eMachines Consumer Reviews - Page 3

Well this computer was purchased in 2006, all in all it's not that bad. The computer was on the very low end side. I did not purchase it though - my mom did and I bought it from her for 50 bucks but the price she paid for it was almost 300. I found this ridiculous why this low end machine cost close to as much a medium-high end gaming computer cost well over the years.

I have slowly upgraded it. Now it has a dual core cpu @ 3.0GHz, 2GB RAM, GeForce 9400gt 1gb graphics card, and a new case. All that's left is the heat sink fan and motherboard which still limit this computer greatly... The onboard chipset was a ATI Xpress 200 series which ATI does not support the drivers for anymore. The cpu fan is very low end and extremely loud - any process you put on the cpu this thing goes off like a helicopter.

However for being almost 4 years old the motherboard is still in great shape (the d101ggc as Intel refers to it). This has been my learning computer and it has taught me a lot though.. I would never buy an eMachines again nor any other retail computer.

Unbelievable! My hard drive crashed, so I installed a new one. I reinstalled the O.S. (Windows Home) step by step and entered the license key as printed on the official Microsoft hologram tag on the back of the computer. Online, Microsoft wouldn't accept this key. So I called and used the "authorize by telephone" option, pressing in what seemed like a hundred numbers, and typing other validation numbers into the screen. Still no good. I then had to call other Microsoft phone numbers and got bounced around until I found someone who said it's an eMachines problem, call them.

I just spent almost an hour chatting online with first, a support rep, and then finally a supervisor at eMachines, who insist I have an invalid serial number (hello, it has their logo and it's stuck on their computer)! They suggest I pay for another copy of Windows at retail pricing or go to Microsoft for help! HELP is right! I'll never buy another eMachines in my life and I hope no one else out there will.

I called the customer service number on my set of system restore CDs given on the package that came with my eMachine. I was given the telephone number of emachine.com 408-273-0858 and had to give them all of my registration information, my serial number, all that jazz. After about 30 minutes of answering their questions, I was told that they didn't have them anymore for my eMachine. It was one year too old. I have tried everywhere to find them. Why do they not have a restore disc set that works on all eMachines? They did not offer any help.

KENOSHA, WISCONSIN -- I have a T5048A eMachines computer which I got last year about this time. This is the computer with totally different specs that it lists. I have DDR2 memory installed on this computer and its reporting it still in single channel mode. Any ideas why? I bought two identical pairs of 1 gig, 667 mhz of ram. They have identical serial numbers. It's reporting it as having 2048 mb of memory so all the memory is in use. I had two 512's mb or ram installed in here at first but they had different speeds and they two were in single channel mode. In bios I am unable to find a switch that lets me switch it to dual channel.

Anyone have any ideas what is causing it to still be in single channel mode? This computer came with an Intel board with the ATI chipset. It has a P4 3.0 ghz with HT, and am using Vista Premium. I also added a sweet ATI video card, could that be the reason? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

B.H., CALIFORNIA -- This is the first time I have ever written a review like this. That is how strongly I felt I needed to tell people to STAY AWAY FROM THIS COMPANY! Like a previous member, I have been without my computer for MONTHS. I am in the midst of sending my machine back for the 3rd time (the first time they sent it back to me, it wouldn't even turn on!). I spoke with Gateway Corporate about a replacement, and spoke to the RUDEST CUSTOMER SERVICE SUPERVISOR I have ever dealt with. She should be serving meals to prisoners. Anyway, stay away... FAR, FAR AWAY!!!

With all the negative info floating around, I must say I've been perfectly happy with my eMachine, which came with a flat-screen monitor and all the usual goodies for a very economic price! The system so far is blazing fast and has given me no problems at all.

And Kudos to Best Buy for exchanging it and swapping the hard drives for free and quickly, without asking any stupid questions like "Did it stop working only after your electric box was struck by lightning and caught on fire?" :) Overall very happy thus far, with a bottom line under $700 I have a very sturdy machine, it would seem.

HORSHAM, PENNSYLVANIA -- I would like to put a post in and say that eMachines is a solid PC. I have been a PC repair tech for the last 6 1/2 years and am very please with eMachines. The older ones did have some issues and personally I did not prefer them over just about any other PC.

But, the newer PC's are very solid, stable PC's. Emachines uses good hardware, so you will often find MSI and other top manufacture motherboards. I have seen 1 known issue with the T-series: The power supply often go bad and put out the incorrect voltage which often leads to a defective motherboard. In this case, both need to be replaced and sometimes even the CPU.

So... stop the eMachine hating and use some common sense. If you have a problem, right away the manufacture sucks??? Half of the problems posted are caused by the users: spyware, viruses... all user problems. So, if we are picking sides, sign me up for eMachine - a solid PC manufacturer. Thank you.

Bought for a Christmas present for my son at Wal-Mart's Black Friday Sale. It crashed within a week. Wal-Mart wouldn't replace or exchange it. Had to fight through three tech's at eMachines to get them to take it back and then had to pay almost $30 to ship it to them through UPS. Still have no idea what they plan on doing but, we will never purchase another one in this household.

We bought 2 eMachines - one 2 years ago and the other 3 years ago. Both the computers have blown motherboards. These are not the only eMachines I have owned - the first one did the same thing. Yes you would have thought I would have learned a lesson, but now I have I will never buy another eMachines... Our MIS dept told me these computers were junk and I should have listened.. Lesson learned...

BURLINGAME, CALIFORNIA -- I have an old eMachines T2885... hard drive failed. So I restored the OS using the restore CD. Everything installed fine... except drivers for the ethernet, video, sound. So I called eMachines/checked their website... Bottom line... no drivers since it's out of warranty unless I want to pay for support. Damn, that sucks... looks like it's Linux from here on out...