Startup Issues - Long Pause

Hi,
My PowerMac G5, Dual 2.7, has been doing some strange things in regards to starting up and (only a couple times) going to sleep. Starting up, the issue is repeated every time:
I hear the welcome chime (or only part of it, sometimes it cuts out half way) then I see nothing, hear nothing, for a slow count to 60 or more, then I get the gray screen and within ten seconds or less my system has started. It is almost as if my system hangs in the beginning -- it just started happening ... I used to have lightening fast startup all the time.
The standby thing, which I can't repeat by choice, happens when I put the computer to sleep ... the actual CPU area makes this very audible clicking noise and the fans/cooling system run full blast ...
Any thoughts ? I ran a Hardware Test (full), returned nothing. Where else can I investigate ?
Thanks,
Damon

Hi --
I didn't think to try the peripherals! Thanks. I unplugged the two USB hubs and the firewire drive, and it started up to a count of 15 ... moved right along. I will have to narrow it down to what is causing the problem and work from there.
I will also try and run "repair disk" ... I think I need to do that from my Install DVD, though, as that it is grayed out when I run my system ...
Thanks,
Damon

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    - age   2:     325496 bytes,   71275040 total
    - age   3:   16995328 bytes,   88270368 total
    - age   4:   51961024 bytes,  140231392 total
    - age   5:   39539328 bytes,  179770720 total
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