I replaced the board in an eMachine for a customer but didn't go with a direct replacement. If it failed who's to say the "new" one won't die quickly as well? I dropped in an ECS mATX board and it's been running perfectly. I also had to replace the PSU with a better one (read: anything but stock) because the PSU was also problematic.
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