Powerbook turns on and beeps, nothing else

I've had my Powerbook since late summer and it's been working fine up until this morning.
I put the computer to sleep last night like I always do, then when I tried to bring it back from sleep this morning it was nonresponsive. I restarted and it worked fine for a minute, then a message came up that said it needed to restart, so I did another restart. This happened once more, before the computer would no longer reboot.
Now all it does whe I turn it on is make the usual initial signs of functioning, then it beeps three times and stays black.
Does anyone know whats going on here?
(Resetting the PMU has absolutely no effect whatsoever)

This may apply to you. Three beeps is a symptom of the "Bad Memory Slot" syndrone.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303173
...and this
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=318677&tstart=0
...and this
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=227329&tstart=0

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