Satellite P300 PSPCCA - screen went pink

Hi,
I am running the above model notebook.
Using it last night for a couple of hours and the screen went pink, I have tried a couple of system restores to no avail, it is not screen res settings I have checked them.
At a loss of what it might be, anyone got any advice on fixing it?
Whole screen is pink, I have a light shadow behind my mouse, some graphics come up in purple/pink shades.
thanks

Hi
There are two possible faulty parts; either its graphic card or its a display.
If the same pink display would be visible on external monitor then the issue is related to faulty graphic chip.
If the external monitor would be ok, then the issue is related only to the notebooks screen.
Greets

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