Choosing start volume with [alt] doesn't work anymore

Hi there,
On my MBP (15" early 2011). Normally I can choose from what volume I want to boot by pressing the [alt] key right after switching on my MBP. I have OSX Snow Leo and Win7 (64bit) installed.
However since I installed the latest software updates several days ago, including a firmware update for the thunderbolt connection, the choosing of the start volume by pressing [alt] on startup doesn't work anymore: I can move the mouse, but the two volumes don't appear on the screen. All I can do is to switch off. I can however boot under both, OSX and Win7 by choosing the "restart under Win7/OSX" option in the other system respectively.
I now found out, that it works perfectly fine again when I have my 27" Apple Cinema display (mini display, not thunderbolt) connected to my MBP. When it's not connected I am having the issue.
My guess is that the thunderbolt firmware update causes this.
Anyone got an idea? It's quite a pain in the *** that I always have to start one system at first to get in the other one at the moment.
Thx

Hi Fortuny,
thx for your answer! I just have reseted this NVRAM as described in the support page, and think I have done it right. It worked as said there, I just didn't have to set any time or resolution things afterwards, as it is written there that it might have to be.
Sadly it didn't seem to help. Anyway, I do have news:
When the two volumes didn't appear again on the startup screen, I sat back and thought about what the issue could be. After approximately one minute starin on the screen, suddenly the two volumes appeared! So in fact it DOES work, just it takes about a minute now when I don't have the cinema display attached.
Does this additional info say anything to the experts out there? It's still not solved, as it is rather inconvenient to wait a minute untill I can choose the startup volume.
Thx for any sugestions!

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