Keyboard Light Flickering

I just got my MacBook Pro shipped back to me from apple repair, fixing my keyboard light. When turning on my keyboard light, I noticed that it flickers on and off for a couple of times, and then starts working. This seems to be affecting the auto brightness on my screen as it changes brightness in sync with the keyboard light flickers. I noticed that the right speaker area has some light leaked onto, and I'm thinking that the light leak is messing with the light sensors in the macbook. I recorded a video of it happening, but sorry about the quality, I recorded the video using my phone. I took a picture of the possible light leak on the right side speakers. You can only see the brighter parts, but i'll repost a better picture once i find my digital camera.
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTMNcl-_2UQ
Picture: http://www.flickr.com/photos/rodrigokim/3680960028/
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Here's a picture i took using my digital camera, I hope this one helps you see the light leak: http://www.flickr.com/photos/rodrigokim/3681007546/
It's getting pretty ridiculous as to how many times I've been going to the apple store. If I have to go in again for this, it'll be my 3rd time there for the past 3 weeks regarding my macbook pro.
Any help/advice/suggestions are appreciated! Thanks!
Message was edited by: RodrigoKim

Solution:
I found on http://macs.about.com/od/usingyourmac/qt/Resetting-The-Smc-System-Management-Con troller-On-Your-Mac.htm a guide to reset the SMC and now it works perfectly again.

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