Originally Posted by Burning Down

Thanks for your help anyways, Freebase. It turned out to be a problem with the video card, which is attached to the motherboard. Apparently that is a $500 - $600 repair, totally not worth it when I can get a way better, brand new laptop for nearly half the cost of repairing mine. I'll probably be getting a new one anyways as this one seems to now be completely fried. It doesn't even turn on anymore.