...or upgrading the video card. I'm saying nothing at all about messing around with anything, and replacing the original video card. No need to give them any suspicions.
Called the retailer, bringing the computer in tomorrow at 9...unless of course someone has any ideas??? They said it's most likely a hardware problem (which I already knew), and that hardware problems would be covered under the warranty. So yippee, I get a 3 hour round trip drive tomorrow, plus however long I have to wait around...

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