HP Pavilion Elite e9240f won't boot -- beep codes

When I try to boot my hp desktop I am getting beep codes. As best I can tell it's one long then 8 short.
I have not replaced or changed any hardware or software.
I have used compressed air to blow out all the fans I saw.
It's been an intermittent error that I thought was related to heat. I'd turn it off, let it sit for the night, and it would work in the morning.
The last time it worked, I was wondering about a virus so I ran an avast full system scan. It found one file in the 1 tb drive (sorry, don't remember name, just that it was a .tmp file) and it said to move it to chest I believe so I did that. It then suggested doing a boot scan so it restarted and has since given the same beep code errors.
I have unattached the cables for the cd and dvd drives, as well as the hard drive, and I still get the error. I've removed the video card and still get the error. I've held the power button down so that the led light inside the computer shuts down. I seem to get fans to run but nothing else.
I made a system repair disk from another Windows 7 Professional (which I think this one is) and that won't work (I can't seem to boot into that) because it doesn't seem to get to an HP screen to boot into the cd.
Thoughts?
Thank you

Hi,
This is the HP troubleshooting link for POST error codes.
You could try reseating memory modules or removing one at a time and testing for a successful POST.
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