I took my backup computer to a repair shop,
and they diagnosed the problem down to
broken power-etches on the motherboard.
(But they want a relate fortune to repair it.)

So, since I've built a few PCs from the motherboard
up (including THIS one about 4 or 5 years ago)
I took it all apart and now have the motherboard
out.

The original/broken motherboard is an Asus A7V
and it has 5 white PCI slots and a graphics-card slot.
I found the manual for it...it says 'ASUS A7V'
'JumperFree PC133/VC133'
and 'Socket A Motherboard' on the manual cover.
The processor in it is AMD (Athlon or Duron...I
can't tell for sure yet, because I'm not sure how to
remove the large 'CPU Cooler' fan off the top of it.)
It's speed is in the 700 MHz range.

So, my questions a

(1) Can someone suggest a vendor of replacement
motherboards who might stock this original A7V
motherboard? (Or, the nearest most compatible
motherboard that is of equal form-factor and will
allow me to preserve the original memory stick and
the AMD processor/fan and power supply.)
[As I googled around the Internet, I found numerous
vendors of Asus motherboard, but all the

(2) Explain in some detail how to remove the 'cooler fan'
from the top of the CPU? (There is a metal clip on one
side...on the edge where the socket has it's wide unused
area. Also, it appears that this 'cooler fan' must be removed
BEFORE I'll be able to raise the brown bar that frees the
CPU from it's socket, right?
(I bought the original motherboard with the CPU already
in place, so I've never done this part before.)

TIA...

Dave