Installed 10.5.3, now no display even at startup!

I installed the 10.5.3 update on my MacBook Pro and it worked fine until later the same day I put the machine into standby, then it wouldn't come out of standby. So I forced a shutdown, rebooted, and the same - no display. The hard drive is working, there's just no display at all.
My understanding is that a lot of people have had this problem with MacBook Pros, before and since 10.5.3 - but rather a few directly related to 10.5.3. My question I'd be really grateful for help with, is what else can I try besides resetting PRAM? Many thanks!

I'm still stuck with my Macbook Pro having a dead screen 99 per cent of the time after updating to 10.5.3.
On rare occasions it will boot, and everything works just fine until I either put the machine to sleep or shut it down - and then it's more likely than not, come next time I want to use it, the screen is dead.
I'm avoiding constant forced shutdowns when this happens by avoiding keep trying the machine, full stop, because the last thing I want is to lose my data due to the hard drive giving up after the constant abuse of a load of forced shutdowns.
Help?
Am I going to have to try wiping the entire machine and then never daring to use Apple's Software Update again for fear of an authorised, legit update toasting my display?

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