Help! Macbook Pro won't recognize display after 10.5.7 update!

I installed the 10.5.7 Combo update today and got caught in the blue screen restarting loop that everyone else was talking about. After about 15 minutes, I decided to do a cold restart of the computer. The computer boots up but the display will not turn on.
I've screen-shared into the computer and can see that the computer doesn't recognize any display whatsoever. I've done all the usuals — resetting PR RAM, SMC resets, reinstalling 10.5.7 remotely, etc. Nothing works.
Anyone have any help they could offer? Thanks a lot.

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