Mini mac screen goes blank frequently

My Mac Mini utilizes a samsung screen with the vga adappter used for my display it goes black in the middle of work even while typing our utilizing the mouse and usualy does it twice in a row.

Seems mostly a problem using the HDMI port, but a few report problems with DVI & VGA also...
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4472316?tstart=0

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