Relentless Beeping Noise

Hello,
Just wondering if someone could please help me with this. My Macbook, over the past few weeks, has for some reason started beeping. The noise seems to be originating from within the computer itself (i.e. not coming from the speakers). At times the beeping is quick and quiet, but others it is long and VERY loud. Also, just before it happens, I feel as though I can hear the computer making that loading noise, as if something was being loaded, and then immediately after (like a fraction of a second) the beeping noise occurs.
Not sure if this means my computer is going to suddenly fail catastrophically, and so any help would be supremely appreciated.
Thanks!

This beeping plagued me for months and months, driving me insane.  I tried to find a solution on the Internet; however, all I found were many people complaining about this random beeping noise from their HP laptops.  A couple of times the beeping stopped for a few days, but then it would come back.   But almost three months ago it stopped for good (I hope)!  I didn't do anything--it just stopped.  WEIRD.  But you might find this link helpful. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svvZ70_H2wM&feature=email&email=comment_reply_received

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