Powerbook G4 dead or dying.

It froze up..very rare. Shut down with the power key. Has not booted since.
Sometimes I get a whirring noise. Sometimes I get the grey apple screen. Sometimes I get a tone and three beeps (and the little light flashing at the bottom of the display). One time I got to the log in and it froze when I typed password and hit log in button.
I did the PRAM and PSU proceedures. Tried with battery in and out.
Your thoughts, please.

jc wrote:
It froze up..very rare. Shut down with the power key. Has not booted since.
Sometimes I get a whirring noise. Sometimes I get the grey apple screen. Sometimes I get a tone and three beeps (and the little light flashing at the bottom of the display).
3 beeps should mean all RAM is bad:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1547
Can you try each stick by itself in each slot?
And do you have a titanium or aluminum Powerbook G4? The titanium has the sleep light at the base of the display and the aluminum does not.

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