Strange beep on fuji 5000 -HELP

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I have a new S5000 Fuji. Was shooting today and turned off the camera
for a pause. The camera began to emit a beep tone continuosly.. and
would not power up. There was nothing on either the lcd or viewer. I
opened the battery compartment to stop the drain and when I reclosed
it.. every thing seems to work as normal.. later shots came out
well... it did go change the dates on some photos that i took as few
days ago on the card to todays date; but other than that can't see
anything wrong???? Thougts??