You might be able to try the hard drive, and see if you can transfer data off onto another drive.
The reality, you blew those parts, everything else is hosed as well.
Hope you didn't buy another Emachine.
Tim
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From: ceares <[log in to unmask]>
> I have an e-machine that the power source and motherboard blew out on. I wound 
> up getting another computer but I'm wondering would it be okay to salvage parts 
> from the e-machine for my other computers, or would the blow out have effected 
> them too?
> 
> Specifically, I like to use the harddrive, memory, and cd and dvd rom drives
> 
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