One beep repeats and screen is unresponsive. What do I do?

My Mac book pro is unresponsive to any keyed action. It starts and begins to beep about five seconds apart and continues but nothing on the screen and the battery says it has full charge. What's going on? Please help if you can?

Now perform the standard troubleshooting steps:
Restart the device. http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1430
Reset the device. (Same article as above.)
Restore from backup. http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1766 (If you don't have a backup, make one now, then skip to the next step.)
Restore as new device. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4137 For this step, do not re-download ANYTHING, and do not sign into your Apple ID.
Test the issue after each step. If the last one does not resolve the issue, it is likely a hardware problem.

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Hi, it indicates a RAM problem, (or Logic Board around the RAM).
The power on self-test resides in the ROM of the computer. This test runs whenever the computer is turned on after being fully shut down (the power-on self-test does not run if the computer is only restarted).
If a fault is detected during the test, you will not hear a normal startup chime. Instead, the system will beep as explained below. If you experience one of these beeps, you may call your Apple Authorized Service Provider for additional troubleshooting assistance.
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John
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Hello.
I've had this issue too. I've found that I can reproduce this issue by putting the computer to sleep when there is major hard drive activity.
First, reset the PMU. That didn't work for me, but it might for you.
If that doesn't work, reset the PRAM. That didn't work for me either, but it might for you.
If neither of those work, here's how I was able to solve the problem:
1: Open System Preferences and go to Energy Saver.
2: Find how many minutes it is before the computer goes to sleep. Remember this number; you'll need it later.
3: Open Terminal.
4: Type "sudo pmset -a disksleep n" where n is a number greater than zero but less than the number from step 2.
5: Enter an administrator password at the "Password:" prompt.
6: Remember in the future not to put the computer to sleep when the hard drive is busy.
Good luck!

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What does a three beep repeating sound indicate?

3 beeps generally indicates a ram problem. Mac computers: About startup tones - Apple Support
3 successive tones, a 5 second pause (repeating): This indicates RAM does not pass a data integrity check.
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