RAM problems should cause beeps, so I wouldn't be concerned about RAM. If you have disconnected everything else you are limited to a power supply problem (not likely because it was working ok before), motherboard (plugging OK?) or CPU.
Yes you should get error beeps with no RAM.
To narrow it down further disconnect all the drives and pull all the cards. You might want to leave the video card in, if you aren't sure the speaker works.
I believe that if the motherboard doesn't support an 80gb drive it could cause a hang. I've had that happen to me, either during the boot or when trying to have the bios detect the drive.
I apologize if this a repetition of another post. I didn't read them all. But here are a few tips I have run across for this problem:
http://www.maxtor.com/products/DiamondMax/techsupport/InformationBulletins/15007.html
http://www.dewassoc.com/support/win98/verify_dmi_data.htm
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