Satellite P200 keeps locking up with a blank screen

I have P200D-127 which keeps locking up with a blank screen quite regularly - its only 3 weeks old!
Loathed to take it back to staples as its taken so long to get going again after previous laptop died.
Anyone experienced this too?

I also (coincidence?) bought a p200 Toshiba from Staples in October this year, and also have exactly the same problem.
To answer the question above, there is no pattern to when the screen goes blank and lock up - it happens randomly whether I am using the machine or not.
I too am loathe to return it, as I've read that they will just take your machine away and you lose the computer for a long time, when I need it for my work.
I am not a computer expert, so it is difficult to describe the problem much more than this, but of course it is extremely problematic if you are in the middle of important work when the machine locks up.
I've read about updating BIOS, but many forums have said that this didn't solve this problem!
My other thought is that I need to take off VISTA as it seems this is the route of the problem - never had this with any machine before VISTA...grrrr.
Anybody actually know how to solve this? I find it a bit ridiculous to spend a large chunk of money updating my laptop to find it virtually unusable!

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