Fix for Black Screen on MBP 3,1 - Still under 10.5.7 - 30 Hours later & OK

All,
I have no idea if my fix will work for you and I have no real idea why it worked - But it has worked for me and at this moment in time (touch wood) it has been stable for 30 hours and everything runs really well - even VMWare Fusion using a Boot Camp partition... No waking or rebooting issues at all. And believe me I have done a lot of them to make sure.
Have a read and see if this is something you want to try - As my machine is business critical, I am breathing easy now as I desperately needed this week (same last week, but let's just live with it). Obviously, this is about as unofficial as you can get and please bare in mind I am a photographer, not a techie. But, for what it is worth, if there is something that you can gleam from what I did to help you get back up and running, I'll be a happy chappy...
I posted it here so it is central. http://blog.ginkgostudios.com/2009/05/just-a-note-of-caution-this-worked-for-me- i-hope-it-works-for-you-but-obviously-i-cant-guarantee-that-i-just-thought-i-wou .html

teamtomsk:
The comment in the linked blog about there being no software fix for this refers to a known hardware problem with certain MacBook Pro computers shipped with a NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT graphics processor. Read MacBook Pro: Distorted video or no video issues to learn more about this.
If your (or any other user's) MacBook Pro is one of the ones shipped with a prone-to-failure 8600M GT graphics processor, it should be checked at an Apple Retail Store or Authorized Service Provider, whether or not Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC) -- which seems to be what you did -- temporarily fixes it.

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http://www.ifixyouri.com/16-ipad-repairs
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Mission Repair
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PS
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