Acer Helios 300, g3-571, colorful screen, then shutdown, black screen on startup. Remove dead gpu?

I was wondering, can i remove the dead gpu on this laptop? I am certain it's the GPU. The laptop is over 3.5 years old. I have this laptop and a few weeks ago the screen went funny, i saw colors. The computer froze, and shutdown. After that, i started it up and noticed sometimes it would power on, something would show on the screen, other times the screen was black. At one point, a HDD was detected and i tried to reinstall windows. After restart, no HDD was detected.

Now, the computer just has a black screen, even with HDMI connected. The fans spin for a few seconds on startup, keyboard light is on, but that's it.

I can not see the BIOS or know if i'm controlling it, can i ignore this gpu and use the igpu instead? Thanks.