Bios emits long beeping noises on startup after installing AGP card, is it RAM or?

Question

I installed a new AGP grapghics card into my Motherboard (which has a default built in one) after having to remove the ram chip temporarily to have space to work, and when I boot I get constant long beeping noises and the PC fails to start. Nothing is displayed on my monitor.

My BIOS is Phoenix, motherboard is an MSI (KM4M). All my investigations point to RAM, however I an unable to verify it. Is it normal for the BIOS to beep if the RAM is missing OR faulty?
If it is RAM then it probably means an entire computer as I can no longer find DDR 300 sticks.

Could it be something to do with having multiple display cards where I should have disabled the onboard in the BIOS first (before putting in a new card) and is there a way to reset the BIOS?

Thanks for any tips.

Answer 1

Try this: Remove both the AGP video card, as well as the RAM entirely while the pc is shut down and the power cord is removed. Re-seat them carefully but firmly into their slots again so that they are completely seated, with the little RAM clips on the side fully up and into the sides of the RAM cards. Now plug in the power cord, and power up again. Hope this helps.