Boot Up BIOS Error Beeps????

I have installed WinXP SP2 and my system is booting fine. When I boot my system up however I get what sounds like BIOS error beeps (AMI 1.3). I've scanned the threads and checked the beep pattern against the documented patterns but cannot find a match. The beeps make the following pattern:
(all short beeps) - high beep, pause, high beep, low beep, high beep, low beep.
anyone else experience this? since its beeping there must be something the BIOS is trying to tell me I just can't figure out what it is. I did reset the memory sticks since many of the error beep codes refer to memory, but that didn't stop the beeping. Any help is appreciated.

I punted... Never did find out why this board and BIOS was giving me stupid error beeps. I returned this MSI board and got an Intel D925XCV board and 99% of the problems I was encountering - and it appears the rest of you are encountering went away. Everything including my new SATA drive installed perfectly the first time. Food for thought...
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I also get the faint short beeps after the initial louder long beep but I never associated this with usb devices or really attached any significance to it.
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You are one of the more-experienced members of HP's Forums — but most folks here aren't as tech-savvy; if you had searched for any of the following :
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Was recently using my HP Pavilion dv6-6023tx Entertainment Notebook PC and the next day went to use it and the computer would not boot. Turns on and I get a black screen with the capslock light flashing at me. It flashes twice which is why I suspect I have a Bios error. I have tried flashing the bios but cannot get the computer to flash. Maybe I am flashing the computer the wrong way.
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Welcome to the HP Community! You are correct that two flashes indicates a BIOS corruption. The only thing that I can recommend is doing a Restore of the BIOS. How long have you had the notebook for?
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Quote from: BOSSKILLER on 25-March-07, 19:22:15
power down PC, remove power cord from the PSU, push several times power button to drain capacitors, then Clear CMOS and leave only one memory stick into DIMM slot close to CPU socket. pull back power cord and try to boot.
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"Then the same stuff happens, if I go into bios, it will sometimes freeze there"
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