Screen recently started flickering a blue colour on Satellite Pro L

Hi ,
My satellite Pro screen has recently started flickering a blue colour.Its happening a few times a day now,and will stay like that until I reboot.
However I notice sometimes if I tap the screen it will resolve itself!!Any ideas.Cheers

Hey,
Do you notice the same issue when you connect an external monitor or is the picture on it perfect?
Have you also installed newest display driver from official Toshiba website?
http://eu.computers.toshiba-europe.com > Support & Downloads > Download Drivers
As PauPau already wrote in worst case its a hardware malfunction but I think a notebook technician must check the problem first.
If your notebook is under warranty, the repair would be for free :)

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