Red flashing LED 2/3/2/3/2/3 and black screen

My Bro-In-Law's screen went black and it flashes red twice/3 times/twice/3 times.  Hard shock did nothing and plugged it in to several power sources with no change... 
Any Ideas?
Mrs Keny
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Let the battery die.  Remove/replace the battery and charge it.  It should pop back but this is a temp fix.  It will happen again.  Backup your data to Blackberry Desktop Manager and replace the device. 
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