Macbook Air 3.1 (late 2010) black screen after 10.9.4 update

Macbook Air3.1
MBA31.0061.B07
SMC 1.67f10
A few days ago has updated Mavericks to 10.9.4 and started having problems with the screen. During use is - not in sleep mode - the screen suddenly goes black. Sounds (Volume), keyboard (Caps lock indicator) work. When connecting an external monitor too, everything is OK - but in the settings of the monitor's no built-in display-only external. Rebooting doesn't help. Reset SMC and NVRAM/PRAM helps in one case out of 10. Can work, but maybe not. The last tool that has helped is to boot in Safe mode (Shift+Power) and then restart.
What could be the problem? Hardware (graphic card, controllers etc.) or this is a software problem? 10.9.4 update? EFI? Read about problems with MBA 2013 with a black screen and Mavericks 10.9.4, but I have a MBA 2010.

Hi d.e.v.a,
There are a few more things I would suggest you do to troubleshoot the video issue with your MacBook Air, detailed in this article -
Apple computers: Troubleshooting issues with video on internal or external displays
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1573
You have already done many of them, but a few remain.
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
Best,
Brett L

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