Cube makes beep sounds

Hello.
I have a problem with a G4 Cube. About 1 year ago it was upgraded with a Sonnet Encore/ST G4 upgrade card and with a bigger hd.
When booting it makes a beep sound and this sound keeps appearing every 1 or 2 minutes. I already tried switching the Ram, but this didn't help.
Beside this sound, it fails to boot from HD, CD or DVD. From time to time it seems to be able to pass the boot partition selection, but some time later it get's stuck with a grey screen showing a circle with a crossed out line in it - it looks similar to the Delete-Button in Apple Mail.
I also tried booting from within OF, but this didn't work. I already reseted NV-RAM and PMU.
I hope there is a way to get this mac running again. Thank you for you help!

Hi,
Interesting to take a Cube apart, isn't it? Quite an engineering marvel, I think.
I don't mean to be repetitive but a 'charged' battery is not necessarily a 'good' battery. Unless it has been replaced recently, you should, at this point, replace it (Radioshack $14) - thereby removing that as problem.
The other real possibility is that the Hard Drive is making this sound, which is an indication of imminent failure. If you are able to backup/save important data, do it now. Replacing the HDD is common on older computers, they all fail eventually. Symptoms are noises, hard or intermittent starting and that symbol (circle with a crossout).
Those are the things I would replace, in that order.
There is also a place that describes 'how to' in detail for Cubes -> Cubeowner.com
Look in the FAQ's, lots of answers there.
Regards,
Dave

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