The screen on my laptop goes blank suddenly; is there a way to fix this?

Last night my computer shut off without warning and when I tried to restart it and all it would do was beep continuously(beep-five seconds-beep). I say shut off but it wasn't completely powered down because I could still hear the fan going. I finally got it to restart in safe mode then restarted it normally from there. It's been working fine since then expect that once last night after getting it back on and twice today the screen has suddenly gone blank/black and I've been unable to operate it and had to force shut it down and reboot to get it to work again. Anyone have any idea whats causing this and how/if I can fix it?

http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1212
This article addresses the issue you're having. Best of luck!

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