K8N neo platinum 3 beeps then 1 beep at boot

I havent been able to find anything reguarding these beeps. Is this normal? My machine runs fine but every time i start up it I get 3 quick beeps then a pause then 1 beep and it then boots like normal.

Award states that they now only use one beep for their BIOS. This beep is one long beep and then two short beeps. This indicates a graphics card problem. Any other beeps should be treated as a RAM problem first and then the board sent in to be inspected.
The reason that the Award BIOS only uses the beep code for display problems is that it tries to display the error on-screen if at all possible. If the BIOS cannot initiate the display adapter then this causes the BIOS to make the beep code for a display error, which must be corrected before any other errors can be determined. Memory Test fails and hard disk failures etc will all be displayed on screen.
So I would say its a RAM problem of some description, it may be that the problem is non terminal and you don't notice it though.
I would run memtest86 for an extended period just to make sure that there is no hidden problem.

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    1GB Kingston RAM PC 3200
    ATI X800 XT Plat.
    I can't access BIOS. The keyboard lights go on in the begining then turn but the keyboard doesnt recognize anything. The F-Lock works to turn the light on/off but nothing else.
    I know from reading the posts that the USB/keyboard problems are very common with this mobo. I need seriuos help and will me monitoring this forum a lot today. Please post and ask questions as I will be happy to answer any.
    I belive my choices are:
    1. Reset BIOS which I am willing to do.
    2. Get new MB, which is a last resort.
    3. Hopefully there is another solution that evades me
    Humbly,
    sap

    okay,
    So I reset the BIOS. I then connected a PS/2 mouse and PS/2 keyboard and monitor and tried to boot the comp. It stopped at the first screen which does the RAM test. It got all of my 1GB of RAM okay. It then tries to detect hard drives and cd roms. It gets them all too, (its not supposed to detect floppy, right?)
    It says "CMOS checksum error, defaults loaded."
    Then it says press F1 to continue or press DEL to enter BIOS
    When I try either of those things, there is a slight beep from the motherboard speaker. The comp. just stays at that screen as the keyboard still does not work.
    Before I reset CMOS, I could atleast get into Windows (although I couldnt do anything) now I cant get to windows at all. I hope I am not regressing.

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