T40 Freezing and Screen Blanking

Hello all! I've searched for help regarding my problem but to no avail, I haven't found much. Before I dump money into this old computer, I wanted to know if anyone has had similar problems with their t40s. My t40 normally stays on all day and night. Yet, a couple of days ago, the screen froze. I had to force-shutdown and when it rebooted, it had a blank screen. It seemed as if the screen was on and the fan was, but the hard drive seemed silent. Sometimes I can get it to start but it will freeze eventually and alter from a blank screen, to the frozen screen. It's very eerie. Is my graphics card bad? Is there a hardware issue? Is overheating the problem? I have contemplated all of these but do not know what to do. Any help is greatly appreciated!

It does sound like a loose GPU syndrome indeed.
More info here:
http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=33952
Some possible solutions:
http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=57021
http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=65505
Good luck.
Cheers,
George
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