Vertical blue stripe

hello,
since about a month, I have a continuous thin blue vertical stripe over the left side of my computer screen, after a week it was joined by a red one on the right side of the screen.
I wonder if this means the beginning of the end = I should look into buying another. Or would it resolve itself if I upgrade to 10.6, which is what I would like to do?
This one's is 10.5, macbook pro bought in oct. 2008.
I performed the apple hardware test, the simple and the extended ones, but that said there was no trouble found.
I can't find any info about this on the web, am I really the first one with this problem?
It woudl be great if one of you can help.
thanks a lot in advance.

It sounds like it could be a problem with the internal display. Since you are under warranty, you might call Apple or take it by an Apple Store if you have access to one. It could be a hardware problem.
Good luck!

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