IMac wont' wake from sleep (wired keyboard)

I see a couple threads on this here, but they seem to be associated with bluetooth keyboards.
I have a new 27" iMac Core i5 (about 2 months old) and a new problem started this past week. When the computer display goes to sleep, I cannot wake it up. The only way I have found to wake it up is by tapping the power button to force a full hard drive sleep and then clicking the mouse. This is also time consuming (it takes a minute to wake up).
Yes, I have the setting for the hard drive to go to sleep on. But I can hear the computer working when I am trying to wake it up. I can play music by hitting the space bar on my keyboard - but the display will not awaken.
Any help would be greatly appreciate.

Hi Michael
Reset the SMC > http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964
+1. Shut down the computer.+
+2. Unplug the computer's power cord.+
+3. Press and hold the power button for 5 seconds.+
+4. Release the power button.+
+5. Attach the computers power cable.+
+6. Press the power button to turn on the computer.+
and then test to see if it is working as expected?
If not, then check and try the following:
1. A tap on the keyboard should wake the display, is the keyboard plugged into a port on the back of the iMac or into a Hub?
2. Your profile shows that you are running 10.6.2? Either way if the computer is or is not up to date download and install the 10.6.6 Combo Update. > http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1349
3. Then run a Software Update.. to make sure that iTunes, Safari, Java and your Printer are up to date.
Dennis

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Interval Since Last Panic Report: 105250 sec
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Anonymous UUID: AE0175B6-2007-4812-82BF-EFF25F7FD325
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First, I'm curious to know if anyone has ever reported this problem with the iMac 6 and if there's a known culprit. And naturally, if that culprit is easily fixed or if the motherboard would have to be replaced.
Second, since the problem does not happen with the hard drive staying "awake", would this problem be averted by installing an SSD?

Hello, what 3rd party Apps might be installed?
One way to test is to Safe Boot from the HD, (holding Shift key down at bootup), run Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities, then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions, Test for problem in Safe Mode...
PS. Safe boot may stay on the gray radian for a long time, let it go, it's trying to repair the Hard Drive
Reboot, test again.
If it only does it in Regular Boot, then it could be some hardware problem like Video card, (Quartz is turned off in Safe Mode), or Airport, or 3rd party add-on, Check System Preferences>Accounts>Login Items window to see if it or something relevant is listed.
Check the System Preferences>Other Row, for 3rd party Pref Panes.
Also look in these if they exist, some are invisible...
/private/var/run/StartupItems
/Library/StartupItems
/System/Library/StartupItems
/System/Library/LaunchDaemons
/Library/LaunchDaemons

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