Macbook Pro Beeping?

I just purchased my macbook pro 15" yesterday! On the first day I owned it, it started doing a weird beeping thing.
At first I thought it was when the drive was hot or something. But that doesn't seem to be the case.
First there is a short clicking sound and then there is a single beep from the top right of the computer. It is definitely not coming from the speaker. Was I sold a defective computer?

It's a very odd problem.
One hour after I unboxed my Macbook Pro, the screen turned gray and told me to shut down my computer. At first, I thought it was a graphics issue because it stopped doing so after I downloaded all the latest updates.
Upon upgrading to Snow Leopard last week, I began to notice similar problems but didn't put much though into it. After 2 nights ago, my laptop refused to turn on. Instead, I was stuck with 9 beeps.
So... after doing some research, I was told that there is a problem with my RAM. I begged to differ! Although, I have installed new RAM, the problem reared itself with the stock RAM Apple sent me. Then I read somewhere that I should try to boot up with one RAM instead of 2 to see which socket is malfunctioned. Upon doing so, I noticed that when there is RAM in the top socket, the computer does not boot up at all and just beeps.
I'm not sure if this could be fixed via Firmware Update as it seems it is a hardware issue. Does anyone think Apple will replace my laptop on the spot or will they have to send it in and etc.?

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Interval Since Last Panic Report: 581719 sec
Panics Since Last Report: 10
Anonymous UUID: F4CF708D-D85C-4EC5-8047-4FC22C6B03AF
Fri Mar 7 13:00:14 2014
panic(cpu 0 caller 0xffffff80002d1208): Kernel trap at 0xffffff800020c590, type 14=page fault, registers:
CR0: 0x0000000080010033, CR2: 0x0000000000000000, CR3: 0x0000000007541000, CR4: 0x0000000000040660
RAX: 0xffffff8000000000, RBX: 0xffffff800d35a870, RCX: 0xffffff800cf55cd8, RDX: 0xffffff80008a8fcc
RSP: 0xffffff805e5f3d60, RBP: 0xffffff805e5f3da0, RSI: 0x000000001dcd6500, RDI: 0xffffff800d168778
R8: 0x0000000000000001, R9: 0xffffff805e5f3e88, R10: 0x0000000000000011, R11: 0x0000000000000000
R12: 0x0000000000000000, R13: 0xffffff800d168770, R14: 0xffffff800d168778, R15: 0x0000000000000000
RFL: 0x0000000000010082, RIP: 0xffffff800020c590, CS: 0x0000000000000008, SS: 0x0000000000000010
Error code: 0x0000000000000000
Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff805e5f3a00 : 0xffffff8000204d15
0xffffff805e5f3b00 : 0xffffff80002d1208
0xffffff805e5f3c50 :
Model: MacBookPro8,1, BootROM MBP81.0047.B27, 2 processors, Intel Core i5, 2.3 GHz, 4 GB, SMC 1.68f99
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Memory Module: global_name
AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0xD6), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 5.100.198.104.5)
Bluetooth: Version 2.4.5f3, 2 service, 12 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
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USB Device: FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in), 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x8509, 0xfa200000 / 3
USB Device: Hub, 0x0424 (SMSC), 0x2513, 0xfa100000 / 2
USB Device: BRCM2070 Hub, 0x0a5c (Broadcom Corp.), 0x4500, 0xfa110000 / 5
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x821a, 0xfa113000 / 8
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Hmm. The problem still may be the RAM - Apple buys the RAM it puts in its machines from third-party vendors (usually Hynix) so it could be a RAM problem.
There are a couple of things that you can do yourself before taking your machine into an Apple Store or an AASP... download and run an application named Rember that will run a RAM test for you - let it run for a couple of hours or even overnight. If it turns out that your RAM is faulty, Rember will let you know. If it is faulty, then you have a couple of options - replace the RAM yourself or (particularly if you're under warranty still) take the machine to an Apple Store or AASP and have them replace the RAM.
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Run Rember first... call back with results.
Good luck,
Clinton

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