2011 MBP 13" Screen backlight turns off while booting up.

Has anyone else been having this issue? Is there a solution?
I read on another forum that some have had this occur after restoring off of a time machine back up. Though I did use the SSD from my 2010 MBP and just reinstalled OS X to be safe.

I know that Apple does not make their own harddrives, but when buying something, I don't care about who makes the components. That's like saying that if your car breaks down due to an electrical problem, it is not the car manufacturers fault because they did not make the part, it is still their car and their component.
As far as shaking it, no. I do not treat it any different thatn I have treated my other laptops. I still have my 4 year old MBP that works fine (using it now). I do transport it, but that is what laptops are for. I do not drop it it or shake it however.
Thank you for the reply though. I would just really like to know if it is a software issue (don't see how it could be) or is it something I am doing wrong...

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I've had my Macbook Air for about 10 days now - it was working fine for the first 5 days, then I went away for a long weekend break, came home, switched it on and now it is all messed up.
Randomly and frequently while the computer IS IN USE the display will turn off for a seemingly random amount of time then come back on with no input from me. So just to be clear, this is not the power profile, or the energy saving setting... what happens is that while I am mid-typing or in the middle of a mouse movement (it has happend a couple of times during me typing this first paragraph already) the display on the Macbook will go completely black, as in the blacklight goes off and nothing can be seen on the screen - then, no matter if I carry on typing or if I just take my hand off the keys and give it no input what-so-ever, after some time (as short as 5 seconds or as long as 30 seconds) the screen will pop back on as if nothing had happened.
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My only worry is that its impossible to recreate the fault on demand, its very random - however I did record a video on my iPhone of it doing it constantly for a 3 minute period while I was using the computer (complete with my sighs of frustration as a soundtrack!!). Will that be enough to convince them if I'm unlucky (or lucky depending on which way you look at it!) and it doesn't display the fault when they inspect it??
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Click the "Settings For" drop-down box again and select "Battery" from the list. Select "Custom" from the Optimization drop-down box. Move both sliders to "Never."

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