Non functioning iMac -- Update

Hi,
I wrote earlier about my iMac behaving strangely over the past several days, and finally getting to the point where it wouldn't turn on. But I could hear the motor sound that occurs just before the chime (but no chime).
Went to Genius bar this a.m. and it turned on. Back home, ran disk repair and the utility did find a problem with hard drive. Repaired it.
So I thought things might be okay.
Later today, I left for a couple of hours. Came back. iMac asleep. Tried to wake it. It kept dozing. Then I believe it turned itself off.
Tried repeatedly to turn it on. What I heard distinctly was the motor sound but no chime. This motor sound repeated itself 3 to 4 times after I pressed the button. Then the full cycle of this sound diminished to just a faint "effort". This repeated itself over again many times. Then nothing.
(When I had gotten home, I did a full backup with Time Machine. So that's okay.)
Before I lug it back to ApSt, does this behavior ring a bell for anyone. Can you share anything about what I'm looking at, in for? What is causing this behavior? Is it simply a failing hard drive? Could that affect the "ignition"?
Thanks for any insight.

This a.m tried turning iMac on and it worked. So I was able to do the PRAM reset.
Worked fine.
I left for a while. It went to sleep and never woke up.
Is that the hard drive? I'm taking back to Genius bar to get a new one.
I guess I'm just trying to pinpoint what the problem is, if anyone out there knows. Could it be something beyond the hard drive? In addition to hard drive?
Don't want to buy a new hard drive if something else is at the root of the problem. Then find out it's a lot more money. So goal is to weigh those costs against cost of new iMac.
Thanks for your help!

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