.

Fine, find a shop that assembles PCs and which has the spare ones yanked from generic cases per order.
Or, since the LEDs are regulated by amperage rather than voltage, put any LEDs you want in (blue, green, white, yellow, UV (looks blue because almost any surface downconverts the UV), whatever), plus a momentary switch (it's never carrying the 90A 150VAC to a 900W supply!) MicroCenter and many other retailers can of course oblige.
Hey, that's like a shopping problem the way you stated it. Is there any other detail bothering you?

start ur computer press F8 rapidly if popup menu came then goto safe mode,if not then u have a problem in ur ram.but u say its giving no signal thats mean vga resolution may be not compatable with ur monitor.go to safe mode and remove ur vga driver and restart ur pc if u have a vga problem.
still u facing a problem then better chage ur ram

Tiffano,
You have not specified what card you want inserted. Anyway.

Please remove the 3 screws at the back of the PC on the right side of the PC as you face to back. This will enable you to remove the cover thus exposing the innards of the PC. You will find at least one slot empty for a cord to be inserted. Insert the card with its contact lugs towards the motherboard and the metallic strip towards the back.. Fit it properly and tighten the screw on top of the metallic strip to the body of the computer. Once done, screwup the side plate of the PC and turn it around to face you. Now insert the CD that came with the card and install the card.
Now you are ready to use the card.

Either the "data" cable between your screen and your desktop is defective, or that cable is not connected to your screen, or that cable is not connected to your desktop, or the video-card inside the computer is defective.

Check the connections.

Temporarily connect the screen to a different laptop/desktop computer, to see if the screen still works.

Temporarily connect a different screen to your desktop, to see if your desktop's video-adapter is working.

Re-fix the RAM sticks and restart your PC .it will work

format ur hdd and re set it all up,

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you have a serious virus problem, get a strong anti virus and scan your whole system, kapersky or avast Anti virus are suggested....

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Download a DVD, ISO file, from say a torrent site and burn to DVD. You may have to elicit a friends machine to do this. Or purchase a DVD. Also ensure you FIRST get & download ALL the drivers you need from the manufacturers web site.

you could try a recovery partition if it has one, but other than that you will need the cd, if you prchased it from a retailer you can contact emachines directly and have them send you the CD, they are supposed to per contract with Microsoft. Sony got into a lot of trouble for not giving customers the install CD

You can purchase recovery software specific for your machine (you will need your computer's serial number) here:

https://secure.tx.acer.com/RCDB/Main.aspx?brand=emachines

I believe it is around $20, plus shipping costs.

Hope this helps.