Motherboard makes loud high pitched beep

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XXDracoX

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As an amateur computer person, I have always wanted to build my own computer. And today, I finally have. I have it all set up with all my used parts and I turn it on. BEEEEEEEEEEEEEP. It does that for about 5 seconds and than stops. After about 2 seconds, it starts again and goes BEEEEEEEEEEEEP where I promptly turn it off. Ik the beep could be due to a failing component. What should I try?
 
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Also it's a really bad PSU.

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XXDracoX

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msi h61m-p23 (b3) mobo
Intel I5 3.10 ghz cpu
ASUS Nvidia gt9600gso
1000 gig hdd
8 gigs of ddr3 ram
Believe it or not, I paid no money to buy this system. I started praying about a month ago and the parts just started rolling in.
 
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XXDracoX

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It's the graphics card. I tried a different one in and it worked. One thing I did notice was that the gpu's power plug wasn't plugged in and there is no cord for one. The gpu I tried required no power cord. Perhaps this could be the issue? It also turns on and then it turns off. On, off. Over and over again. The screen stays black. Is this it saying that it has no hdd?
 
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Also it's a really bad PSU.

Logisys < One of the Worst power supplies on the market.

Tier 5 - Other than the units listed above for any of these brands, NOT RECOMMENDED. Replace ASAP if you have one.

A-TOP Technology
Apevia
APEX (SUPERCASE/ALLIED)
Aspire(Turbo Case)
ATADC
Athena Power
ATRIX
Broadway Com Corp
Coolmax
Deer
Diablotek
Dynapower USA
Dynex
EagleTech
FOXCONN
FSP Everest
HEC Orion
Hiper Type-R
Huntkey
I-Star Computer Co. Ltd
In Win
JPAC COMPUTER
Just PC
Kingwin Inc.
Linkworld Electronics
Logisys Computer<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
MGE
MSI
NMEDIAPC
Norwood Micro/ CompUSA
NorthQ
NZXT
Okia
Powmax
Q-Tec
Raidmax
Rocketfish
Rosewill
SFC
Shuttle
Skyhawk
Spire Coolers
Star Micro
STARTECH
Thermaltake Purepower NP
Thermaltake Purepower RU
Thermaltake TR2 (and TR2-RX)
TOPOWER TOP
Ultra X-Connect
Ultra X2 >greater than 700 watt
Ultra LSP
Wintech
XION
YoungYear

 
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If im not mistaken 2 long beeps on an MSI board means memory problems? Is it 2x 4GB ram? tell me the exact ram u got acutally. and how its installed in the mobo.

MSI boards are either AMI BIOS or AWARD BIOS. Heres the beep codes for them, they are designed to tell you what the error is.
http://www.bioscentral.com/beepcodes/awardbeep.htm

and heres AMI
http://www.bioscentral.com/beepcodes/amibeep.htm

Look through that list and see which beep codes closely matches yours (if you DONT turn off the PC by holding down the power button, will it keep beeping?)

LOL I guess its more or less solved above, oops! well keep these post codes handy it could help
 
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