2011 MBP display went black

My 15" MBP was bought last month.
I started up my MBP this morning I heard the machine running sound and saw the power light turned on.
However, the screen was totally black till loaded to the login page.
I forced to shut down by pressing the power button.
The screen didn't show anything for the 2nd and 3rd trial.
Finally succeeded in 4th time...
What's wrong with my MBP? is it the display problem?

Perform a SMC reset
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964
Did you apply the recent EFI firmware update? See this and hopefully you can restore your firmware back to original conditions.
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT2213
With the latest EFI update Apple installed a Lion Internet Recovery,
Lion boot DVD copies here (option click on Purcahes in MAS to download Lion installer again)
http://eggfreckles.net/notes/burning-a-lion-boot-disc/

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