Macbook Pro (aluminum) graphic card issue?

Hey guys, sorry if this has been covered but I can't seem to find an answer to my specific question. I have an older macbook pro, 17" running os x 10.6.8 (I believe.) It's one of the first intel versions with the square aluminum case. I did upgrade the RAM, which I've seen can cause some problems, but I don't think that's what's causing mine. It's been over a year since I installed the RAM and have only had a few messages about unstable RAM. I just restart and it goes away.
Anyway, was watching Netflix and paused it, when I started it again the video froze in weird lines. I restarted, everything was fine. Played the video again, this time it didn't even start, just straight to glitchy weird frozen video lines. Restarted again, apple splash screen and processing wheel come up like normal but now it just boots to white/grey screen.
I did the PRAM reset (or whatever it's called) and it didn't work. I also ran both Apple Hardware Tests (the short one and the long one) both came up empty. The computer WILL boot in safe mode. So I guess my question is, is this a graphic card thing or a third party thing? Any advice on how to go about "updating or uninstalling third party software?" Which is, I'm pretty sure, what I'm supposed to do. But with a five + year old computer, that's a very daunting task.

It's a logic board failure. Thanks for all your help. I'm awarding myself 10 of your nerd points for solving my own problem.

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