My Laptop freezes at startup with a strange screen

My MacBook Pro 2.4GHz A1226 will not start up.
It will turn on but a strange image seems to overlay the screen. I have uploaded a picture of it
http://tinypic.com/r/11ajyfr/7
[IMG]http://i53.tinypic.com/11ajyfr.jpg[/IMG]
It will get to a certain point of load up and freeze. The picture is taken at the freezing point.
In the past week the screen has started to flicker on and off a bit. I replaced the data cable in April of this year.
Any help would be greatly appreciated
Thanks

Hi rthomas63,
I saw your post about the blue screen of death (BSOD) that you are getting. I will be happy to assist but I will need more information then what you provided. What operating system are you running? What is your product number? What is the error that you are getting with the blue screen? When are you getting the error message? Do you get it at start up or when you are using a certain program. The more information you can post about the error message that better.
Find your product number on a notebook:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?cc=us&lc=en&dlc=en&docname=c00033108
Finding your OS:
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