Qosmio G30-177 broken graphic card

Hi,
it looks like i have a broken graphic card in my G300.
The boot screen (selection of boot media) looks like the matrix ;-(
While windows is booting it looks like vertical stripes. The boot process crashes with a blue screen.
This is both in the internal display and an external monitor.
Is my idea of the broken graphic card right?
Can the graphic card be replaced?
Yours Rdiger

Hi Rdiger
I have the same problem and effect like you with my G30-155 since today afternoon.
I am really asking me now what big chance it can be that we both have the same problem at the same time.
Can it not be that we both got a virus that effected the grafic card ?
Any help and tips are very welcome.
Regards Charly

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