System Halts and Hangups Help Please

[Nixxon]

Not really sure what the issue with my computer is but its just basically halting. I've noticed its been pretty slow when it does boot.

Sometimes it will halt on booting up, sometimes at the windows screen, sometimes at the motherboard logo.

I just started it up and it loaded windows after about 10 minutes and then froze when I clicked my user login.

New HD, pretty fresh format (within the last month, and I had reformatted because of this issue). No new crazy programs or anything like that.

My computer had been moved is the only thing that I can think of, but it wasn't dropped and nothing hit it. All components are seated well.

Running XP. It's about 2 1/2 years old. Can anyone help? Or provide me with some testing?

 

[Dangman]

If it's halting at mobo logo startup, more than likely it isn't the OS. Reseat or try a different set of RAM if you can. Reseat the video card and CPU just in case. If you can, test the RAM, CPU, GPU, and HDD in another system. Also, strip down the system to the bare minimum needed: GPU, CPU, RAM, HDD, mobo. Also, remove any peripherals (mouse, keyboard, printer, etc) and see what happens then.

Out of curiosity, what PSU do you have? Don't worry, doesn't sound like a PSU problem but just curious nonetheless.

 

[Nixxon]

I actually had begun to reseat the RAM right after posting this. Seemed to help, it booted but it seemed slow. I don't have any other computers to test components with right now.

I think I have a 450W PSU.... I don't remeber offhand. Might be 350. It's an ANTEC modular one though.

 

[Parker]

The way it's locking up and slow booting makes me also wonder about heat issues as a possibility. You said that it's recently been moved. Is it now in a desk enclosure, on the floor, or out in the open?
Also, if you can get it to fully boot, try running your antivirus and see if you've got some nasty boogers in the system.
Either way, it sounds like a great time to upgrade