2 short 1 long beep on startup, posting

Hi, i'm using the H61M-E33 motherboard with the i5 2500 processor, 2 x 2GB DDR3 Corsair XMS3 1333mhz sticks of RAM.
i've tried reseating the RAM and each of the RAM sticks by themselves and also tried a friends RAM which also didn't work every time i get the same beep codes on startup.
it is giving us a warning saying the monitor signal is out of range when we startup though, we're connecting VGA-VGA as we don't currently have a functional adapter.
Any Ideas?
Edit: we've put the graphics card in and now we've got windows installing, still not sure what the beeps mean though.
Edit: we had a dodgy DVI adapter with a bent pin which was preventing the signal to the monitor, the beeps we still don't know what they are but the system seems to be running fine, perhaps MSI just decided to put this sound on there to confuse people.

Quote from: Stu on 12-June-11, 19:33:17
I really don't know why so many people make such a big issue over the USB beeps. Unless you're shutting down and restarting your PC every two minutes, they're hardly noticeable.
No big problem at all so long as you know what going on and if like myself and others new to MSI boards as well as putting a pc together I think you tend to be a little over sensitive to all the bleeps.
As for disconnecting the speaker, same answer as above. But it''s there for a reason and I think most people push the button and wait for the post beep almost crack a little smile and get on with what your doing. Sad? possibly but hey!

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