Macbook Pro 4,1 - NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT

So, over the last 2 years, I very rarely used my Mac. I had my work laptop, iphone and iPad. In the last few weeks I started using the laptop

for running the INSANITY workout videos(MP4) during my workout. Sunday, June 30, during my early morning workout, the laptop screen

scrambles like a checkerboard and froze. I could still hear the audio, but the video was gone. A minute later, the laptop shutdown and reboot with message

"Your computer restarted becasuse of a problem. Press a key or wait a few seconds to continue starting up." (displayed in 6 languages)

After a few reboots the sytem would come back up, but only for about 5 minutes, then same message.

Today, Tuesday, I finally found the discs my system shipped with (10.5x), so I was able to run Apple Hardware Test

(currently running Mountain Lion/ software Download)

I checked box for extended testing. Total test time 1 hour 54 mins 52 secs,

Test Results

Alert: Apple Hardware Test has detected an error

4VDC/1/40000003: VideoController

I google 4VDC and find

http://support.apple.com/kb/ts2377

"The NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT graphics processor repair extension program ended on December 7, 2012. This program provided extended repair coverage for a period of four years from the date of purchase, and as of Dec 7th 2012, it is unlikely products qualify for this extended repair coverage."

Oops, missed the free repair by 6 months, paperweight :-)

Thanks for reading, happy 4th of July all.