Question Macbook

Hi
Macbook query - when I turn it on , the screen is black and the computer beeps intermittently - the only way to stop it is to shut laptop.
Is there anything I can do to at least get screen up and see if there is an error message ?
Or if this is familiar to anyone what is the problem ?
Many many thanks for any help , my nearest genius bar is brent cross and they have no appointments at all

If there are three or fewer beeps, there's either a problem with the computer's RAM(remove and reinsert it, or use different modules), or an attempt was made to start it up from a Mac OS X version too old for it.
If there are four or more, it needs to be repaired.
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