Help! PB gone nutty

I put a blank CD in the drive and then shut the computer down, but too hastily. I think the computer was still trying to recognize the CD when I hit the shutdown button. I didn't notice anything had gone funny until I tried to start the computer a couple of hours later. Upon pressing the power button, the computer beeped three times, like a telephone busy signal, then the sleep light came on and that was it. In my desparation, I opened the computer and manually extracted the disk. Still no response. I then proceeded to pop the RAM out and then back in, after which the computer started up perfectly. However, now it crashes frequently (every few minutes), all kinds of strange error messages pop up (System Failure, with lots of numbers....) and it frequently reverts to beeping three times upon and freezing after powering up. I've done PRAM and PMU, to no avail.
Thanks for reading. I'm really desparate: I had to use a PC with Windows to write this post and now I feel sullied and unusual. Any thoughts on the matter would be greatly appreciated.

Hi captainpablo
have al look if the RAM-module sits firmly in its socket. In chapter four of [this manual|http://manuals.info.apple.com/en/PowerBookG415inDblLayerSuperDrive.pdf] you can find out how to locate it, be careful with the clips at the sides, they tend to break.
If you have two modules, you can try one after the other in the two different sockets.
If available you could also try with another RAM-module.
Good luck P

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