Old NP9262 wont boot

So my troubles began last night. My computer crashed with very many graphics artifacts. After trying to recover from the crash, I turned it off. Turned it on, booted, but no visuals. Tried again, and it worked. Tried this morning, and it worked. Tried it after work, and after a crash with artifacts on windows logon, it won't boot. I tried booting with the graphics card out, and it flashes the caps/num/scroll lock icons and does nothing. I put the graphics card back with new thermal paste, and its the same as before. The screen turns on, harddrives spin, fan on, etc. but no visuals. I don't THINK it is booting, as I never hear the windows sound, but I can't be sure. Does anybody have any ideas on what could be wrong/how to save it? Alternatively, how much will it cost to fix, and is it worth it? I have heard that graphics card failures on this are fairly common, and I suspect that is what happened to mine.

Full Specs:
Intel Core 2 Quad @ 3.0 GHz
nVidia 9800m GTX
4GB RAM
2 HDDs, 320GB and 250GB
Bought it Spring '09

Thanks for any help you can offer.

 

I recall some discussions on solder failures on graphics cards and a so-called "baking" process to bring them back to life...

I've never tried it myself but if it is indeed your graphics card it may be worth a shot.

Is remote desktop enabled on that computer?

Otherwise try to find the cheapest compatible MXM card either here or on ebay.