IMac beeps once before entering sleep mode

My iMac 24 inch has started to beep once before entereing sleep mode. The LED thinks blinks whilst it is asleep, which I assume is normal. Is this indicative of a hardware fault? I understand that a single beep on startup indicates a ram problem.

If you listen carefully, you may find this beep is
coming from the hard drive, not the speakers (plug
headphones in and find out if it still makes the
beep).
Some hard drives make this beep if they have a
re-positioned write, which is a non-fatal error. You
can usually reformat to re-allocate the block and
stop the error, or you can live with it.//
Hi
Yes you're correct, it doesn't come from speakers. It not makes the same faint beep (rather like a heart monitor blip) when closing down and always after the screen has gone blank. I have noticed that if you put a CD-ROM in the DVD drive and its still spinning when you put it into sleep mode you don't get the sound.
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Step 1
Take all the applicable steps in this support article. That's the starting point for any further efforts to solve the problem. Please read the whole article carefully and don't skip any of the steps, including the ones under the heading Additional troubleshooting. If you don't understand any of the steps, ask for guidance.
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I decided to try your open firmware instructions. I like the
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