Hey everyone. I have here this old eMachines T6524 that I think we got in like 2006. I'm trying to set it up to just be a little computer for the nephews when they come over and have have made various improvements since I first got it(better power supply, upgraded GPU). It used to never have a problem but it's been unused for a while and after all these changes that I've made every so often when turning the computer on it never initializes the monitor and the keyboard doesn't light up when hitting the lock buttons, making it seem to me that it fails POST and never gets to the BIOS.
Usually if I turn it on it only requires one or two restarts to get it WORKING. But, sometimes it really struggles a no matter how many times I restarted the computer it never boots up. Anyone know what could be causing this?Do you have a graphics card installed?? If yes, remove it and check if the problem persists.I think that the problem only happens with the graphics card installed.Hi

Perhaps the replacement power supply isn't up to running the computer and graphics card.

Also I would check the motherboard for bulged capacitors here is a link to a description of what that means

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitor_plague

Hmm. I'm not 100% sure but it seems that all the GREEN capacitors are like what I saw when I searched Google for bulged capacitors. I've uploaded 2 pictures:

http://4seasonsautorepair.com/test/1216130020.jpg
The green ones are to the right of the CPU.

http://4seasonsautorepair.com/test/1216130024.jpg
Here's a closeup shot of two of them. The little one seems to be fine.

If that is the case, and they are bulged, is it just a waiting game until it finally dies and I'll just have to live with starting it up over and over to get lucky?It is basically a shop job now. You need to take it to a computer repair shop who can change these capacitors. Your comp will be up and running like before if there are no other problems reported after changing the caps.Any idea what a common price would be for a change of those capacitors?Depends from shop to shop and most importantly country to country. You can ask in 2-3 places and DECIDE accordingly.sounds like a pain in the *censored*....most of these old comps ARENT worth the time to fix them unless you dont have money like me and you got nuthin but time to mess around with it.  I dont know where you are but if you need a comp for your nephews you could try all the second hand stores and places like Goodwill etc....craigslist...if you can find an old beater that will accept your RAM, vid card and other components maybe it would be worth buying an old tower for 10 bucks?  just an idea