H61M-P21 B3 Constant Beeping, Won't POST

So basically when I start my computer, I get a constant error beeping going, with a couple short beeps at the very start, and then back to just the constant beeping. I can see a little flashing underscore on the top left of my screen, and it switches between the numbers 98 and 99 on the bottom right. After about 20 seconds, I get even more beeps thrown into the already constant beeping for a second, and then they stop and it goes back to continuous beeping. I then also get 92, A2, A3, and A4 errors on the bottom right. It doesn't POST. It will just sit there constantly beeping with a A3 at the bottom right.
I should also add that the power is always on whenever power is plugged in. Not sure why this is happening either. The only way to shut the motherboard all the way off is to unplug the power cord or turn off the PSU.
My specs are as follows:
Core i3 2120 CPU
MSI H61M-P21 B3 Motherboard
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM
Diamond HD Radeon 6770 1GB GPU
Seagate 250 GB SATA 7200 RPM HD
ASUS SATA DVD-RW Drive
Thermaltake Purepower 2.0 600 Watt PSU
I previously had a ASRock board that wouldn't detect my video card, or any others I had here to try, so I bought this one. With the ASRock board, I could boot to Windows just fine with onboard video, so I think everything is working fine.
Things I have tried:
Resetting CMOS
Trying each stick of RAM separately
Using onboard GPU (same exact errors)
Trying different monitors
I'm out of ideas, and I'm not even sure if I can take the board back. Any help is greatly appreciated!

It has completed POST when you get to the A3 code. AA is the one that is shown once in the OS. Those aren't errors, just the normal progression codes thru the POST process.
A3 it's now looking for the OS. You can't migrate the OS from another system & expect it to work in the new one. Also, did you install the OS in AHCI? Then you must have the SATA controller set to AHCI & not in IDE mode.
Added: What keyboard & mouse are used? F-Lock on the keyboard enabled? How many USB devices or add-in cards are being used?

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