PC fails to boot

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My main computer has been a steady platform for gaming and daily internet surfing for over three years now. I moved a month ago, and since that time this computer has become completely unpredictable. At times it takes as many as ten tries to get the thing to boot properly, and I'm not sure why. Most of the failures are failures to post, so I hit the power button and just get whirring fans and nothing else. Other times the computer will post, and occasionally boot fully, then the screen will lost signal (go to power saving mode) and the computer stops responding. It's always the same symptoms, and never gauranteed to happen or not to happen.

Symptoms:
- HDD light on solid, HDD accessing noise not heard
- Optical mouse light goes out
- Monitor loses signal

There is no warning that any of this is about to happen. Any suggesitons? Nothing in the case seems damaged, and at times it works just fine for hours at a time.

Help me, please!
 
alphanumeric said:
Re-seat your RAM and any add-in cards. Something may have come loose in the move.
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yeah.. and if that doesn't help - start troubleshooting hardware.. vid card, RAM, mobo, PSU etc.
 
My cards are all seated properly. It works flawlessly when I can get it running. Any guesses on the culprit? Testing everything would be a big drain.
 
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