17 " Macbook Pro (Early 2011) wont wake up from sleep

Hi, super new to the forums and was hoping for a solution here.
When I leave my computer on while I'm asleep (playing iTunes) it wont wake up by pressing keys or the trackpad or pressing the power button. The computer is still responding to keys, I can hear the "blop-blop" of the volume buttons, it's just the display isn't turning back on nor is the little light flashing that it's asleep. I figured out if I close the lid then wait for the light to start slowly flashing, it'll wake up when I open it, but I don't want to do that for every time it falls asleep on me.
I called support and they had me hold SHIFTCTRLOPTION to do something, and that ended up not working. They also had me reinstall OS X 10.6.6 and it didn't fix the problem either. Is it time I brought it to the Apple store for an exchange/refund?
tl;dr
MBP falls asleep, wont wake up, called support, didn't fix it, should I exchange it or is there another way to potentially fix this?
Thanks for the help!
-scott

Hi. Dave from Avatron here. We've been testing on a new MBP and haven't been able to replicate the problem. However we do have a working theory about the cause.
Our theory is that Migration Assistant simply fails to invalidate the kernel extension cache when it should. The result is that when you migrate to a new machine with a different built-in display driver configuration, it can't wake from sleep. Or more precisely, it can't wake to Intel graphics if the last graphics adapter used was the Radeon one.
If we're right, then one of these steps should fix the problem:
1. Install a kext (for example, simply reinstall Air Display), OR
2. Uninstall a kext (this is why the problem went away when you uninstalled Air Display), OR
3. "Touch" the kernel extensions directory in Terminal, OR
4. Boot in Safe Mode.
Then reboot.
If you can't wake from sleep, please try one of these possible solutions, and let us all know how it goes.
Thanks!
Dave Howell
Avatron Software

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