2008 Mac Pro stuck at Light Blue/Dark Blue screen! HELP

Hi, I've had my Mac Pro dual 2.8 Ghz Quad Core w/ the standard Radeon XT card, since the end of 08, and I haven't added ANY hardware to it, since.
over the past year or so, i'll be working on my Mac Pro, and all of a sudden, it locks up, and a faint washed out, pink checkerboard pattern goes down my screen, but sound will still play, obviously forcing me to power down. SO, my problem now, is --> Just a couple of days ago, it finally did it for the last time.. I shut down, and now when I boot up, it either A) hangs at the white loading screen w/ gray apple and spinning YouTube style loading animation, or B), when I try the CMD+Option+P, R option, upon start up, or hold down Right-Click on mouse on startup, it just goes to the light blue screen (Which it always normally did before when it'd boot up), then it switches over to a darker-shade blue screen, with a dark colored Youtube style loading animation...Oh, and I can't open up the Superdrive no matter -what- I do, so I can't boot from CD? It responds to the key combinations, but not the eject key?!
Is this a videocard issue? At first I thought so, but clearly I do seem to need a new videocard, with the pink checkerboard thing happening..but I am REALLY hoping this isn't a hard drive problem.I have so many things I'll be devasted if they're lost for good.
Any advice would be GREATLY appreciated. I did search for this issue and I found similar issues, but it was always slightly different than my problem
THANKS,
Matt

When i turn the computer on, on the RAM rack it has a red light but it only stays lit a couple seconds, then goes away.
That's normal.  It's only a problem if one or more stay lit.
Did you try the video card reseat yet?
As for the optical drive; you pull the carrier out (as far as the cables would let you or unplug it) and you say you can't unscrew the drive from the carrier?  It's the only screws I think are in there so I am not sure what other screws you are trying to undo.  But if you leave the carrier hanging out, and you try to eject the tray, does it try to do it.  The reason I ask is the problem might only be that the carrier isn't exactly lined up with the bezel and that might be what's blocking it from opening when fully mounted.
After this, I am not sure what else to suggest, so yes, you may need to get professional repair.

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    0xffffff82ea653450 : 0xffffff8002b198fc
    0xffffff82ea653500 : 0xffffff8002b196ca
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    0xffffff82ea6535d0 : 0xffffff8002909d01
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