QOSMIO X505-Q8104X INTERMITTENT BEEP AND KNOCK-KIND OF NOISE FROM THE HDD...

I purchased a Qosmio less than 2 months ago.  Today I powered it and a message appeared, something like "Battery has reached it's critical level, to proceed recharge battery or plug AC......".   Apparently when I closed The lid yesterday it didn't shut down, some program couldn't close so it ran out of battery...  I was on AC already so I proceed as normal, but then when I logged on to windows, started noticing a beep moreless every second, not from speakers, from inside the laptop(lower right hand side) along with a low volume knock, associated with what I think was The HDD activity....   I started researching for some info, tried SAFE mode, The beep-knock continued, tried the antivirus scan and only found some cookies and a possible unwanted program, The beep continued...  Whenever I rebooted, it always was stuck by The MSN messenger app, couldn't be closed, I had to force it, this wasn't The case before, sometimes it happened, but this time it was permanent(don't know if this has something to do with The problem). 
After 2 hours of this, I finally was ready to head to The repair center, maybe I rebooted once again, and it stopped....   The only thing I noticed is that The battery led was red now instead of AMBER....   I didn't try to power the laptop without the battery just on AC, I didn't try to boot without The HDD and using a bootCD......  I held The laptop upside down to check The serial while it was on, just to mention some things...   
Could it be a HDD problem associated with low battery levels?, or movement while it was on inside The backpack?, The HDD protection has always been on....   Was it a virus?, can a software issue cause this kind of beeping?
I really want to know what was The problem??, will it come back?, should I check it with The repair center ?, is there some diagnostic tool for The Hardware I can use?, any suggestions?, have someone experienced a similar problem?
Please help,
Thanks... 
Additional info:  Above is mentioned the reboot problem regarding some app, specially MSN messenger preventing a clean restart... something that apparently has nothing to do with the problem...  now that the beep is gone, I tested if the restarting process was ok, or if I had the problem again, and when I tried to restart, closing the lid, again the Messenger had to be forced to close, and the beep started again, for maybe 5-10 senconds and went off again...   so I don't know if this problem has to do with this?, or the restarting-rebooting process is damaged? and has to do with this?...   Also when I restarted the beep was on for maybe 3-5 seconds in another try....   really confused....

After a long time I'm posting back on this forum and bumping the topic, sorry about that. I just wanted to announce that my problem was finally fixed (in case somebody else shared my problem).
It turned out to be the laptop's keyboard. When I went to the nearest official technical support office, they disassembled the keyboard from the laptop and we saw that there were some finger and hand smudges all over the metallic, smooth back side of the keyboard along with a stamped sticker that gave us the idea that it had been previously repaired or something similar. They told me that they'd order a replacement keyboard to try out and see if it was certainly the keyboard. I'd have to wait 10 days for the shipment, free of charge tho. I called on the 10th day, brought my Q706 and they replaced the keyboard (I'm positive they did because they left the plastic cover on, just for courtesy). The beeping sound was gone, boot up was a lot faster and there were no more pop ups in Windows prompting me to delete anything. I formatted it once again and for the last time with the automated Toshiba restore program (the one that's stored on a hidden partition) just in case and now it's working as it should have. I'm absolutely happy with my new laptop now. Still disappointed I had to go through all that hassle to have it fixed.
Hope this helps anybody that had something similar going on.

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