Satellite A215 - computer shuts down at random

I own a Satellite A215-S6804, and I've had it for about a year and a half.  The past six months or so, I'll be in the middle of doing something and the screen goes completely black.  It often happens when I play one of the Windows games (like Spider Solitaire), but it has happened when I play a video from the Internet, also.  I know it's not just the light in the monitor, because I can't see anything if I look close enough, and if music is playing at the time, it completely stops.  It appears as though the computer shuts down but the screen stays on.  I also have had the laptop plugged in with the battery in, but within the last month or so decided to take the battery out while it was plugged in (this made no difference; the problem still persists).  What's happening to my laptop?

This has been happening to me recently.  Twice this eveing.  What is happening?  How do we fix it?  Or is something dying in it?   dinkysews

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