Is this the infamous 8600mGT problem?

Hi guys,
just yesterday, I was watching a video and browsing the net... I noticed some strange pink dots that were appearing all over the screen. I thought it might be a driver issue or something but then they quickly became more and more. The computer (at least the screen) froze. I hit reset and the pinkish dots were on the start screen as well. Then suddenly rectangular artifacts during bootscreen and then kernel panic.
The macbook pro was bought june 2007, 2,4GHz with the famous 8600mGT. I figured this might be the unfamous Nvidia bug and took it the the service center. They'll take a full 6 days to diagnose it since they're busy but I fear I might have to buy a new machine..... The reason:
All of the reports I've read so far indicate that with the official bug, the display just turns black but the computer boots up fine. Well, mine does not anymore. I figured it must be a graphics glitch since it looks like a graphic problem but I can't even boot the machine anymore (kernel panic).
What exactly did the problem look like for you (that had one and got it fixed for free?!?!) What do you guys think? If the GPU failed, did the system never stall?
Here is a pic of what it looked like before it crashed and was unable to boot ever since. For me it clearly looks like an electronic problem with the GPU or the video RAM!
http://idisk.mac.com/andreas.brand/Public/temp/mbp_error.jpg
I really fear they might try to talk their way out of it, claiming it is something else to make me pay another two grand and get a new machine, really afraid of that and ****** about the quality of that 1.5 year old machine.
Here is the log of the kernel panic that I got of the disk....
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Thu Feb 26 02:56:31 2009
panic(cpu 0 caller 0x001A9C68): Kernel trap at 0x00bffa73, type 14=page fault, registers:
CR0: 0x8001003b, CR2: 0x000000bc, CR3: 0x01545000, CR4: 0x00000660
EAX: 0x554a1630, EBX: 0x079ed004, ECX: 0x076f2800, EDX: 0x00000000
CR2: 0x000000bc, EBP: 0x554a1668, ESI: 0x00000000, EDI: 0xffffffff
EFL: 0x00010246, EIP: 0x00bffa73, CS: 0x00000008, DS: 0x076f0010
Error code: 0x00000000
Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)
0x554a1408 : 0x12b4f3 (0x45b13c 0x554a143c 0x1335e4 0x0)
0x554a1458 : 0x1a9c68 (0x464700 0xbffa73 0xe 0x463eb0)
0x554a1538 : 0x1a038d (0x554a1550 0x9 0x554a1668 0xbffa73)
0x554a1548 : 0xbffa73 (0xe 0x48 0x554a0010 0xc30010)
0x554a1668 : 0xc079ff (0xc1d00002 0x1000000 0x1000003 0x40)
0x554a16c8 : 0xbfa1ed (0x554a1858 0x6 0x0 0x0)
0x554a1828 : 0xbeb3e2 (0x0 0x600d600d 0x7027 0x554a1858)
0x554a18e8 : 0xdd86b5 (0xc1d00002 0x1000000 0x1000003 0x40)
0x554a1918 : 0xde2e01 (0x46c17000 0x1000000 0x88100090 0x3e)
0x554a38a8 : 0xdbfb3e (0x46c17000 0x1000000 0x15 0x46c1701c)
0x554a39a8 : 0xbe6b09 (0x46c17000 0x0 0x554a3ab2 0x80)
0x554a3a08 : 0xbdb69d (0x732ec00 0x0 0x554a3ab2 0x80)
0x554a3b38 : 0xbdcf44 (0x732ec00 0xbe062c 0x554a3bec 0x4)
0x554a3c08 : 0xb7ebf0 (0x732ec00 0x1 0x0 0x13)
0x554a3c68 : 0xb77be6 (0x732ec00 0x554a3d2c 0x6c8c298 0x732ec00)
0x554a3c98 : 0x411791 (0x732ec00 0x6c8c298 0x6c8c298 0x0)
Backtrace continues...
Kernel loadable modules in backtrace (with dependencies):
com.apple.NVDAResman(5.3.6)@
0xbe3000->0xe3ffff
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(1.7.1)@0xbd5000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.5)@0x5c6000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(1.7.1)@0xb6f000
com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(1.7.1)@0xbd5000->0xbe2fff
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.5)@0x5c6000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(1.7.1)@0xb6f000
com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(1.7.1)@0xb6f000->0xb8bfff
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.5)@0x5c6000
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: WindowServer
Mac OS version:
9G55
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 9.6.0: Mon Nov 24 17:37:00 PST 2008; root:xnu-1228.9.59~1/RELEASE_I386
System model name: MacBookPro3,1 (Mac-F4238BC8)
Message was edited by: randfee

I had a similar issue (I have MBP Early 2008) but I managed to fix it at home!
After a chat with an Apple Tech he told me that my problem was very frequent and I had to press a key sequence in order to fix it. I was displaying distorted colors and black shaded stripes from the bottom of the screen (like photoshop's spotlight effect).
I pressed control + shift + eject until the screen went black. Then I pressed a key and everything was fine! Maybe your problem isn't the same, though... but try it!
Bye

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