G4 400 wont boot and static noise when powering up

I tried turning on my friend g4 400 mhz sawtooth and it makes 3 loud static noises during the typical powerup noise. then it wont do anything else, the light is on, sounds like its running, but its not giving me anything. I am not sure what that sound is indicating. any help would be appreciated. thankyou

Hi, Dustin!
I'm no expert on this, but my gut says there may be a problem in one of two areas: RAM (the modules or the bus interface itself) or Video (monitor, cabling, or video card).
Try resetting PRAM and NVRAM. Try the NVRAM reset via open firmware as explained in the link.
Although you might not be able to successfully do so, disconnect all peripherals except for the keyboard, mouse, and monitor, and then try booting to and running the Apple Hardware Test Disk (if you have it). Otherwise, remove/swap around the RAM modules and test startup. Reset the video card and test again. If you have another monitor available, swap it and test again...
Gary
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