K8N NEO4-F: Artifacts/one long-two short beeps on booting

Hi.
# CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3500+ 2.2GHz Socket 939, 512KB
# Motherboard: MSI K8N NEO4-F, nForce4, Socket-939, ATX Raid, Sound, 4xSATA, GbLAN, PCI-Ex16
# Memory: TwinMOS PC3200 DDR-DIMM 1024MB Dual Pack Kit w/two matched PC3200 DDR DIMMs
# Video card: XFX GeForce 6800GT 256MB GDDR3 PCI-Express
# Hard drive: NEC DVD recorder ND-3540A IDE Black OEM
# No other peripheral cards
# Operating system and version: Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 3 (2600.xpsp_sp3_gdr.080814-1236)
# Power Supply Unit: Fortron/Source Powersupply ATX 400W 120mm Fan, SATA, 24pin, +3.3, +5, ±12 V
On booting I get - randomly - artifacts OR blank screen OR one long+two short beeps OR booting normally.
Can't seem to find out the cause - any clues guys?
Thanks.

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One other question. I am new to MSI boards and was wondering what to do about the 6-pin video power plugin on the board itself. The card already has two 6-pin connectors so im not sure if the board plug needs to be used or not. I have tried booting with and without it so i dont think its the main issue, but i would still like to know what to do with it.
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