Blank screen on wake up !!

Been facing issues with the wake up feature since i bought my 13" mac air 2 weeks back .. sometimes when i open the lid to wake the machine up from sleep it either freezes on me or throws a blank screen .. the machine becomes completely unresponsive and am left with no other option but to reboot .. happens almost every other day , very frustrating .. called apple care and they looked clueless .. i know many people are having the same or similar issues with the instant on feature , anybody found a solution yet , or does anybody know if this is a software or hardware related ?

Euisung Lee wrote:
But the issue of this thread - blank screen on wake up - still ensues. Lid close - open the screen flashes on for a split second and goes to black. I close the lid and wait 10 sec to reopen and the screen turns on, or I simply wait long enough with black screen and it eventually lights up. It's like waiting for a long wakeup.
That sounds exactly like the issue I had. I assume it's some sort of software thing, but the Genius Bar just replaced my machine. I've seen reports of it here and on a few other sites.
What happened with mine is that about 50% of the time, when the computer (not the display) went to sleep, it would display a black screen when waking up. The backlight was on, as the Apple logo on the top of the lid lit up. Sometimes it would eventually turn on. Sometimes it required a keystroke. Sometimes it required powering down. A few times, it was difficult to get it to start up even after it powered down.
I had "SmartSleep" on my old MacBook Air, so I thought that might be messing it up, but it kept doing that even after I uninstalled it.
So far, I haven't had that issue with my replacement MacBook Air. BTW, my first one was acting up right from the start, so from my anecdotal evidence, it seems you either have this issue or you don't.

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