Pismo powerbook making a strange "beeeep" sound -any idea what this mean..?

I have had various problems with my Pismo for a while (have had to reinstall the system every month or so, please see my other post for details). Then the other day, it made a loud "beeeeep" sound. Actually it must have made this sound 3 - 4 times over the last months (sometimes just a short "beep", sometimes a longer one). But it is only now that I found out this sound came from the Pismo (I thought the sound came from my music keyboard, neighbour, or my mobile, had no idea the Pismo could make that sound!).
I tried to look on the internet, and understand that this is a sort of system alert : - (
If anyone has an idea about what this might mean in this situation that would be great!
Message was edited by: apple.pie

Hi, I can't add a lot but was thinking about the problem.
-if it is a beeeeep on startup it could be a memory issue and the test programs may not find it so keep that in mind. If it does it again during boot up you can try removing the memory cards and see if one in particular is causing the problem.
-if it's a beeep while running....that's interesting.....I've heard this when the battery is going dead and a powerbook shuts itself down although I can't honestly say I remember any of our Pismos doing this.
-it feels like you have a hard drive problem, especially if this is the original drive but that doesn't explain the beeep though. Drives are pretty cheap these days so you can gain some performance with a faster drive with bigger capacity.
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