Blue Screen of Death (display stopped working) on Compaq Presario 6608AU laptop

Blue Screen of Death (display stopped working) on Compaq Presario 6608AU laptop I have a Compaq Presario 6608AU laptop with Nvidia GeForce 7150 / nForce 630M. After what is usually 3 to 4 hours of usage, the screen sometimes goes blank - after a couple of minutes there is a BSOD saying that the display stopped working.
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Guest [Entry]

"It sounds like your graphics card is broken.

As it's a laptop you can't do the following (which is standard procedure for a desktop):

Do you have another graphics card to try in the machine or has the motherboard got on-board graphics? If so then swap out the graphics card and see if the problem repeats.

If not then that would indicate that it is the graphics card, if it does then it's something else (possibly memory, but unlikely).

The card might be overheating - can you check if the fans are working correctly? Also reduce the screen resolution and perhaps even hardware acceleration (right click Properties -> Settings -> Advanced -> Troubleshoot). This might keep the GPU cool enough."

Guest [Entry]

Have you tried updating the driver? Have you made sure that the exhaust vents are free from dust? These are usually the two biggest culprits.