Mac Book Pro 2.13 17" can only boot up in Safe Mode

I have a 4+ year old Mac Book Pro 2.13 Intel Core 2 Duo 17" and it's primarily been used for heavy graphics usage it's entire life. (Adobe CS Suite etc). A few weeks ago I was watching a video, Hulu, and the entire screen froze.  Since it was none responsive I force powered off.  waited a few and restarted.  I got to the Grey screen, Apple logo, and after 30 sec the screen went to all grey and no further.  Tried it several times, powering off, removing battery, resetting PRAM, all to the same result. 
Things that DO work:
Can boot in Target Disk mode and mount the disk on another computer.  Ran Disk utility and all check out.
Can boot in Safe mode but screen shows some video artifacts.  Light red squares all over the screen. 
Can option boot to choose a disk although see the same result as above description.
Things That DONT work:
Booting from CD fails at same location as OS boot
Booting using Hardware Check Disk
I haven't visited an apple store yet for this issue since I'm hoping to repair myself once I narrow down the problem. 
I'm guessing it's the power supply but not sure.  It does get hot so guessing something is wonky. 
Any thoughts?
Thanks

Been reading a little and the Mac Book Pro may not have a power supply in the traditional sense so it may not be replaceable. Hmm

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