My G5 will not boot up or recognize the monitor!!! What to do?

While messing around with entourage, my powermac G5 froze. I forced a shutdown. But when I tried to turn the comp. back on the following happens:
1. A whirrr (usually followed by the sound of OSX booting, but not in this case).
2. The indicator light on the power button begins blinking three times intermittently.
3. The monitor (which I know to be working) receives no signal from the G5.
4. After a while the internal fan starts to speed up and get really loud, until i'm forced to force-quit again.
Essentially, I'm paralyzed here. Does anyone know if there is a way to at least get OSX back up without spending the money to bring the computer in for service (and without losing any data)? Are these the syptoms of any known virus?
Any nugget of advice would be great.
Thanx, James

Does sound like a hardware issue, take out your RAM except just one pair and see if you can boot, add two and see etc., rinse and repeat.
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