Scrambled screen on startup, t61

HI Lenovo users,
I have a lenovo t61 and recently (when working on my
uni work) it froze and then when I tried to start it again it only
gave me a screen that seems to be divided in four sections
and the startup info that usually runs through on startup is
all a bit scrambled on these 4 screens. Now I have tried swapping my memory
slots and removing one of the memory, I have no idea what is going on
I even recently changed my fan and the laptop has been cool recently.
please if anyone has had the same problem or knows what to do please
let me know, its the end of my final semester and all my work is in there.
Thanks in advance.
Reynir

what GPU do you have? Nvidia one? does the same problem occur on external LCD?
Regards,
Jin Li
May this year, be the year of 'DO'!
I am a volunteer, and not a paid staff of Lenovo or Microsoft

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4 GB RAM
BANK 0/DIMM0
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