Dell XPS M1530 had parenthesis during boot up in BIOS (won't boot)

When my dell used to boot corectly the word DELL would apear first with an all black background and all was fine. A couple times the screen would flash black and say the video display driver has failed. I updated the driver and this did not fix it. sometimes the screen would stay black and I would have to restart. The computer now has little dots all around the word DELL upon bootup. Once I see those dots I know it will not fully boot up. Now after the DELL comes up with the dots around it there are Parenthesis in the biops bootup. I put my harddrive into another dell xps m1530 and it booted fine. The computer will also not boot to disc. Any help?
 
The laptop's video chip may be going bad... What happens when you connect an external monitor?
 
I'm going to see if my friend can figure it out. If he can narrow it down I'll fix it. Otherwise I have to get a new one.
 
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