Project: eMachines T-3256 restoration (1)

I wanted to find a desktop PC that I could restore back to working condition as practice for some major upgrading and restoration projects I will be working on in the future. I looked on eBay and found this eMachines T-3256.

The seller claimed that the unit had no HD but was working before it was removed. It also was listed as having an AMD Athlon 3200+ XP Processor, DVD+/RW CD-ROM, NVIDIA G-Force 4 graphics driver, and 5 USB ports. Although it was sold as "for parts or repair", it looked clean so I put in a bid and won it for $29.99 plus $18.00 shipping ($47.99). I liked this unit because it has both a DVD and CD drive and a built in media card reader.