I turn on the emachine and the monitor says Self Check/Check Monitor/Check PC Cables I check them all but it won't turn on

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I cannot get the machine to boot up. the monitor shows this rainbow of check PC, check the monitor check the cables but nothing works on it. what am I doing wrong?
 
Solution
Test the monitor with another system and/or your system with another monitor.

Unless your have a bad cable, this is very often a dead motherboard, video card or power supply.

What do you see/hear on the computer when you turn it on?