Horizontal dark 'bar' across screen from top to bottom

Hi there,
I was hoping somebody here might have a clue as to what's wrong with my Macbook Pro. It's a Santa Rosa 2,2ghz from November 2007.
Left my computer unattented (in my living room) with the screen open for a hour or so and when I came back the screen sorta 'blipped' when it came out of sleep mode and now sports this great new 'undocumented feature.' Which is a big bummer since I don't have apple care so no more warranty.
I took a (crappy, sorry) picture of the screen with my iPhone. You can look at it here:
http://www.milanserver.nl/various/IMG_0392.jpg
Anyone here have any idea what's happened here and what needs to be done to fix this?

Sounds like a logic board issue, but you could try a restore first.
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