unable to boot G1

Hey guys!

i've got some problems when trying to boot my asus g1 (g1ap021c, running on vista).
instead of the asus logo i get a screen full of colorful vertical stripes. from time to time the stripes change color, i guess thats when the windows-bootscreen should show up.

first i thougt this might be a display problem, so i connected the g1 to my flatscreen.
on the flat i can see the windows bootscreen with just a few green stripes.
but when windows has finished loading and should show the login-screen my flatcreen suddenly turns black.

so i thought i might have a software problem too.
next i tried to run save mode which kind of worked. my notebook display is still full of vertical stripes, but my flatscreen shows vista in save mode.

first i ran chkdsk, but no errors where reported. then i tried to flash my bios to the latest version, but thats apperently not possible in save mode.
i also loaded a windows restore-point and ran the asus recovery-tool, but nothing changed.

i also tried to boot from my vista-dvd, but somehow i didn't manage to change the boot order :-/

so i guess i've got a hardware-problem, maybe video card and display?
that would suck because warrenty ended two months ago -.-

i would be grateful for any suggestions on how to solve my problems

 

It seems like your GPU just went out or is basically going to die any second now.....I guess you can call Asus up and see whether they'll do anything for you

 

yup sounds like the vid card finally died or is dying

 

is it still under warranty?
you may got chance to get g50vt-x6 for replacement lol.

 

unfortunately the warranty ended two months ago.

i guess i just gonna buy the new MSI GT729 - i intended to buy a new notebook this christmas anyway.