Display turns black for around 10 seconds

I just encounter this problem twice in a day, it happens without any warning:
First the display of my macbook turns black suddenly without any warning and can last for around 10 seconds before wakes up again. During this time, I can hear the noise of hard disc or fan but it seems that the display does not respond to the keyboard. My battery is full and the power adaptor is connected.The power saving is on, but I do not think that is the cause since my finger is keeping moving on the touchpad all the time and the display does not respond to the keyboard as it should when shutting down for power saving.
I was browsing the web before these accident and the model of my Macbook is Macbook2,1; It is 16 months old and runs Tiger 10.4.11.
Currently my macbook function normally but I do not sure if this accident indicates some big problem. I have checked the troubleshooting section but all the related article is about more serious problem. Has any one here ever encountered the same problem before? Does that serious?
Thank you very much for all possible help!

Do you have an Apple Care extended warranty because it sounds like the begining of inverter failure. If it is a bad inverter, that is a hardware failure and can't be fixed with software.

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>> It is customary and in this case Necessary for you to provide the exact model of Notebook you have a problem-with. [ There are MANY variations of HP Pavilion 15-T Models, for example. ]
>> You should always be sure you have installed/applied ALL updates for all of your Notebook's hardware devices, and ALL Windows Updates labeled "Important" and ALL "Optional"-section Windows Updates for any hardware device in your Notebook which the Windows Updates service detects (and offers an Update for).
>> For example, this link: http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareCategory?os=4158&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&sw_lang=&product=6787... has the latest HP Drivers and Patches for a specific variant of the Pavilion 15-T.
>> AFTER you are certain you have all the latest drivers and patches in-place, you can try the 'old Trick' as follows: Shutdown Windows; when your Notebook has turned-Off completely (after Shutdown completes), THEN remove the AC Adapter connector and remove the BatteryPack.
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>> Use the built-in Help functions of your Notebook to find out how to DISABLE(!) "Hibernation", and eliminate that TROUBLE-CAUSING 'feature' of Windows PCs. When you have done so, always REStart Windows, to be certain the changes are applied. *Many changes and Updates take place 'Fully' only "during" Shutdown and/or "during" Startup of Windows PCs. [While Windows O.S. is "running", most of it's System Files are LOCKED.]
>> FYI: always let your BatteryPack run down to it's Lower setting BEFORE you plug-in your AC Adapter/Charger. Charging any rechargeable BatteryPack at "mid-charge-levels" causes shorter BatteryPack life...

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