K9A2 Neo eight beeps, no video output

Hello,
When booting my K9A2 Neo (under the sticker saying that it says K9A2 CF), I get the following beeps if the graphics card is either connected or disconnected.
One double beep, eight beeps, one beep.
Beep-beep. Beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep. Beep.
MP3 Audio of the beeps: f.qubodup.net/mbbeeps.mp3
I disconnected all cables (IDE, SATA, USB), switched memory (I get three long beeps if I remove all memory), switched power supply. The graphics card works when used on another board.
I'm not sure what the code(s?) might mean. I found a list of Beep codes for AMIBIOS (American Megatrends, Inc.) at forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=113998.msg854207#msg854207
Probably the middle part means "8 ; Display memory error (system video adapter)".
Has anybody have had these kind of beep codes (with this mainboard) and was able to rescue their system/mainboard (I assume it's the motherboard failing but I'm not quite sure, as I have never experienced mainboard failure before).

Thanks for the replies,
Board: MSI K9A2 Neo
Bios: Not sure (can't get visual, don't remember if/when last updated, assuming AMI BIOS 7388v1D)
VGA: ASUS EN7500LE HTD P 128M FSC SI
PSU: Techsolo GTP-680 (21A 12V rail)
CPU: AMD Phenom X4 9550, 95W
MEM: 2x EXME02G-DD2N-800D50-F1 2GB DDR2-800 CL5
HDD: Disconnected
COOLER: Alpine Pro 64
OC: None
OS: N/A (Usually Arch Linux 64bit)
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I have tried:
Took board out of computer for testing. Disconnected everything superfluous.
Tested PSU with another machine (MSI MS-7293 Ver 2.0). Works fine.
Tested VGA with another machine (MSI MS-7293 Ver 2.0). Works fine.
Tested different PSU (FSP350-60HLC, 15A 12V rail).
Tried using only one of both the RAM.
Tried RAM from MSI MS-7293 Ver 2.0 (2x Samsung 512MB 1Rx8 PC2 - 4200U - 444 - 12 - ZZ CD5).
Reseated the CPU.
flobelix: why should I forget about the beep codes? Unreliable?
I have another graphics card ( PowerColor SCS3 AX5750 1GBD5-S3DH Radeon HD 5750 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 ). If I stick it in the K9A2 Neo, nothing happens: no image on screen, no beeps. Very strange. In the MS-7293 Ver 2.0, it leads to one long beep that gets repeated.
I don't have another AM2+ board.

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