Hi, I've just joined so bare with me. I have a computer with and AMD phenom 9650 processor and a GA M720-US3 motherboard. The rest is standard fare (hard drive, memory, etc) Lately, the processor fan had been problematic; when booting up it would start, stop and then a few seconds later it would twirl. The the computer would start up. Then, yesterday, the computer was not booting up at all, and the reason may be because the processor fan was not working, though the computer internal case fan was. The DVD just KEEPS blinking, and in the end I turned off at the mains.
I bought a new computer fan and fitted it and exactly the same thing occured as the previous fan, so it was not the fan (I think!) Does anybody have any ideas how to deal with this situation and to find out where the fault is? It could be in the processor, the motherboard or the memory, but how does one check? There is no, nor has there ever been any beeping from the motherboard to check on the stage that the failure takes place.
Has anybody ever experienced this sort of thing before and how did they deal with it? I don'w want to GO buying new equipment (memory, motherboard (apparently, they don't have this motherboard anymore) only to find it was not the problem. Quote

Hi, I've just joined so bare with me

The DVD just keeps blinking, and in the end I turned off at the mains.

the computer was not booting up at all

fitted it and exactly the same thing occured as the previous fan, so it was not the fan