I5 MacBook Pro hi-res display/graphics failure

My wonderful new MBP just went kaput. It became non-responsive with a crazy very fine (it is hi res after all) lattice-pattern all over the display. This had happened once before, and a hard restart fixed it. This time - no dice. The lattice pattern appears over the gray start up screen, and that screen stalls at the apple logo.
It also won't start off of an alternate drive (one that I know works) - although you can see the start-up drive selection options when you press option on restart, and you can select the alternative drives. Even that selection screen, however, is covered by the lattice pattern.
Bad graphics card? Or? Any ideas? I've got a genius appointment in two days, but if I could find a solution on my own sooner I'd be happier.

I, too, just bought a brand new MBP and am having the same problem. I can't even see the screen anymore because the pattern has gotten so bad. It seems just like this problem with the older NVIDIA 8600 cards (http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2377), but the new MBP has a different card so I'm not really sure what to do. I'm trying to avoid going to Apple as I live an hour away from the nearest store. Any luck?

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