Emac Died, NEED HELP!!!

Hi, I have had an emac for over 3 and half years now. Just an hour ago, it died on me. I wasn't at my computer, but near it. It clicked off and was followed by a burning smell, no smoke. A friend of mine said the power supply may have died, but he is not sure. All I know is that it won't turn on and that there is a nasty smell. Does anyone have any idea what happened, or what I should do? I tried to call mac support but it's after hours. Thanks.

As cosmic hobo has already noted, a burning wire insulation smell is beyond any simple fix. You can check any nearby Apple Store locations or use the Apple Authorized Service Provider (AASP) and/or Apple: Find Service to find a repair shop that can give you an estimate. Ask them to check if the hard drive is readable as well as checking the source of the burning.
Should the damage not be cost-effective to repair, if the hard drive is readable you can recover it's contents by removing the drive (either have the repair shop do so for you, or use the disassembly instructions in Apple eMac Upgrade Guide) and place the drive in an external enclosure to use with whatever replacdes the eMac (see PT: HD drive replacement tips).
Especially if the problem can be traced to a power surge, you'll want to look at higher-quality surge protectors (Tripp Lite Isobar models are the reference standard at the lab where I work) or an Uninterruptable Power Supply (e.g., BackUPS models from APC). Low-end surge protectors are essentially one-shot things are are near worthless at actually protecting from power glitches over a long period of time (the status LEDs on such surge outlets are meaningless).
p.s. Welcome to the Apple Discussions!

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