ThinkPad T60 wont boot

Hi,
Just the other day I went to take my computer out of sleep mode but upon doing so it crashed. When I tried to boot it back up I got this strange set of beeps and just a blank screen. Tried to reboot again and no luck. One thing that I have noticed is that after the beeps the "z: symbol with the circle around it stays on, but I really dont know what it means.  Here is a youtube video of me trying to boot it up
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pm4Lklr6-Rk
I have heard that it might be a battery or power supply issue but I really dont have any way of testing it out without buying one. Any suggestions?

doctaphill,
Here's a link you can add to your favourites; Hardware removal and installation - ThinkPad T60, T60p
I don't think your problem is power associated. If you remove your memory stick(s) and boot without memory, does the beep code change? If you have more than one stick of memory try booting with only one and then swap around.
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