3 beeps and blank screen on KT6 Delta

Occasionally on startup, I get 3 identical beeps and no video on screen. By just pressing the vga card on the agp slot slightly and restarting, it seems to solve the problem (although I think that maybe the vga card is not the problem). Any ideas?

Dude, that's really a poor psu!
You need a psu with more than 25A/3.3V, 35A/5V, 18A/12V, 180W combined power.

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