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Originally posted by Adeptus
You seem to think the problem is the motherboard. While that is possible, I would normally suspect the drive first. A failing (now failed for good) drive explains all the symptoms you've had; it probably got bumped one time too many during the move. If you manage to get it to work again, your first task should be to back up any data you don't want to lose.
If not, arrange to test the drive in another computer, or to try another SATA drive in this one. Since you don't want a new CPU at this time, there is no reason for you to replace the motherboard unless you are certain it is bad.
I beleave Adeptus is right on. I know I have seen the SATA controllers fail on motherboard. You best bet is to try and boot the hard drive on another computer.
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