Satellite 1800: switches black screen

I have a Toshiba Satellite 1800, who is, like me, getting on a bit! It was bought in 2000 but was not excessive.
Recently, the monitor began to play up and go suddenly completely black. I checked the manual to get it back, I press Fn + F5 and it comes back even if sometimes it takes a few pressings.

Anyone know why he started to do this and is there a way to fix it. I'm dead for fear that one day he simply come back not at all.
I am a greeny total when it comes to technology.

Well, it's not easy to say why the laptop doing something like this automatically.
The FN + F5 option is responsible for switching between display devices and you can use it if you want to get a display on the external monitor or TV.

I can only speculate on the problem and first of all, I would say you accidentally used this function or applications that control it are corrupt.

You could try to reinstall the display driver and other utilities from Toshiba.
May I ask what is the duration of the operating system running on the laptop? Maybe a new installation help

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