Constant loud piercing beep upon startup when GeForce88000 GT video card installed.

I purchased a 2008 2.8 GHz Mac Pro that has a Quadro FX 1800 Windows video card and Windows 7 installed .
OSX not re-installed yet (I'm trying to get there).
So I installed a GeForce88000 GT video card, which is listed as compatible with this machine for Mac OS, and immediately upon power up, and I mean before I can even pull my finger back out after pushing the button in, the beep starts (and never stops).
This occured when I had both cards installed and when I only had the Mac GeForce88000 GT installed (in that customary first slot).
When I had both cards installed, Windows booted up normally, there was just this unglodly screeeching beep providing a certan "vibe" for the proceedings.
Windows still verifies all 16 GB of RAM.
I tried to search for other posts regarding this issue but came up empty.

Don't care what Nvidia says.
It needs aux power.
All performance PCIe cards need aux power.........
The following photograph shows a comparison to two other cards. The GeForce 8800 GT (left) is about the same size, and also uses a single-slot cooler. The previous generation Radeon X1900 XT (right) is somewhat longer due to its fixing frame. (Note that the cooler on the X1900XT is not the original one, but as the original it's a two-slot cooler). All of these cards need auxiliary power, the power connectors are on the bottom right on each card.
http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/graphics/ati_3870_mac_pc_review/radeonhd3870_review.h tml
Don't have a cable? Get one:
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