Strange Hardware prob!!!

I just recently put together a new computer(this isn’t my first btw) Specs below. I started it up and it booted beautifully. Its restarting and rebooting and everything. HOWEVER….. whenever I shut down the power and turn it back on I just get a series of annoying beeps. And nothing…. The USB adapter which came with the board has all the indicator lights as red except the upper right one. The manual says this is a video card issue.
Heres where it gets weird. I reinstalled the video card and it started right up…. Again, it would reset and seemed ok….. BUT when the power is turned off then on it’s the same thing annoying beeps but nothing further….. I’ve tried to re-seat the vid card 5-6 times and it does this everytime…… Has this ever happened to anyone else?? I haven’t cleared the cmos or flashed the new version of the bios yet, I just wanted to see if this has happened to anyone else and what was the outcome. Thanks guys.
Kt3 Ultra 2…. (no raid)
Amd athlon xp 2000
350w raidmax PS
MSI g4mx440 64 md ddr card w/tv out
256mg pc2700 ddr
60g hd
cd-r

well i talked to a computer tech today who told me its the mobo he said it doesnt like some power supplies and they wont carry it anymore because of issues , now i dont know how legit this is but ill tell ya i have tried 4 seperate psus in this puter a topower 350 dual fan an enimax 400 , a codegen 300 and an older 280 POS psu and ive also tried a gf2 mx card a gf3 ti200 and also three seperate msi gf4 ti 4200 cards 64 and 128 ddr ive tried diferent ram all the gf4 ti cards all MSI all caused this issue the gf3 worked and the gf2 mx worked the generic psus also worked tho not well with the gf4 card i also hooked my psu and vid card up to a friends asus mobo equipped xp 1800 with 246 pc 2700 ram and the bleedin thing ran with out a glitch, ill be buggered if ill let my wife run my gf4 card so unless i can find some answers to this annoying issue ill be switching mobos ive always trusted msi vid cards but this is my first msi mobo and im less than thrilled after three weeks of set up issues and swapping hardware im just about done

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