EMac power headache! :(

I've had my eMac for almost 4 years (this August). Since the beginning I've had problems with the power, but because I'm stupid I didn't get it fixed when it was under the warranty since it had only happened once or twice.
The problem has gotten worse in the last 2 months. Before this, it never really happened. Sometimes it will be a number of days before I can actually use my eMac.
What happens:
I turn it on, I hear it come on, but nothing comes up on the screen. I turn it off by holding the power button, I leave it unplugged for hours and sometimes a couple of days and then I give it another shot. Sometimes it makes these weird beeping sounds, and most of the time you just hear the computer come up but nothing comes up on the screen and the normal "DUNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN" doesn't sound off.
Does anyone have an idea what's going on? I tried looking for a number to call and couldn't find one. I'm just afraid to lose all my music & pictures, I expected better quality from apple

cynzilla,
Welcome to the Apple Discussions!
If the computer is getting power, as idicated by being able to hear the fans running and by the front power LED lighting up (can you let us know if the poer LED does indeed light up or not?), but with no display, there's likely an intermittent cold solder joint somewhere in the analog/CRT assembly. Such faults are nearly impossible to pin down to a specific component and even harder to fix. You can contact an Apple Authorized Service Provider (AASP) to ask about a repair (which would actually be a replacement of the analog/CRT assembly). Unfortunately, that would almost surely cost more than the computer is now worth.
Especially if you or a friend have an old VGA monitor lying about in the back of a closet somewhere, you could try using the US$20 (approx.) Apple miniVGA adapter to connect a VGA monitor to the eMac VGA port. If the problem is in the CRT drive circuitry, that would make the computer still usable. If you take the computer to an AASP for a repair estimate, you could ask them to check if the miniVGA port output is good before buying the adapter.
If you have access to another Firewire-equipped Mac, you can get your personal data (music and photo libraries) off the eMac by booting it as the target in FireWire target disk mode with the other Mac as the host.

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