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A client of mine has an XP era eMachines. The power supply has died and been replaced 3 times. I've discharged the motherboard and checked the surge protector.

In the middle of a scan with ComboFix, the machine died.

It powers on and hangs before the BIOS and shows a solid yellow light. I believe the model # is T5062 or something like that.

Aside from a bad outlet, what would cause the PSU to die a few times?

EDIT:

I did notice that the PSU had two similar "four prong square" motherboard connectors (near the CPU) . I don't know that there should have been two of them. I think that the wrong one was plugged in. What would the difference be and why would there be two of them?

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Moshe
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This is an issue that eMachines are notorious for, your client is lucky. Usually the motherboard goes as well about the same time. It's just a low quality product. One of those "you get what you pay for" deals.

Are you replacing the PSUs with eMachine's branded PSUs? If so you should really get an aftermarket one.

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