Amplifier fried laptop what can I Do ? Any ideas?

The wacked out lines sounds like the mother board. Have you tried hooking it up to an external display and see if the computer works?

Stupid question I guess, but you didn't by any chance buy the Apple Warranty did you? If yes, they will replace whatever is wrong 100% for free and service is LITERALLY overnight.

My 17" PowerBook failed and unlike the 3 weeks for my son's new HP laptop, Apple had my machine exactly one day. They even sent a box via Bax global and paid overnight shipping BOTH ways.

I blew out my first pair of speakers with that album in 1974? I kept turning up "If you can rock me" ! Then I purchased a pair of Bic Formula 4's a great speaker for the Money.They could play very loud with my awesome KLH amp

Apple had a run of bad video chips - it's the heat that eventually kills them and you managed to greatly accelerate the process. Was this a Class A amp? :-)

Anyway, it's a known issue. My iBook G3 went in 5 times for the same video problem, each one lasting 6-9 months, and they fixed it both in and out of warranty until finally replacing it for free with a brand new iBook G4. Albertporter is correct that Apple's service is terrific. They're at 1-800-275-2273.

Good luck. When you call, you might want to leave the amp out of the conversation...

:-)

David