KT3 reboot - 3 long beeps

Hi folks,
My new KT3 Ultra board with XP 1800+ works great with Windows XP, however....
When I shutdown the machine it automatically reboots and gives 3 long beeps with nothing on screen. The 3 long beeps repeat until I turn off the machine at the back of the power supply. Any ideas what the problem is??? Can't find anything in the manual about beep codes.
My system is:
Athlon XP 1800+
KT3 Ultra
300W PSU
1 x 6gb HDD
1 x 40gb HDD
1 x DVD-ROM
1 x soundblaster Live 1024
GeForce 2MX 200 graphics
Power Options are set to do nothing fancy in XP.
Do you think the the PSU the culprit??? I've checked and rechecked the front panel cables and they are okay. The system works absoultely perfectly otherwise.
Many thanks in advance,
Kenji

i have seen cases of a psu doing this
give us the details on it

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