Satellite A200-1GB: ATI HD2600 glitches and GPU failure

Hi,
I have a Toshiba A200-1GB with Windows 7 x86.
I tried every ATI drivers from toshiba website, new and older, and the screen becomes weird, ATIKMDAG fails and recovers until BSOD comes up, then when I restart the laptop screen keeps black,
I can only see the screen by connecting external monitor, however the same glitches appear on that monitor, so I believe that it's not a screen problem.
I'm running windows 7 now with built-in drivers only (from windows update), and I played a game for 1 hour with no problems, if I install catalyst with latest drivers it keeps doing the same, so basically I would like to know if this is a hardware problem or software problem. The GPU temperature does not pass from 47C.
Please check the 2 videos that I recorded with fraps on dropbox. When the video becomes whole black, that's when the ATIKMDAG failed and got recovered.
Videos link: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/bmtm437o3rsost6/PkllwdMSNy

I noticed that with windows 7 drivers the GPU temperature can be displayed, I installed the latest drivers from toshiba (2009) yesterday and the GPU temperature is no longer shown.
I played a game for 1 hour and had no problems at all. It's really weird,
I also did a RAM test with memtest86 and no erros were found. I believe that the GPU is starting to fail or there is a lack of power.
Other thing:when the glitches and BSOD came up I had to turn off the laptop by pressing the power button, then when I restarted, the laptop screen didn't turn on but I could hear the windows logon sound, I could only see the display by connecting an external monitor.
However if I unplug the power cord from the laptop for 10s and remove the battery and plug again the power cord, the laptop screen works fine with no need for an external monitor.

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