Sony VAIO VGN-FZ348E Repair

I convinced a coworker that repairing their Sony VAIO VGN-FZ348E with a distorted display instead of throwing it away was a better use of their money. When I saw the display, it displayed the typical symptoms of notebook computer whose video processor has been partially detached from the motherboard due to overheating.

Sure enough, when I got into the machine, the heatsink was caked in dust.