T61 with dead GPU... should I toss it?

I bought a T61 in the spring of 2008. The graphics adapter (NVidia NVS 140M) has croaked. No video, either on the main display or an external display
My understanding is that thieGPU is soldered onto the main board. I can't get anyone to even give me an estimate of what this repair would cost (I would have to pay Lenovo just to ask them this question.)
Would anyone here care to offer suggestions what I can do with this now useless machine that I paid $1400 for? Are there service options through Lenovo that would make sense? Should I try to find a replacement mobo on EBay, and if I did, is this replacement a task that a mortal with a screwdriver could hope to accomplish? Should I just part it out?
Thanks,
Allan
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Some solutions and suggestions are available in this very long thread:
http://forum.lenovo.com/t5/T61-and-prior-T-series-ThinkPad/T61p-exhibiting-1-long-and-2-short-beep-a...
If you don't get Lenovo to fix it for free, your best bet is to buy a board with Intel integrated graphics, since these almost never fail. You're looking at $200 or so for a replacement planar from a reputable source.
All of this makes sense only if you like the machine very much. If not, part it out and move on. T400 and later ThinkPads do not suffer from this problem, and are very nice machines overall.
Good luck.
Cheers,
George
In daily use: R60F, R500F, T61, T410
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