Satellite M30 - Continuous beeps at startup

Hi,
Hopefully someone can help. I have a Satellite M30 - about 18 months old. When I turn it on is comes up with a black screen and beeps continuously, blue light under power button flashes continuously and takes a good 20 seconds or so before Windows loads... This has only been happening for the last week or so.
Any ideas about what is wrong?
Cheers

Hi Picard
I presume there is obviously some hardware problem but on this way it is impossible to say why. Did you make some hardware upgrade at last time like memory upgrade?

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